Champions Trophy 2025: Afghanistan aims to put behind Maxwell scars and add another scalp in Australia
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Champions Trophy 2025: Afghanistan aims to put behind Maxwell scars and add another scalp in Australia

The Hindu  

“You think we will come only to play with Maxwell? Do you think it will be like that?,” asked Afghanistan captain Hashmatullah Shahidi, as he addressed the media ahead of the Champions Trophy group league fixture against Australia. He paused for a moment, and added with a smile: “We have plans for the entire Australian team and I know that Maxwell played really well in the 2023 World Cup, but that’s part of history…” The last time the two teams squared off in a 50-over ICC event, in Mumbai in 2023, Glenn Maxwell stole Afghanistan’s thunder with an unbeaten double hundred, and dashed its hopes of making it to the knockouts. FULL CHAMPIONS TROPHY COVERAGE Afghanistan’s dramatic win over England has made the semifinal qualification from Group B a three-way battle, with two games to go. Coming on the back of a historic win against England, Afghanistan will once again rely on Ibrahim Zadran, whose record-breaking 177 paved the way for the team’s win against England, while focus will also be on Azmatullah Omarzai’s all-round show.

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