The biggest match of the group stage in the Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between India and Pakistan today. This is the second match of India in the tournament; The team defeated Bangladesh in the first match. Pakistan lost to New Zealand in the first match. So if the Pakistan team is lost today, it will almost be out of the tournament.
In the last Champions Trophy in 2017, the India and Pakistan team clashed twice. India won the group stage, while Pakistan won the title by beating India by 180 runs in the final.
Match Details, Fifth Match IND VS PAK DATE: February 23 Stadium: Dubai International Cricket Stadium Time: Toss- At 2:00 pm, Match Start- 2:30 pm
In front of Pakistan in the Champions Trophy So far 135 ODIs have been played between Team India and Pakistan. Pakistan won 73 matches, while Team India won 57 matches. There were no results in 5 matches.
Both teams clash against each other 5 times in the Champions Trophy. The Pakistan team has won 3 times and India 2 times. It also includes the previous finals. In which Pakistan won.
Gill scored a century in the last match India's vice-captain Shubhman Gill scored a century in the last match. He scored 101* off 129 balls. Gill is also the highest scorer of the team this year. He scored 360 runs in 4 matches. Shreyas Iyer is second. He has scored 196 runs in 4 matches. Fast bowler Harshit Rana is at the top of the bowling. This year, he has taken 9 wickets in 4 matches. He took 3 wickets in the last match.
Salman Aga scored the highest runs for the team Pakistan's team is facing bad form. In the first match of the tournament, he suffered a defeat against New Zealand. Babar Azam and Khushadil Shah scored half a century for the team, but could not help the team win. Babar played a very slow innings, which became the main cause of his team's defeat.
This year's top scorer is Salman Ali Aga. He has scored 261 runs in 4 matches this year. Salman played 42 in the last match. Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is the highest wicket -taker during this period. Shahi has taken 6 wickets in 4 matches. However, he did not get a single wicket against New Zealand.
Pakistan fans said- defeating India in the team Prior to the Indo-Pakistan match, Pakistani fans Gullerz and Nabid said, “Inshallah we are Pakistan so we will support Pakistan and win Pakistan. Nabid said that in the 2017 final, Pakistan won the Champions Trophy title by beating India. Inshallah Pakistan team will repeat the same and win the final. We had the power to defeat India throughout the team. '
Abdullah Fazal, a Pakistani fan, says, “Inshallah India will win this match. I am a big fan of the Indian team. The batting, bowling and fielding of the Indian team are very good. I am a great fan of Virat Kohli. India wanted to come to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy, the team has many fans here. If India had come here, there would be more fans outside the field than inside the field. I would have come here to see Virat myself, I would have been here for three days already. '
Viewers going to the stadium to watch the England-Australia match at Gaddafi Stadium.
Pitch and Toss Report In the second innings in Dubai, the batting team's win is better, so the team who wins the toss can decide to field first. However, in the first match between Bangladesh and India, the pitch was seen favorable for spin. India is invincible in Dubai. He won 6 out of 7 matches while one match was tie. The team beat Pakistan in both matches here.
So far 59 ODIs have been played here. The first batting team won 22 matches and the batting team in the second innings won 35 matches. At the same time, one match remained inconclusive and a tie. The highest score here is 355/5, which England scored against Pakistan in 2015.
Weather Report of Dubai On the day of the Indo-Pakistan match, Dubai will most likely be hot and very heat. The temperature is expected to be around 22 to 32 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the wind will blow at 15 km / h.
Potential Playing-11 India (IND) of both teams: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami and Harshit Rana.
Pakistan (PAK): Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Imam ul Haq, Saeed Shakeel, Babar Azam, Salman Aga, Kamran Ghulam/Taib Tahir, Khushadil Shah, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Abrar Ahmed.
Where can you see the Indo-Pakistan match? The live broadcast of the match between India and Pakistan will be on the Star Sports Network Channel in India. Online streaming of the match will be free on the Jiohotstar app. You can also follow the Atletico de Calcutta app for a match report.
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