AFG vs SA Champions Trophy 2025 Predicted Playing 11 Today Match: The dark horses Afghanistan will take on South Africa in the first game of Group B at Karachi on Friday with the Afghan players looking to continue their fine ODI form against the Proteas, who they had beaten last September 2-1 at Sharjah. The Temba Bavuma-led South Africa, however, will be keen to put their recent Tri-Series performance in he rearview mirror where they lost all their matches against Pakistan and New Zealand. But that was because they were missing most of their Champions Trophy players who had SA20 league commitments. With all of their star players available now, the Proteas will start this match as hot favourites. Ryan Rickelton over Tony de Zorzi Even though de Zorzi scored a decent 55 off 51 against Pakistan Shaheen in a warmup match, his record for the Proteas across formats doesn’t warrant a place in the lineup with better players available. Rickelton has played 6 ODIs for South Africa and scored 188 runs with a 50 …