Australia vs South Africa, Champions Trophy 2025: The seventh match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 being played in Pakistan will be played between world champions Australia and South Africa. Whichever team wins this match to be played at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium will directly qualify for the semi-finals. Australia defeated England in the first match, while South Africa defeated Afghanistan.

Both Australia and South Africa have a strong batting department and this can make this match very interesting. In the first match, Josh Inglis gave the best performance of his career by scoring a century, due to which he will be full of confidence. Apart from him, Matthew Short, Marnus Labuschagne, Alex Carey and Glenn Maxwell also made useful contributions.

For South Africa, batsman Ryan Rickleton will also be full of confidence after his aggressive century against Afghanistan. Apart from Rickleton, captain Bavuma, Rassie van der Dussen and Aiden Markram scored half-centuries in the last match for South Africa.

Head to Head Record

So far 110 ODI matches have been played between Australia and South Africa. Australia has won 51 matches whereas South Africa has won 55 matches. 3 matches have been drawn. Apart from this one match has been cancelled.

Australia Squads for Champions Trophy: Steve Smith (c), Sean Abbott, Alex Carey, Ben Dwarshuis, Nathan Ellis, Jake Fraser-McGurk, Aaron Hardie, Travis Head, Josh Inglis, Spencer Johnson, Marnus Labuschagne, Glenn Maxwell, Tanveer Sangha, Matthew Short, Adam Zampa.

South Africa Squads for Champions Trophy: Temba Bavuma (c), Tony de Zorzi, Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen, Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch.

Rawalpindi Pitch Report

The pitch of Rawalpindi is favorable for batting but it also helps the bowlers. The pitch has good speed and bounce which can benefit the fast bowlers in the beginning, while as the game progresses, the pitch slows down and starts taking turn and becomes helpful for the spinners. The match between Bangladesh and New Zealand is going on at this ground and in this, New Zealand spinner Michael Bracewell has taken four wickets.

Broadcast and Streaming Details

The match between Australia and South Africa will start at 2:30 pm Indian time on Tuesday in Rawalpindi. The coin for the toss will be tossed at 2 pm. The clash between the two teams can be seen live on TV on Star Sports and Sports 18 channels. While its live streaming will be on JioHotstar app.