The tenth match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between Australia and Afghanistan today. The match will begin at 2:30 pm at Gaddafi Cricket Stadium in Lahore. Both teams have played two matches. Australia won one and the other match was washed in the water. While Afghanistan suffered a victory in one and defeat in one.
For the first time in the history of the Champions Trophy, Afghanistan and Australia will clash against each other. A total of 4 ODIs were played between the two. Australia won all the matches. However, the Afghan team with a dark horse tag cannot be taken lightly. The team defeated England in their previous match and threw it out of the tournament.
The winning team will qualify for the semifinals from Group B. If Afghanistan's team is lost, it will be excluded from the tournament, when the Kangaroo team is lost, they will have to rely on the outcome of the match between South Africa and Australia.
Match Details, 10th Match AFG Date vs Australia: 28 February Stadium: Gaddafi Cricket Stadium, Lahore Time: Toss – 2:00 pm, Match starts – 2:30 pm
Maxwell scored a double century in the last match against Australia Australia and Afghanistan last clashed in the 2023 ODI World Cup. Facing a 292 -run target in this match, Afghanistan took 7 wickets for 92 runs. Then, with the help of Glenn Maxwell's double century, the team won by 3 wickets in 46.5 overs.
All -rounder Maxwell played an unbeaten 2018 off 128 balls in the match. He became the first player to score a double century while chasing runs in ODIs. In the same match, Maxwell broke the Pakistani batter Fakhr Zaman's 193 -run record. The match was played on November 7, 2023 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. In this match, Afghanistan opener Ibrahim Zadra also scored an unbeaten 129 -run century.
This photo of Glenn Maxwell is on November 7, 2023, while Australia and Afghanistan came out against each other in the ODI World Cup.
In the name of all matches in ODI Australia have won all matches between Australia and Afghanistan. The team won all four. However, Afghanistan won its last match in the T20 World Cup.
Ibrahim was the second top scorer of the tournament, Ibrahim Zadran Champions Trophy 2025, who made the Afghan team victory by scoring 177 runs against England. He has scored 194 runs in 2 games. Next to him is English opener Ben Ducket, who has scored 203 runs.
Azmatullah Omarzai is the highest wicket -taker of the Champions Trophy 2025. Omarzai bowled brilliantly against England. He took 58 wickets in the match.
In the excellent form of English Josh English scored a brilliant century in the first match and gave Australia a victory. England scored 120 runs while chasing the record target of 352 runs given by England. Apart from him, the team also has Betters like Steve Smith and Travis Head.
In the bowling section, Ben Dwarkis has taken the highest 3 wickets in the tournament for the kangaroos. The team's second match against South Africa was canceled due to rain.
Pitch report Gaddafi stadium pitch is convenient for batting and this is why high-scoring matches are played here. So far 71 ODIs have been played at the stadium. The first batting team won 36 matches and the first bowling team won 33 matches. At the same time, the result of a match could not be determined. While a match was also a tie. The highest score here is 375/3, which Pakistan scored against Zimbabwe in 2015. Gaddafi Stadium has the highest run chase 356/5, which Australia scored against England in the same tournament.
Weather report Lahore is also likely to be 71% in Lahore on Friday. There will be a cloudy day this day and the weather will be cold. Temperatures are expected to be around 11 to 19 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the wind will blow at a speed of 13 km / h.
Possible Playing-11 Australia of both teams: Steve Smith (Captain), Matthew Short, Travis Head, Marnas Labushen, Alex Kerry, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshis, Nathan Alice, Spencer Johnson and Adam Zampa.
Afghanistan: Hashmatullah Shahidi (Captain), Ibrahim Zadran, Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Sedikullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbuddin Deputy, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed and Fazl-Haqi Farooqi.
Image Credit: Images/graphics belong to (Divya-Bhaskar).