South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide the sixth occasion of South Africa doing so in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of South Africa doing so in the Champions Trophy against Afghanistan

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide the 202^nd occasion of South Africa doing so in ODIs. It also provides the second occasion of South Africa doing so in ODIs against Afghanistan

South Africa won the toss and elected to bat first in this game to provide the 54th occasion of a team doing so in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of a team doing so in the Champions Trophy against Afghanistan

This game will be the 25^th game for South Africa in the Champions Trophy. South Africa became the fifth team in Champions Trophy to play 25 plus games. Others are – India {30}, Sri Lanka {27} and England {25} and New Zealand {25}

R Rickelton [103] and T Bavuma {58} of South Africa scored fifties in this game to provide the 153^rd occasion of wicket keeper and captain scoring fifties in the annals of one day games

R Rickelton [103] and T Bavuma {58} of South Africa scored fifties in this game to provide the 24th occasion of wicket keeper scoring a century and captain scoring half century {including both wicket keeper and captain scoring centuries} in the annals of one day games. All such occasions are tabulated below.

No	Player	Runs	C/K	I	Team	Opp	Ground	Date
1	SR Waugh	54	C	1	Aus	NZl	Ch’church	26.02.00
	AC Gilchrist	128	K	1	Aus	NZl	Ch’church	26.02.00
2	MS Atapattu	53*	C	2	Srl	Eng	Col-SSC	27.03.01
	Kaluwitharana	102*	K	2	Srl	Eng	Col-SSC	27.03.01
3	HH Streak	56	C	1	Zim	Eng	Harare	07.10.01
	A Flower	142*	K	1	Zim	Eng	Harare	07.10.01
4	RT Ponting	119	C	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	15.12.02
	AC Gilchrist	124	K	1	Aus	Eng	Melbourne	15.12.02
5	RT Ponting	108*	C	1	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	12.11.03
	AC Gilchrist	111	K	1	Aus	Ind	Bengaluru	12.11.03
6	SC Ganguly	56	C	1	Ind	UAE	Dambulla	16.07.04
	R Dravid	104	K	1	Ind	UAE	Dambulla	16.07.04
7	Inzamam	62*	C	2	Pak	Win	Brisbane	19.01.05
	Kamran Akmal	124	K	2	Pak	Win	Brisbane	19.01.05
8	RT Ponting	66	C	1	Aus	ICC	Mel’ne-CS	07.10.05
	AC Gilchrist	103	K	1	Aus	ICC	Mel’ne-CS	07.10.05
9	JH Kallis	50	C	1	RSA	Zim	P’stroom	20.09.06
	MV Boucher	147*	K	1	RSA	Zim	P’stroom	20.09.06
10	M Jayawardene	107	C	1	Asia	Afr	Chennai	10.06.07
	MS Dhoni	139*	K	1	Asia	Afr	Chennai	10.06.07
11	RT Ponting	69	C	2	Aus	NZl	Hamilton	09.03.10
	BJ Haddin	110	K	2	Aus	NZl	Hamilton	09.03.10
12	LRPL Taylor	74	C	1	NZl	Can	Mumbai	13.03.11
	BB McCullum	101	K	1	NZl	Can	Mumbai	13.03.11
13	AB de Villiers	109	C	1	RSA	Ind	Centurion	11.12.13
	Q de Kock	101	K	1	RSA	Ind	Centurion	11.12.13
14	PL Mommsen	78	C	2	Sco	Ken	Ch’church	30.01.14
	MH Cross	55	K	2	Sco	Ken	Ch’church	30.01.14
15	M Rahim	51*	C	1	Ban	Pak	Dhaka	04.03.14
	Anamul Haque	100	K	1	Ban	Pak	Dhaka	04.03.14
16	AB de Villiers	108	C	1	RSA	Srl	Hambantota	12.07.14
	Q de Kock	128	K	1	RSA	Srl	Hambantota	12.07.14
17	AB de Villiers	119	C	1	RSA	Ind	Mumbai	25.10.15
	Q de Kock	109	K	1	RSA	Ind	Mumbai	25.10.15
18	EJG Morgan	103	C	1	Eng	Win	St George’s	27.02.19
	JC Buttler	150	K	1	Eng	Win	St George’s	27.02.19
19	Shoaib Malik	60	C	1	Pak	Aus	Sharjah	24.03.19
	Mohd Rizwan	115	K	1	Pak	Aus	Sharjah	24.03.19
20	EJG Morgan	71*	C	1	Eng	Pak	Southampton	11.05.19
	JC Buttler	110*	K	1	Eng	Pak	Southampton	11.05.19
21	N Pooran	74	C	1	Win	Ind	Trinidad	24.07.22
	SD Hope	115	K	1	Win	Ind	Trinidad	24.07.22
22	AK Markram	60	C	1	RSA	Ban	Wankhede	24.10.23
	Q de Kock	174	K	1	RSA	Ban	Wankhede	24.10.23
23	KIC Asalanka	78*	C	1	Srl	Aus	Col-RPS	14.02.25
	BKG Mendis	101	K	1	Srl	Aus	Col-RP	14.02.25
24	T Bavuma	58	C	1	RSA	Afg	Karachi	21.02.25
	RD Rickelton	103	K	1	RSA	Afg	Karachi	21.02.25

R Rickelton scored 103 in this game to provide the 55^th occasion of a batsman scoring a century in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the seventh occasion of a South African batsman scoring a century in the Champions Trophy.

R Rickelton scored 103 in this game to provide the 38^th occasion of an opening batsman scoring a century in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the sixth occasion of a South African opening batsman scoring a century in the Champions Trophy.

R Rickelton scored 103 in this game to provide the first occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a century in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of a South African wicket keeper opening batsman scoring a century in the Champions Trophy.

R Rickelton scored 103 in this game to provide the fourth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman scoring a century in the Champions Trophy.

R Rickelton was dismissed run out for 103 in this game to provide the 110th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in ODIs. It also provides the eighth occasion of a South African batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in ODIs.

R Rickelton was dismissed run out for 103 in this game to provide the 62nd occasion of an opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in ODIs. It also provides the sixth occasion of a South African opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in ODIs.

R Rickelton was dismissed run out for 103 in this game to provide the third occasion of a wicket keeper opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in ODIs. It also provides the second occasion of a South African wicket keeper opening batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in ODIs.

R Rickelton was dismissed run out for 103 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in ODIs. It also provides the third occasion of a South African wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out after scoring a century in ODIs.

T Bavuma scored 58 in this game to provide the 54^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the sixth occasion of a South African captain scoring a fifty in the Champions Trophy

R Rickelton-T Bavuma added 129 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the eleventh occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership in the Champions Trophy.

R Rickelton-T Bavuma added 129 runs for the second wicket in this game to provide the 19^th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the third occasion of South African batsmen posting a three figure partnership for the second wicket in the Champions Trophy.

R Rickelton {103}, T Bavuma {58}, HE van der Dussen {52} and AK Markram {52} scored fifties in South African innings to provide the second occasion of four batsmen scoring fifties in an innings in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of four batsmen scoring fifties in South African innings in the Champions Trophy

South Africa posted a total of 315 for 6 in this game to provide the 20th occasion of a team posting a total of 300 plus runs in an innings in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the fourth occasion of South Africa posting a team total of 300 plus runs in the Champions Trophy.

M Jansen collected the first ball duck in this game to provide the 65th occasion of a batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the eleventh occasion of a South African batsman collecting the first ball duck in an innings in the Champions Trophy.

Hashmatullah Shahidi of Afghanistan was dismissed for zero in this game to provide the 21^st occasion of a captain dismissed for zero in an innings in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of an Afghanistan captain dismissed for zero in an innings in the Champions Trophy

Rehmat Shah of Afghanistan scored 90 in this game to provide the 18th occasion of a bataman scoring ninety in an innings in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of an Afghanistan batsman scoring a ninety in an innings in the Champions Trophy

Afghanistan was dismissed all out for 208 in this game to provide the 76^th occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of Afghanistan dismissed all out in an innings in the Champions Trophy

Afghanistan was dismissed all out for 208 in this game to provide the 33rd occasion of a team dismissed all out in an innings while batting second in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the first occasion of Afghanistan dismissed all out in an innings while batting second in the Champions Trophy

South Africa won this game by 107 runs to provide the 15th occasion of a team winning a game by 100 plus runs margin in the Champions Trophy. It also provides the third occasion of South Africa winning a game by 100 plus runs margin in the Champions Trophy.

T Bavuma and Hashmatulllah Shahidi scored 58 and zero respectively in this game to provide the 100^th occasion of rival captains scoring a half century and zero in the annals of One day internationals.

T Bavuma and Hashmatulllah Shahidi scored 58 and zero respectively in this game to provide the 120^th occasion of rival captains scoring a fifty and zero in the annals of One day internationals.

South Africa posted its 13^th win in the Champions Trophy – its seventh win by runs margin.