The seventh match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Rawalpindi will be played between Australia and South Africa, 25 February. After winning their first match, both teams are in the top two places in the point table. The team that won the match will almost confirm their place in the knockout. As a knockout in the Champions Trophy, two top teams from a group will get directly to the semi -finals. However, on the basis of net run rate, the South African team remains at the top of Group B. The South African team had won a big 107 runs against Afghanistan.
In this match, there will be another chance to win the knockout by winning the losing team. The teams of England and Afghanistan are third and fourth respectively in Group B of Champions Trophy 2025. Both teams are yet to open an account. However, these teams have two matches left to play. Both teams will have to win both their matches by a good margin to qualify. Talking about Australia and South Africa’s head to head ODI records, 110 matches have been played between the two so far, of which South Africa won 55 matches, while Australia won 51 times.
Pitch mood
The pitch of Rawalpindi of Pakistan is considered to be favorable to batsmen. Here the batsmen will get favorable conditions to score runs and the bowlers will have to work hard to stop the run. However, fast bowlers will have a chance to take wickets in the beginning. As the match progresses, the pitch may slow down and the spinners will start getting help. In the last match played on this ground, New Zealand spinner Michael Bracewell took four wickets.
Squads of both teams:
Australia: Steven Smith (captain), Matthew Short, Travis Head, Marnas Labushen, Josh English (wicketkeeper), Alex Carrie, Glenn Maxwell, Ben Dvarsheus, Nathan Ellis, Adam, Spencer Johnson, Jake Fraser-Maxark, Aaron Hardy, Scene Abbott, Tanvir Sangha.
South Africa: In Temba Bawu (captain), Ryan Recellton (wicketkeeper), Tony de Jorji, Rasi Van Der Dusen, Edren Markram, David Miller, Vian Mulder, Marco Johnson, Keshav Maharaj, Cagiso Rabada, Lungi Angidi, Henriqu Klassen, Tabrez Shamsi, Truston Stabs, Curbin Bosch.
