Afghanistan might have a great chance to win the Champions Trophy 2025 due to a lot of reasons. The biggest of them is their improvement over the last few years. Afghanistan’s rise to the top of the cricketing world has been an inspiring story. They are not pushovers anymore and can genuinely threaten the top teams in the world. The last couple of ICC tournaments have proved their worth.
In the ODI World Cup 2023, Afghanistan beat some top teams like England and Pakistan. They came close to beating teams like Australia and South Africa. In the T20 Cup 2024, Afghanistan did the unthinkable by entering their first-ever Semifinal in an ICC tournament. They even knocked New Zealand out of the tournament. The Asian side would be hoping to win the Champions Trophy 2025 to make a statement.
Here are the three bowlers who can claim the most number of wickets for Afghanistan in the Champions Trophy 2025:
3. Noor Ahmad
Noor Ahmad is one of those rare Chinaman spinners in the world. The emerging spinner has been one of the best bowlers in the world in limited-overs formats since his debut. While he hasn’t had a breakthrough tournament at the highest level, Noor is capable of taming the best batters in the world. The Champions Trophy could be the best stage for him to prove his worth.
Ahmad is a natural spinner of the ball who regularly turns the ball both ways. That makes him not too predictable. More importantly, he bowls at a quick pace which doesn’t allow the batters a lot of time to judge the pace, line, length, and direction. Ahmad is a wicket-taking bowler and doesn’t give away a lot of runs either.
2. Rashid Khan
Rashid Khan has been one of the best bowlers in the world for a long time. He will have the additional responsibility of leading the spin department given his experience at the highest level. Much like Noor, Rashid regularly turns the ball both ways. Additionally, he has other variations like topspin and flipper which makes him a very difficult customer to deal with.
Not a lot of bowlers have been successful against him in the past. It is not easy to read him and many batters hence try to play him out. While that reduces his wicket-taking ability, Rashid can attack the batters by pitching up the ball. In such cases, he could go for some runs. But at the same time, he can also claim wickets of some of the best batters in the world.
1. Fazalhaq Farooqi
Fazalhaq Farooqi has been one of the best wicket-taking bowlers in the last few years. Especially with the new ball, he can trouble the best batters in the world. Farooqi can swing the ball early in the innings at a very good pace. More often than not, he claims wickets in the powerplay overs without conceding a lot of runs. Fazalhaq’s prime has been the main reason behind Afghanistan’s success.
With the new ball, Farooqi can claim a heap of wickets to put the opponents straight under pressure. It makes the job of other bowlers easier. Even with the old ball, he is fairly good and can claim wickets. Farooqi could be one of the contenders to claim the most wickets in the Champions Trophy 2025. Afghanistan highly depends on him to claim wickets at the top.
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