Champions Trophy 2025: Why Afghanistan are next big thing in International Cricket?

The Champions Trophy 2025 is currently going in full flow, where distinct teams are putting their A performance on the table to emerge winner.

Talking about the latest development, Afghanistan have beaten England by 7 runs in order to keep their hope alive in the tournament.

England, with this loss they are out of Champions Trophy now, and so much to ponder for them ahead of next big event.

It would be interesting to see whether Butler will continue as their leader in years to come or not.

Afghanistan are certainly not the dark horse any more in International Cricket, they have quickly accelerated from bottom to top tier in no time makes them a dominating force for sure.

If you closely look at the  Batting lineup they possess some of the finest talents, in the form of Ibrahim Zadran, Rahamanullah Gurbaz & Hashmatullah Shahidi who can torment any bowling lineup in the world.

The bowling firepower in Afghanistan team including the likes of Rashid Khan, Mohammad Nabi and Fazal Haq Faruqi makes life difficult for any opposition batter on the given day.

The victory against England was brilliantly pulled up by Ibrahim Zadran, best batting performance where he scored 177 runs(which remains the highest individual score so far in Champions Trophy history)

If you closely look at his batting, he is pleasing to the eye and knows how to convert these 40s into 50s and further.

In the form of Azmatullah Omarzai, they have an absolute find as an all rounder who did wonders against Three Lions where he scored 40 runs with the bat and clinched 5 wickets for 58 runs and the most importantly, he bowled all those difficult overs which speaks volume about the class all rounder he might become for Afghanistan with the amount of talent he posses.

In the victory against England, Skipper Hashmatullah Shahidi, scored 40 runs with the bat and splendid bowling rotations, makes him a perfect captain.

Nabi played an astounding role where he scored 40 runs and clinched 2 wickets where he gave 57 runs and broke an important partnership, between Brook and Root and eventually Nabi caught Brook out at important juncture of the game.

Very few expert will talk about the never give up attitude, instilled in the mind of hearts of Afghanistan Players which is clearly evident in the match against England.

Their bowler tried till the last and never panicked, as they knew that they can catch opposition at any point of time.

Afghanistan will be next locking horns against Australia if they beat them, Boys in Blue will qualify for the semifinal.

Considering the current context of the game, Australia certainly have an edge over Afghanistan, but can’t write them off, as they certainly have arsenal to give tough time to each other.

Champions Trophy 2025, currently have two semifinalist in the form of- India and New Zealand in retrospect Group B, including the likes of- South Africa, Australia and Afghanistan considering the current form- South Africa would surely qualify and Afghanistan and Australia still would be vying for second place.

India will play their last League stage match against New Zealand on 2nd March 2025 post that we will be seeing team playing in the semifinal.

You can watch all the matches live on Star Sports and the same will be streamed on Jiohotstar app.

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