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Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi won the toss and opted to bat in the high voltage clash against Australia in the ICC Champions Trophy at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. The ongoing clash will be a do-or-die for both teams. Afghanistan will seek revenge of their 2023 ODI World Cup loss against the Baggy Greens.
Knockout match between Afghanistan and Australia
While India and New Zealand have reached the semi-finals by winning two matches each from Group-A of Champions Trophy 2025, Afghanistan, Australia and South Africa all have a chance from Group-B. If the Afghanistan team wins this match, then it will step into the historic semi-final for the first time. On the other hand, two-time Champions Trophy winner Australia will want to establish its dominance and reach the semi-finals by defeating Afghanistan. This match is like a quarter-final for both the teams and whichever team loses, its journey in the tournament will end.
Australia vs Afghanistan head to head
So far four matches have been played between Afghanistan and Australia in the history of ODI cricket and Australia has won all four times. In this regard, the Afghanistan team will try to register its first win against Australia in the history of ODI cricket.
Captains at Toss
Steven Smith (Australia): We would have bowled first, uncertain overhead conditions. All the guys are doing good, should be a good contest, looking forward to it. Coming here with good intent and aggression and ready to get started. Same team for us.
Hasmatullah Shahidi (Afghanistan): We will bat first because the wickets looks good, it's a used pitch, England and Australia already played on this pitch so it will slow down in the second half. We were happy with the performance in our last game, we also have made plans against Australia. We are going with the same team.
Playing XIs
Australia (Playing XI): Matthew Short, Travis Head, Steven Smith(c), Marnus Labuschagne, Josh Inglis, Alex Carey(w), Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Adam Zampa, Spencer Johnson
Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz(w), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi(c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooqi
