Afghanistan (AFG) vs England (ENG), 8th Match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Match Prediction Dream11 Fantasy Tips dream11 prediction today match

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Match : Afghanistan (AFG) vs England (ENG), 8th Match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Match Prediction Dream11 Fantasy Tips

Venue : Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Date & Time : 26th February, Wednesday at 2:30 PM IST

H2H Record :

Total matches - 03
AFG won - 01
ENG won - 02
NR - 00,
Tied - 00,

Pitch Report :

The National Stadium in Karachi is known for its batting-friendly nature, which often leads to high-scoring matches. The Pacers are likely to be more effective on this wicket. The surface offers good bounce, benefiting fast bowlers at the initial stage of the game, as they can create movement and challenge the batters. However, the pacers might get a help from the new ball and that might some cause trouble to the top order batters. But if the batters can play the initial phase out there is plenty of runs available for them. Both teams will prefer chasing at this venue.

The average first innings score is here 270 runs.

Weather Report :

The temperature is expected to hover around 24°C on the Wednesday with 78% humidity and 8 km/hr wind speed. There are 10% chance of the rain during the match.

Probable XI :

Afghanistan :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wk), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hasmatullah Shahidi (c), Azmatullah Omarzai, Fareed Ahmad Malik, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmad.

England :

Phil Salt, Ben Duckett, Jamie Smith (wk), Joe Root, Harry Brook, Jos Buttler (c), Liam Livingstone, Jamie Overton, Jofra Archer, Adil Rashid, Mark Wood.

Preview :

Afghanistan (AFG) will face England (ENG) in the 8th Match of the Champions Trophy 2025 in Lahore. Both teams lost their previous games.
Morale in the Afghanistan camp isn’t so high after losing their maiden Champions Trophy game against South Africa by 107 runs. Their highest margin of loss in terms of runs in the last 12 months. Barring Rahmat Shah, there was no fightback at all by the remaining batters, who failed to score more than 20 runs. Shah ran out of partners before becoming the 3rd victim of Kagiso Rabada for a well-made 90. The diversified bowling unit featuring renowned names such as Rashid Khan, Noor Ahmad, and Fazalhaq Farooqi couldn’t able to control the run-flow of the Proteas and ended by conceding 315 for 6 in 50 overs.

The upcoming game against England will be a do-or-die one for the Afghans to stay in the knockout race. They need to take inspiration from their triumph at the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 where they defeated England by 69 runs.

England had no answers against Australia’s dynamic batting where they failed to defend a mammoth 351 in their Champions Trophy 2025 opener on Saturday. Except for veteran spinner Adil Rashid (1 for 47 in 10 overs), the rest of the five bowlers went more than 6 runs an over where the frontline pace bowlers Mark Wood, Jofra Archer, and Brydon Carse went for plenty.

With the bat, they take a lot of positives as Ben Duckett produced the best ODI knock of his career, scoring 165 from 143 balls as the Three Lions raced away to 351 for 8 in 50 overs. Experienced batter Joe Root, was their 2nd best performer with 68 runs.

They dealt with another injury blow as seam bowling all-rounder Brydon Carse has been ruled out of the tournament with a left-toe injury. Leg spinner Rehan Ahmed has been named his replacement, he will join the side later this week. Jamie Overton or Gus Atkinson will walk in against Afghanistan.

Team Guide

Makes various team combinations with the help of these information.

*Afghanistan*

Rahmanullah Gurbaz :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz is a dynamic and explosive opener who's able to destroy any bowling attacks on his day. The wicket-keeper has a solid record in ODIs, with 1779 runs at an average of 38.67 in 47 ODI matches. The opener also has scored 80 runs against the England, in his only inning against them. Must have pick.

Rahmat Shah :

Rahmat Shah is a experienced batter who's also bowls occasionally. When other Afghan batters struggled against Proteas bowlers, Rahmat Shah stood firm and played some quality shots during his stay of 90 runs which included 9 fours and a six. He's played 121 ODIs so far and scored 3960 runs at an average of 35.68, which includes 5 tons & 31 fifties. Shah played just just two games against the England and scored 49 runs in those games. Punt pick.

Hashmatullah Shahidi :

Hashmatullah Shahidi is an experienced batter who's looking in good form. The skipper scored 2375 runs at an average of 33.45 in 88 ODIs so far. The Afghanistan's skipper scored 90 runs, Avg - 45.0 in two matches against the England. Punt pick.

Ibrahim Zadran :

Ibrahim Zadran is another strong top order batter based on his consistent performances in ODIs. He has scored 1456 runs at an average of 46.97 and a strike rate of 80.05 in 34 innings, including seven half-centuries and five half-centuries. One of the best captaincy choice for grand league.

Gulbadin Naib :

Gulbadin Naib is another player to watch out for the Afghanistan side who performed fantastically in the recently played some franchise cricket. He has scored 1327 runs at an average of 20.11 and a strike rate of 75.75 in 87 ODIs matches so far, including five half-centuries. Punt pick.

Mohammad Nabi :

Mohammad Nabi is an outstanding allrounder, who's the scored 3614 runs and 174 wickets from 171 ODIs. He bagged 2 wickets and managed to score 8 runs against South Africa in previous game. But he's didn't have a good record against the England and scored just 34 run in three matches against them

and picked up two wickets. Must have pick.

Azmatullah Omarzai :

Azmatullah Omarzai is an underated bowling allrounder who can able to contribute with both bat & ball. He's played 37 ODIs so far and scored 925 runs, Avg - 44.05. & picked up 31 wickets in these. He hasn't solid allround record against the South Africa managed to scored just 19 runs at an average of 19.0 and didn't picked up any wicket in a match against them. Default c/vc pick.

Rashid Khan :

Rashid-Khan is an exceptional player, who's able contribute with both bat & ball. He's picked up 198 wickets in just 112 ODI matches, also amassed 1354 runs. He's also scalped 3 wickets in two matches against the England with best figures of 3/37. Default c/vc pick.

Fazalhaq Farooqi :

FazalHaq Farooqi is a proficient wicket-taking bowler who's picked up 51 wickets in 40 ODIs. Farooqi has a wickets in just a match against the England. His knack for consistently taking wickets makes him a valuable asset in any fantasy team.

Noor Ahmad :

Noor Ahmad has a mystery option that can trouble any batter at surface like Lahore. He is still in his early days in ODIs, having taken 10 wickets in 11 matches. Punt pick.

*England*

Phil Salt :

Phil Salt will open the innings in the field restrictions. He has scored 968 runs in 31 ODIs. He can use the pitch to his advantage and make the most of slightly shaky Afghanistan’s bowling attack in nice batting conditions. Hit or miss type player.

Jos Buttler :

Jos Buttler is an experienced wicketkeeper batter who's played 185 ODIs, he mustered 5137 runs at an average of 39.21 with the best score of 162*. But he has scored just 11 runs at an average of 5.5 in two innings against the Afghanistan. Must have pick.

Joe Root :

Joe Root will bat in the top order and bowl some overs. He has smashed 99 runs at an average of 49.5 and taken a wicket in two head-to-head matches. One of the best captaincy choice for grand league.

Ben Duckett :

Ben Duckett played with a lot of authority and took control of the proceedings right from the word go against Australia. He hammered 165 runs from 143 balls which included 17 fours and 3 sixes. Must have pick.

Liam Livingstone :

Liam Livingstone is not in the best of forms lately and looking to turn it around at the marquee event. The 31-year-old all-rounder has scored 913 runs and picked up 23 wickets across 37 ODIs so far. He also has 10 runs at an average 10.0 and picked up a wicket in a match against the Afghanistan. Must have pick.

Mark Wood :

Mark Wood has the pace that can trouble Afghanistan on a relatively quick deck. He can cause serious damage. His natural lengths are short, and the Afghan batters are not as comfortable against them. That works in Wood’s favour. Must have pick.

Jofra Archer :

Jofra Archer also has the pace to agitate the Afghanistan team. He bowls shorter lengths, which can trouble the opponent batters. Jofra Archer has blown hot and cold lately but can snare a few wickets in this game. Good pick.

Adil Rashid :

Adil Rashid is looking forward to producing the magic in ideal conditions at the Lahore. He had a good ODI series against Afghanistan, picking up 6 wickets in just two matches against the Afghanistan. Good pick.

Details Analysis

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Cheat sheet

Afghanistan ODIs

Wk :

Rahmanullah Gurbaz -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
10(14), 101(120), 2(8), 5(7), 89(94), 105(110), 0(3), 51(53), 121(117), 48(57), 8(20), 1(3), 25(22), 21(25), 10(11), 0(4), 65(53)

Ikram Alikhil -

5dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 5dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 4dwn, DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB
5(5), 4(9), DNB, 2(4), DNB, 32(38), 4(1), 10(14)*, 12(14), DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB

Batter :

Ibrahim Zadran -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open
17(29), 22(31), 60(93), 13(10), 54(76), 4(7), 15(30), 129(143), 20(34), 39(57), 87(113)

Hashmatullah Shahidi -

3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn
0(4), 20(22)*, 29(30)*, 6(21), 17(40), 52(92), 10(17), DNB, 16(29), 69(103), 50(33)*, 5(8), 9(12), 7(11), 2(7), 26(43), 56(64), 58(74), 48(45)

Rahmat Shah -

2dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
90(92), 17(23)*, 1(5), 8(22), 52(76), 2(13), 1(6), 50(66), 8(26), 4(9), 2(5), 65(77), 63(69), 7(14), 26(46), 30(44), 52(54), 62(74), 77(84)

Sediqullah Atal -

1dwn, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
16(32), 52(50), 104(128), 14(18), 39(51), 21(30), 28(36), 6(12), 15(23), 2(15), 81(97), 0(1), 23(32), 19(28), 60(63), 38(49), 1(19),

Darwish Rasooli -

Open, 1dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn
143(124)*, 148(121), 10(12), 46(34), 8(16), 32(45), 122(91), 65(76),

All-rounder :

Azmatullah Omarzai - Right Arm Medium Fast

4dwn, DNB, 1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, DNB
18(27), DNB, 5(15), 70(77)*, 0(1), 0(3), 2(4), 86(60), 25(36), 4(9), 19(20), 54(59), 3(6), 149(115)*, 97(107), 22(18), 31(28), 73(63), DNB
1/39(6), 1/17(6), 1/17(5), 4/37(7), 0/23(3), 1/16(5), DNB, 1/17(3), 0/3(3), 0/13(5), 2/47(10), 0/29(4), 3/56(10), 0/55(6), 0/8(1), 2/52(7), 0/11(3), 1/37(7), 1/50(5)

Mohammad Nabi - Right Arm Off break

5dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, DNB, DNB, DNB
8(17), DNB, 18(16), 34(27)*, 17(21), 84(79), 5(13), 13(19), DNB, 48(62), 40(27), 14(21), 1(4), 136(130), 2(3), 12(10), DNB, DNB, DNB
2/51(10), DNB, DNB, 1/37(10), 0/49(10), 1/23(5), 1/37(8), 0/29(7), DNB, 5/17(10), 0/36(8), 1/46(10), 0/38(10), 1/44(10), 2/35(10), 0/20(2), 3/28(9), 0/33(6), 1/31(10)

Gulbadin Naib - Right Arm Medium

6dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 4dwn, 1dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn
13(19), 1(5), 26(25), 22(32), 34(27), 8(5), 0(7), 16(7), 22(16), 15(13), 0(3), 20(21), 8(11)
0/42(7), DNB, 0/10(2), 0/9(1), DNB, 1/38(6), 0/48(5), 0/61(8), 4/60(10), 1/58(8), 2/36(9), 1/19(2), 0/48(6)

Nangeyalia Khrote - Left Arm orthodox

DNB, 7dwn, 7dwn, 6dwn, DNB, DNB, 6dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 6dwn,
DNB, 4(12), 27(28)*, 0(3), DNB, DNB, 10(8), 15(9), 40(60), 19(19), 23(33), DNB, 41(42),
0/35(9), 3/28(8), 0/16(6), 0/31(6), 4/26(7), 0/16(5), 4/30(9), 0/41(7), 1/26(8), 1/46(9), 3/42(9), 1/20(9), 3/17(8),

Bowler :

Rashid Khan - Legbreak

0/59(10), 3/38(8), 1/40(10), 2/32(10), 2/28(8), 5/19(9), 2/30(9), 2/37(10), 2/44(10), 0/31(10), 1/50(10), 0/41(10), 1/43(10), 3/37(10), 2/57(8),

Fazal Haq Farooqi - Left Arm Medium Fast

1/59(8), 2/15(6), 0/41(7), 0/69(7), 0/22(4), 0/18(4), 4/35(7), 1/23(5), 4/51(10), 0/54(5), 1/55(10), 0/77(9), 0/36(5), 4/34(10), 0/39(7), 1/50(7), 0/50(6)

Fareed Ahmed Malik - Left Arm Medium Fast

1/11(4), 1/17(7), 0/45(4), 2/79(9), 2/70(10), 0/8(1), 2/61(9), 2/43(8), 1/9(6)

Noor Ahmad - Left Arm Chinaman

1/65(9), 1/61(10), 1/54(8), 0/62(8), 0/49(9), 0/53(10), 2/31(9), 3/49(10),

Naveed Zadran - Left-arm Medium

3/13(3), 0/45(5), 0/21(3), 1/42(7), 0/15(6), 1/42(8), 1/22(4), 2/47(9)

Allah Mohammad Ghazanfar - Off break

5/33(10), 3/9(4), 0/49(7), 2/35(10), 6/26(7), 1/38(7), 0/23(5), 3/20(10), 0/13(3), 0/34(6), 3/30(10), 1/35(10), 3/29(10), 1/40(10), 0/26(5), 5/30(10),

Bilal Sami - Right Arm Medium

0/25(3), 0/17(5), 2/21(5), 2/36(6), 2/60(9), 4/32(9), 1/54(9),

England ODIs

WK :

Jos Buttler (c) -

4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
23(21), 6(9), 34(35), 52(67), 0(1), 58(45)*, 3(13), 27(18), 5(11), 1(7), 10(23), 8(6),

Philip Salt -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
10(6), 23(21), 26(29), 43(26), 74(108), 59(59), 18(29), 45(27), 22(27), 0(8), 12(14), 17(24), 4(6), 21(15), 45(28), 61(28), 28(21), 35(25), 7(15), 12(19),

Jamie Smith -

1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 3dwn,
15(13), 6(9), 39(28), 7(16), 49(61), 23(19), DNB, 9(10), 85(107),

Batter :

Joe Root - Right Arm off-break

2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn
68(78), 24(29), 69(72), 19(31), 60(72), 28(35), 13(17), 0(1), 3(10), 2(6), 11(17), 82(68), 77(86), 29(40), 4(7), 0(2), 6(15), 1(3), 86(77), 0(3), 11(21), 0(2)
0/26(4), 1/47(5), 0/15(2), 0/10(2), DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/48(7), 1/19(4),

Harry Brook -

3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn,
3(6), 19(26), 31(52), 0(3), 72(52), 87(58), 110(94), 4(9), 39(31), 1(3), 43(49), 71(72), 30(17), 11(16), 17(25), 66(61), 20(15),

Ben Duckett -

Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
165(143), 34(22), 65(56), 32(29), 107(91), 63(62), 8(9), 32(25), 62(56), 71(73), 3(7), 20(23), 107(78)*, 48(49), 0(5), 20(32), 3(5),

All-rounder :

Liam Livingstone - Legbreak

5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn,
14(17), 9(23), 41(32), 5(10), 6(14), 124(85)*, 48(49), 0(3), 62(27), 33(20), 0(1), 13(16), 45(56), DNB, 17(19), 2(5), 27(46), 1(6), 10(14), 0(1),
1/47(7), 0/57(8), 1/29(7), 0/36(5), 1/56(7), 1/32(6), DNB, DNB, 1/24(3), 0/28(5), 0/23(2), 1/75(9), 0/34(5), 3/39(6), 1/50(10), 1/42(6), 0/29(4), 0/17(3), 1/33(10), 1/13(3),

Jamie Overton - Right Arm Fast Medium

5dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 7dwn, 8dwn, DNB, 8dwn, 8dwn,
6(10), 32(21), 0(1), DNB, 27(18), 12(9)*, DNB, 0(1), 4(9),
2/27(5), 1/17(4), DNB, 3/48(10), 1/30(6), 0/37(6), 4/64(10), 0/49(7), DNB,

Jacob Bethell - Left-arm orthodox

4dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, Open, Open, Open,
51(64), 0(3), 55(57), 27(33), 13(27), 12(19)*, DNB, 25(35), 35(34), 8(21), 8(13), 15(13), 4(3), 44(45), 2(5), 2(6), 88(42),
1/18(3), 0/26(3), 0/20(3), 0/12(1), DNB, DNB, 1/33(5), 2/33(5), 1/20(3), DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/17(4), 0/26(10), 1/30(7),

Bowler :

Adil Rashid - Leg break

1/47(10), 4/64(10), 1/78(10), 2/49(10), 0/51(10), 2/62(10), 1/50(7), 0/15(4), 1/11(3), 0/56(10), 2/42(10), 0/59(10), 2/55(10), 3/54(8), 2/38(10), 2/35(10), 0/39(5), 2/61(10), 3/42(10), 1/42(10),

Jofra Archer - Right Arm Fast

1/82(10), 1/39(7), 0/54(9), 1/40(9), 0/21(5), 2/33(7), 2/67(10), 0/53(6), 3/35(9), 2/37(10), 6/40(10), 1/81(10), 1/60(9), 3/34(10), 3/57(10), 1/42(10),

Mark Wood - Right arm fast

1/75(10), 2/46(9), 0/57(8), 2/70(10), 1/46(9), 0/23(4), 0/76(7), 2/50(9), 1/29(10), 0/55(5), 0/14(4), 2/34(8), 0/35(10),

Saqib Mahmood - Right Arm Fast Medium

1/68(10), 0/36(6), 2/47(7), 0/57(8), 0/41(9), 3/60(10), 2/21(8), 4/42(10), 0/58(10), 2/45(9),

Brydon Carse - Right Arm Fast

1/69(7), 0/52(5), 1/36(5), 3/36(6), 1/55(10), 3/75(10), 0/42(5), 0/34(6), 1/73(9), ABN, 1/40(8), 1/53(7), 0/25(5), 0/60(6), 1/46(9), 1/45(8),

Gus Atkinson - Right arm medium fast

1/74(8), 1/65(7), 2/58(6), 2/28(7), 2/62(10), 2/45(8), 0/41(7), 2/60(9), 0/24(5), 1/23(5),

Cheat Sheet

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