Karachi: South Africa has won the toss and elected to bat against Afghanistan in the third match of the ICC Champions Trophy.
The match between the two teams will start at 2:00 pm at the National Stadium Karachi.
Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi said that if we had won the toss, we would have also bowled. We played quality cricket against South Africa in Sharjah, we have the best spinners.
He said that we will start well by taking early wickets and will try to limit South Africa to a low score.
South African captain Timba Bavuma said that the wicket looks different from what it usually does in Pakistan. I cannot say for sure how it will behave. We will have to assess the wicket, hopefully we will be able to put a good score on the board.
The South African captain said that we have full confidence in our bowling, our consistency has been our strength. We are playing with only one spinner.
Afghanistan squad: Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran, Siddiqullah Atul, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Azmatullah Omarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmed, Fazal-Haq Farooqui
South Africa squad: Ryan Rickelton, Tony de Zorzi, Timba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wayne Mulder, Marco Johnson, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Langi Ngidi
