After claiming a historic One-Day Worldwide sequence win over South Africa in September final 12 months, Afghanistan is now prepared to start out its Champions Trophy 2025 marketing campaign towards the Proteas in Karachi on Friday.
Whereas South Africa is the odds-on favorite heading into the conflict, the Afghans are greater than able to pulling off an upset on this Group B opener.
Afghanistan and South Africa have confronted one another in ODIs on 5 events, with the Proteas successful three matches and the Afghans securing two victories.
AFGHANISTAN vs SOUTH AFRICA HEAD HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD IN ODIS
Matches performed: 5
South Africa gained: 3
Afghanistan gained: 2
Final consequence: South Africa gained by 7 wickets (Sharjah; 2024)
AFG vs SA – HIGHEST AND LOWEST SCORES IN ODIS
AFG (highest rating) vs SA: 311/4 (50) – AFG gained by 177 runs (2024)
AFG (lowest rating) vs SA: 125 all out (34.1/48) – SA gained by 9 wickets (2019)
SA (highest rating) vs AFG: 247/5 (47.3/50) – SA gained by 5 wickets (2023)
SA (lowest rating) vs AFG: 106 all out (33.3/50) – AFG gained by 6 wickets (2024)
AFG (particular person highest rating) vs SA: Rahmanullah Gurbaz – 105 (110)
AFG (finest bowling figures) vs SA: 5/19 (9)
SA (particular person highest rating) vs AFG: Rassie van der Dussen – 76* (95)
SA (finest bowling figures) vs AFG: Imran Tahir – 4/29 (7)
MOST RUNS IN AFG vs SA ODIs
| Batter | Innings | Runs | Avg. | S/R | HS |
| Rahmanullah Gurbaz (AFG) | 4 | 219 | 54.75 | 95.63 | 105 |
| Azmatullah Omarzai (AFG) | 4 | 210 | 210.00 | 197 | 97* |
| Aiden Markram (SA) | 5 | 117 | 39.00 | 87.31 | 69* |
MOST WICKETS IN AFG vs SA ODIs
| Bowler | Innings | Wkts. | Avg. | Econ. | BBI |
| Rashid Khan (AFG) | 4 | 9 | 14.55 | 3.79 | 5/19 |
| Lungi Ngidi (SA) | 4 | 6 | 24.50 | 5.15 | 2/22 |
| Andile Phehlukwayo (SA) | 4 | 5 | 18.50 | 4.33 | 2/17 |
