Champions Trophy 2025: Rashid Khan has a chance to create history in Afghanistan vs England match; know the details

Afghanistan and England teams will face each other today in the Champions Trophy 2025. This match to be played in Group B will be a knockout match because whichever team wins this match will remain in the race for the semi-finals. At the same time, the journey of the losing team in this tournament will end here. In such a situation, both teams will try to win this match at all costs.

In this match, Afghanistan's star bowler Rashid Khan will have a chance to create history. As soon as he takes two wickets in this match, a special record will be added to his name. Rashid currently has 198 wickets in 112 matches in the ODI format. If he takes two wickets in this match, he will become the first bowler from Afghanistan to take 200 wickets in the ODI format. After Rashid, Mohammad Nabi is the second-highest wicket-taker in this format. Nabi has 174 wickets to his name.

Bowlers who took the most wickets for Afghanistan in ODIs

Rashid Khan- 198 wickets

Mohammad Nabi- 174 wickets

Dawlat Zadran- 115 wickets

Mujeeb ur Rahman- 101 wickets

Gulbadin Naib- 73 wickets

If we talk about the performance of the Afghanistan team in this tournament, they played their first match against South Africa where they had to face defeat by 107 runs. In such a situation, they need to register a win in the upcoming match against England. However, the equation is the same for England as well, it is a do-or-die match for them too.

The last time these two teams met in an ODI was during the 2023 World Cup, where Afghanistan stunned England with a 69-run victory. As they prepare to face off again, Afghanistan will look to repeat history, while England will be eager to settle the score.