Afghanistan Vs Australia: After Pakistan and Bangladesh were eliminated from Group A, England was also knocked out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 edition yesterday after Buttler and his men lost to Afghanistan by a narrow margin of eight runs in Lahore.
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Afghanistan Vs Australia: Full Details Of Must Win Clash Tomorrow –
Australia, South Africa, and Afghanistan have won one match each in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in group B. The Aussies chased down a record score against England to win their first match of this edition. Australia chased down 352 runs which is the highest successful run chase in the history of an ICC fifty overs tournament.
The Proteas won against Afghanistan, and the Afghans won against England to keep their chances alive in their first ever tournament of the ICC Champions Trophy. However, the game between Australia and South Africa was a washout and both the teams got one point each.
Match – Afghanistan Vs Australia Match 10th Group B
Venue – Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore
Day and Date – Tomorrow, Friday, 28th February 2025
Live Streaming – JIOHotstar
TV Channel – Sports 18.
Afghanistan Vs Australia: The Afghans Are Yet To Win An ODI Matches Against Australia –
Australia is a powerhouse team in the International Cricket Arena. The Aussies have won the most ICC titles till now and winning the champions trophy again in this edition will add another feather in their hat. But Afghanistan is a quality team, which cannot be taken lightly.
Afghanistan held their nerve against England yesterday and they will also look to shock the Aussies tomorrow. But the record in ODIs is in the favour of Australia as they have won all the fifty overs matches played against Afghanistan as of now. From 2012 to 2023, four matches have been played and Australia has won all of them.
- Australia won by three wickets in the 2023 ODI World Cup match
- Australia won by seven wickets in Bristol in 2019
- Australia won by 295 runs in 2015 in WACA in Perth
- Australia won by 66 runs in 2012 at Sharjah.
Afghanistan Vs Australia: Glenn Maxwell Played An Innings Of A Life Time For The Aussies When They Played Afghanistan In An ICC ODI Event The Last Time –
The last time when the clash between Afghanistan Vs Australia happened was during the ODI World Cup 2023 in Mumbai and that whole ICC event was played in India. Everyone thought that it would be a walk in the park for the Aussies in this match. But the Afghans almost took the match away from the powerhouse team in the world.
Afghanistan batted first and piled a decent score on the board. Ibrahim Zadran’s unbeaten 129 runs took Afghanistan to 291 runs in their allotted fifty-overs quota. In this run chase, The Aussies were tottering at one stage and it seemed that Afghanistan would certainly shock the cricketing world by defeating the Aussies.
But it was an innings of a lifetime which changed the fortunes of the Australians in that fifty-overs tournament. Australia didn’t have the greatest of starts in ODI World Cup 2023. They lost two back-to-back matches against India and South Africa at the start.
And in this run chase as well, they didn’t look like they would win this encounter. However, it was Glenn Maxwell who took the show away from Afghanistan. At one stage, Australia had scored 91 runs and lost seven wickets in a run chase of 292 runs. Maxwell’s unbeaten 201 runs allowed them to cross the line with three wickets to spare. This unbeaten knock from Maxi has gone down as the best knock played in an ODI World Cup.
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