After claiming a historic One-Day International series win over South Africa in September last year, Afghanistan is now ready to start its Champions Trophy 2025 campaign against the Proteas in Karachi on Friday.
While South Africa is the odds-on favourite heading into the clash, the Afghans are more than capable of pulling off an upset in this Group B opener.
Afghanistan and South Africa have faced each other in ODIs on five occasions, with the Proteas winning three matches and the Afghans securing two victories.
AFGHANISTAN vs SOUTH AFRICA HEAD HEAD-TO-HEAD RECORD IN ODIS
Matches played: 5
South Africa won: 3
Afghanistan won: 2
Last result: South Africa won by 7 wickets (Sharjah; 2024)
AFG vs SA – HIGHEST AND LOWEST SCORES IN ODIS
AFG (highest score) vs SA: 311/4 (50) – AFG won by 177 runs (2024)
AFG (lowest score) vs SA: 125 all out (34.1/48) – SA won by 9 wickets (2019)
SA (highest score) vs AFG: 247/5 (47.3/50) – SA won by 5 wickets (2023)
SA (lowest score) vs AFG: 106 all out (33.3/50) – AFG won by 6 wickets (2024)
AFG (individual highest score) vs SA: Rahmanullah Gurbaz – 105 (110)
AFG (best bowling figures) vs SA: 5/19 (9)
SA (individual highest score) vs AFG: Rassie van der Dussen – 76* (95)
SA (best 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 |