The Afghanistan dugout ran in jubilation as Ibrahim Zadran grabbed the catch of Adil Rashid to knock England out of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Wednesday on the Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore.
Afghanistan defeated England by eight runs in an exhilarating end and received on the second-last supply of the sport. With Afghanistan’s win, group A of the match is broad open with all three groups having an opportunity.
Ibrahim Zadran performed a powerful innings of 177 runs in 146 balls to energy Afghanistan to an enormous whole of 325/7 from 50 overs. Joe Root scored 120 for England however the Afghani bowlers confirmed immense composure in the previous couple of overs to get the essential wickets and prohibit England to 317 all out to clinch the thriller.
For the time being, South Africa is on the prime of the group with three factors and forward of second-placed Australia primarily based on web run fee as their recreation was washed out as a consequence of rain on Monday. Afghanistan is positioned third with two factors as they misplaced the primary recreation towards South Africa.
With simply two video games left within the group, there’s a enormous risk that both of the three groups can go forward or go residence.
Right here is how Afghanistan can qualify for the semis and knock out Australia
Afghanistan has only one possibility and that’s to win towards Australia of their final. In any case, if Afghanistan loses, South Africa will qualify routinely as they’ve three factors.
Situation 1: If Afghanistan defeats Australia and South Africa loses towards England by an enormous margin, Australia will qualify for the semi-finals.
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Situation 2: If Afghanistan defeats Australia and South Africa wins towards England, Australia shall be knocked out of the match whereas SA will qualify for the semis.
Situation 3: If Afghanistan defeats Australia and South Africa loses towards England by a small margin, South Africa will qualify for the semis primarily based on web run fee.
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