South Africa and Afghanistan will block horns against each other in the third game of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The game will be played on Friday (February 21) at the Karachi National Stadium.
This will be the first game of the tournament for both teams, and both will be eager to start the campaign on a winning note. South Africa enters this game on the back of two losses in the ODI series.
However, they managed to get such a necessary impulse by winning the heating game against Pakistan Shaheens and will also look at a similar winning performance in the next game.
On the other hand, Afghanistan has lost both heating games. They suffered defeats against Pakistan Shaheens and New Zealand. Afghanistan will seek to return back and return to winnings with a famous victory over the proteas. So, before the game starts, we take a look at the weather and pitch ratio.
The weather report AFG VS SA and the tuna report of the Karachi-ICC 2025 champions trophy, match 3:
AFG VS SA, Karachi's weather report:
The next AFG VS SA match is unlikely to be interrupted by the weather conditions, because there is no prediction for rain in the city on the day of the game.
The temperature will be about 30 degrees Celsius in the first half of the game. Once the sun sets, the temperature will be expected in the 20s.
AFG VS SA Pitch Report:
Here are the statistics of the National Stadium, Karachi:
| Played matches | 56 |
| Matches won by home side | 26 (46.43%) |
| Matches won by Touring Side | 21 (37.50%) |
| Matches won by the neutral side | 7 (12.50%) |
| The matches first won the fight | 26 (44.83%) |
| The matches won the second struggle | 28 (48.28%) |
| The matches won the win | 23 (39.66%) |
| The matches won the loss | 31 (53.45%) |
| Matches tied | 0 (0.00%) |
| Fits without result | 2 (3.57%) |
| The largest team half | 374/4 (India) |
| The slightest team half | 115 (Bangladesh) |
| The greatest running pursuit obtained | 355/4 (Pakistan) |
| Media rolling on wicket | 35.77 |
| Media run over over | 5.35 |
| The average fighting score first | 246 |
While the average score of the first half at the Karachi National Stadium is 246 rounds, the recent matches were the biggest.
Earlier this month, Pakistan watched a total record of 352 running from South Africa in the same place. In recent games, 300 plus totals have become quite frequent, and the next game is likely to be a high score.
Regarding the tracking record, the teams struggling with the second have a slight advantage over the teams that are fighting in Karachi first. Of the 56 games played so far, the second place teams have won 28 games, while the teams that fight first won 26 games.
Conclusion:
The weather report is very promising for the AFG VS SA match, because there is no rain prediction. On the other hand, the land is expected to be a Belter, and the future competition promises to be a high score.