Australia will be up against South Africa in Match 7 of the ICC Champions Trophy, 2025 on February 25 at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. The match commences at 02:30 PM IST.
Pitch report
The wicket at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, supports the batters. The average score by the team batting first in the last 10 matches at the venue is 250.
Fielding first should be the preferred option at this stadium, with the team batting second winning 60 per cent of its contests.
Weather report
The temperature at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium is predicted to be and humidity.
Australia vs South Africa squads
Australia: Jake Fraser-McGurk, Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith (c), Travis Head, Aaron Hardie, Glenn Maxwell, Matthew Short, Alex Carey (wk), Josh Inglis (wk), Adam Zampa, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Sean Abbott, Spencer Johnson and Tanveer Sangha
South Africa: David Miller, Rassie van der Dussen, Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Aiden Markram, Corbin Bosch, Marco Jansen, Wiaan Mulder, Heinrich Klaasen (wk), Ryan Rickelton (wk), Tristan Stubbs (wk), Kagiso Rabada, Keshav Maharaj, Lungi Ngidi and Tabraiz Shamsi
Top players
Josh Inglis: Australia batter Josh Inglis has scored 120 runs in 1 match of the ICC Champions Trophy, 2025 at an average of and a strike rate of 139.53. He has smashed 0 half-centuries and 1 ton and achieved the highest score of 120 not out.
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Ryan Rickelton: South Africa’s Ryan Rickelton has made 103 runs in 1 match and is the team’s number-one run-scorer this edition. He strikes at a rate of 97.17 and averages 103. He also has 0 fifties and 1 ton to his name in this campaign.
Ben Dwarshuis: The Australia bowler has taken 3 wickets in 1 match. Ben Dwarshuis’s best figures for this season is 3/66 and his average is 22.00.
Kagiso Rabada: The bowler from South Africa has picked up 3 wickets in 1 match so far at an average of 12.00. Kagiso Rabada’s 3/36 is his top bowling performance of the ICC Champions Trophy, 2025.
Australia vs South Africa head-to-head
Australia and South Africa faced each other 110 times, with South Africa winning 55 times. South Africa have also won four of the last 5 matches against Australia.
ICC Champions Trophy, 2025 points table
South Africa is ranked first in the B Group points table of the ICC Champions Trophy, 2025 with 2 points and a net run rate of +2.140. They have won 1 of their 1 matches and lost 0.
Australia, meanwhile, are second with 2 points from 1 match. They have won 1 match and lost 0, with a net run rate of +0.475.
Prediction
South Africa is expected to win the upcoming fixture as they have won four of the last 5 matches against Australia.
