Afghanistan 0/0 in 0.0 Overs | Afghanistan vs England Live Score, Champions Trophy 2025: AFG win toss, decide to bat against ENG in Lahore

Afghanistan vs England Live Score, Champions Trophy 2025: Afghanistan received the toss and opted to bat first against England in their Group B conflict of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at Gaddafi Stadium.

England have made one change to their lineup, with all-rounder Jamie Overton changing quick bowler Brydon Carse, who has been dominated out due to damage. Meanwhile, Afghanistan have retained the identical taking part in XI from their earlier match.

With Australia’s match against South Africa on Tuesday deserted due to rain, this encounter serves as a digital knockout. Both England and Afghanistan are but to safe a win in the match, and the loser of this contest will grow to be the third workforce to be eradicated, ending their hopes of reaching the semifinals.

Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi mentioned, “We will bat first. The wicket looks good. Hopefully, it will spin in the second innings. And it might be slower as well. Sometimes the dew is coming and sometimes it is not. Hopefully, there won’t be any dew and help our spinners. It might get slower for sure. We were not bowling in the good areas in the last game. We are going with the same team.”

England captain Jos Buttler mentioned, “The dew came in last game and skidded on a bit under lights. Ww would have batted first as well. Looks a good wicket. It came on to the bat nicely. We just got one change. Carse is out. Overton is in. Individual skills are very high.”

Playing XIs:

England: Philip Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith (w), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, Jofra Archer, Jamie Overton, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood

Afghanistan: Rahmanullah Gurbaz (w), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Mohammad Nabi, Gulbadin Naib, Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, Fazalhaq Farooq