ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Eng vs SA: South Africa defeated England by 7 wickets in the last match of Group B of Champions Trophy. With this victory, South Africa has now entered the semi -finals by topping its group.
In this match played in Karachi, English team captain Jose Butler decided to bat first after winning the toss, but with the brilliant performance of the bowlers led by Marco Yanseen and Vian Mulder, South Africa allotted England for 179 runs in 38.2 overs. After this, South Africa scored 183 runs losing 3 wickets in 29.1 overs with the help of half -century innings of Heinrich Klassen and Rasi Van Der Dusen and won an easy win in the match.
Root played the biggest innings for England
In today’s match, experienced batsman Joe Root scored 37 off 44 balls for England, while Jofra Archer scored 25, Ben Docket 24, Captain Jose Butler 21, Harry Brook 19, Jamie Overton 11, Liam Livingstone 9, Phil Sault scored 8 and Adil Rashid scored 2 runs. At the same time, Saqib Mahmood remained unbeaten after scoring 5 runs.
Apart from Marco Yansen and Vian Mulder from South Africa, Keshav Maharaj got 2 wickets, while Lungi Engidi and Cagiso Rabada got 1-1 wickets.
127 -run partnership between Klassen and Dusen
Chasing the target, fast bowler Joffra Archer gave two shocks to South Africa on a score of 47 runs by dismissing Triston Stabs and Ryan Recleton, but Klassen and Dusen shared 127 runs for the third wicket.
Rasi Van Der Dusen scored an unbeaten 72 off 87 balls with the help of 6 fours and 3 sixes, while Heinrich Klassen scored 64 runs off 56 balls with the help of 11 fours, leading South Africa to win the match by scoring 183 runs for 3 wickets in 29.1 overs. For England, Jofra Archer took 2 and Adil Rashid took 1 wicket.
All four teams of semi -finals fixed
Let us know that India, New Zealand, Australia and South Africa have made it to the semi -finals of the Champions Trophy 2025. However, it will be decided tomorrow which team will play with whom in the semi -finals, as India and New Zealand have to play the last match of Group A tomorrow.
If India wins in tomorrow’s match, it will top the top with 6 points and will compete with Australia, who finished second in Group B, while New Zealand will compete with South Africa.
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