Heinrich Klaasen Injured: The third match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is being played between South Africa and Afghanistan (SA vs AFG) on Thursday, 21 February at the Karachi National Stadium in Pakistan, from where a big news related to the African camp has come out. Actually, the team's star wicketkeeper batsman Heinrich Klaasen has been injured, due to which he is not playing the match against Afghanistan.

Yes, this is what has happened. South Africa has suffered the biggest setback in the middle of the Champions Trophy. According to media reports, Klaasen is troubled by an injury to his left elbow, due to which he is not playing the first match of the Champions Trophy 2025 for his team. It is worth noting that it has not been clarified in the reports whether he will be available for the upcoming matches in the tournament or not.

Overall, this is a big setback for South Africa, this is because this explosive batsman can turn the game on his own while batting in the middle order. Klaasen has so far scored 2074 runs in 58 ODI matches for his country at an average of 44.12 and a strike rate of 117.44.

Let us tell you that in the absence of Klaasen, 28-year-old left-handed batsman Ryan Rickelton has been included in South Africa's playing eleven. This opening batsman has given South Africa a good start against the Afghan team and till the time of writing the news, he has scored 56 runs in 59 balls. South Africa's score is 96 runs for the loss of 1 wicket after 18 overs.

The teams are as follows

South Africa (Playing XI): Ryan Rickelton (wicketkeeper), Tony de Giorgio, Temba Bavuma (captain), Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi.

Afghanistan (Playing XI): Rahmanullah Gurbaz (wicketkeeper), Ibrahim Zadran, Sediqullah Atal, Rahmat Shah, Hashmatullah Shahidi (captain), Azmatullah Umarzai, Gulbadin Naib, Mohammad Nabi, Rashid Khan, Fazalhaq Farooqi, Noor Ahmed.