SA vs NZ Dream11 Prediction, Semi Final 2, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for Champions Trophy 2025

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Match Info Playing XI C & VC Teams Weather Report Team Form Injury News Pitch Avoidable Players

Preview

(SA vs NZ) in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025’s second semifinal. The venue for this game will be Lahore’s Gadaffi Stadium. During the period of February 19 to March 9, 2025, the top eight ranked men’s national teams will compete in the Champions Trophy 2025. Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, and Pakistan are all in Group A. Meanwhile, Australia, England, Afghanistan, and South Africa are all part of Group B.

With two victories from three games, South Africa won Group B. With two victories in three games, however, New Zealand finished second in Group A. There are 73 ODI matches between South Africa and New Zealand. On 26 of these 73 matches, New Zealand has prevailed, while South Africa has won 42 of them. Five of the matches finished in a draw.

In the preceding match, New Zealand lost to India by 44 runs. Although they were unable to reach the goal, they limited India to 249. The preceding game, however, saw South Africa defeat England by seven wickets. The rosters of these two teams are balanced. The winner will go to the final on March 9th, and this matchup between these two teams looks to be fascinating.

SA vs NZ

Match Information

2nd Semi-Final, Lahore, March 05, 2025, 02:30 PM

New Zealand

362/6(50.0ov)

South Africa

312/9(50.0ov)

New Zealand beat South Africa by 50 runs

Weather Report

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Clear 21.9°C

20% (Humidity)

Pitch Report

The surrface here will be a balanced one with good help for both pacers and spinners. Both teams will prefer chasing at this venue.

50% Pace Bowling

50% Spin Bowling

55% Batting Pitch

291 Average Score

45% Bowling Pitch

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

SA

L

W

W

W

L

L

SAvsNZ

NZ Won By 50 runs

W

SAvsENG

SA Won By 7 wickets

W

SAvsAFG

SA Won By 107 runs

W

SAvsPKS

SA Won By 3 wickets

L

SAvsPAK

PAK Won By 6 wickets

NZ

L

W

L

W

W

L

NZvsIND

IND Won By 4 wickets

W

NZvsSA

NZ Won By 50 runs

L

NZvsIND

IND Won By 44 runs

W

NZvsBAN

NZ Won By 5 wickets

W

NZvsPAK

NZ Won By 60 runs

Players Stats in Series

• Most Runs
• Most Wickets
• Most Fifties
• Highest Score

1

Rachin Ravindra

NZ

263 Runs

4 Matches

2

Shreyas Iyer

IND

243 Runs

5 Matches

3

Ben Duckett

ENG

227 Runs

3 Matches

4

Joe Root

ENG

225 Runs

3 Matches

5

Virat Kohli

IND

218 Runs

5 Matches

6

Ibrahim Zadran

AFG

216 Runs

3 Matches

1

Matt Henry

NZ

10 Wkts

4 Matches

2

Varun Chakaravarthy

IND

9 Wkts

3 Matches

3

Mitchell Santner

NZ

9 Wkts

5 Matches

4

Mohammad Shami

IND

9 Wkts

5 Matches

5

Michael Bracewell

NZ

8 Wkts

5 Matches

6

Kuldeep Yadav

IND

7 Wkts

5 Matches

1

Rassie van der Dussen

SA

3 Fifties

3 Matches

2

Alex Carey

AUS

2 Fifties

3 Matches

3

Temba Bavuma

SA

2 Fifties

2 Matches

4

Shreyas Iyer

IND

2 Fifties

5 Matches

5

Jaker Ali

BAN

1 Fifty

2 Matches

6

Khushdil Shah

PAK

1 Fifty

2 Matches

1

Ibrahim Zadran

AFG

177 Runs

146 Balls Faced

2

Ben Duckett

ENG

165 Runs

143 Balls Faced

3

Josh Inglis

AUS

120* Runs

86 Balls Faced

4

Joe Root

ENG

120 Runs

111 Balls Faced

5

Tom Latham

NZ

118* Runs

104 Balls Faced

6

Rachin Ravindra

NZ

112 Runs

105 Balls Faced

Probable Playing XI

South Africa:

Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, David Miller, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Ryan Rickelton, Heinrich Klaasen†, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.

New Zealand:

Will Young, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Tom Latham†, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Will O'Rourke.

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Injury and availability news

Will be added when there is an update.

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This team is based on the understanding, analysis, and instinct of the author. While selecting your team, consider the points mentioned and make your own decision.

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