Afghanistan and England skippers seen on the toss forward of their Champions Trophy 2025 encounter at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, on February 26, 2025. — Geo Information Reside/YouTube
LAHORE: Afghanistan have gained the toss and opted to bat first in opposition to England within the group match of the continuing Champions Trophy 2025.
The conflict, which is a must-win match, is happening at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium.
Afghanistan, who’re making their first look within the prestigious match, additionally had an undesirable begin to their maiden marketing campaign as they suffered a 107-run defeat in opposition to South Africa.
In the meantime, the Englishmen — who’re the 2019 ODI World Cup champions — additionally had a forgetful begin to their Champions Trophy 2025 marketing campaign as they suffered a gruelling five-wicket defeat by the hands of arch-rivals Australia on Saturday on the identical venue.
Regardless of setting a mammoth whole of 351 on the board, England ended up on the shedding aspect as their bowling unit was dominated by the Australian wicketkeeper duo of Josh Inglis and Alex Carey.
After the abandonment of the Group B fixture between Australia and South Africa, England now must win each of their remaining group-stage matches to progress additional within the eight-team match, whereas Afghanistan’s highway to the semi-final has turn out to be more durable.
