The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is starting today. The first match of the tournament will be played today between the Group-A team between Pakistan and New Zealand. Pakistan is a defending champion. New Zealand won the title in the year 2000. Pakistan has not been able to defeat New Zealand in the history of the tournament.
Both teams finally faced each other in the ODI on the 14th of this month. New Zealand won the title by beating Pakistan in the final of the triangular series.
Match Details, First Match Pakistan VS New Zealand Date: February 19 Stadium: National Stadium, Karachi Time: Toss – At 2:00 pm, The match starts – 2:30 pm
New Zealand's 100% strike rate against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy The Pakistan and New Zealand team clashed 3 times in the Champions Trophy. The Kiwi team has won all three matches. It also includes the semifinals of 2000 and 2009. Both teams have faced 118 times each other in ODIs. Pakistan won 61 matches and New Zealand won 53 matches. While the results of 3 matches could not come and one match was tie.
Loki Ferguson Out of the Champions Trophy New Zealand fast bowler Loki Ferguson has been released from the Champions Trophy due to a hamstring injury. Kyle has been included in his place. Right -handed fast bowler Loki Ferguson was injured about 10 days ago during a match of the UAE League ILT20.
Williamson's top scorer this year's team Former New Zealand captain Ken Williamson is the team's highest run scorer in the ODI this year. He has scored 225 runs in 3 matches. Daril Mitchell is second. He has scored 188 runs in 6 matches. Fast bowler Matt Henry is at the top of the bowling. This year, he has taken 14 wickets in 5 matches. William O'Rork is second with 9 wickets in 6 matches.
Ink took the most wickets from Pakistan This year, all -rounder Salman Agka has scored the highest run for Pakistan. He has scored 219 runs in 3 matches. Even in this match, the team will have expectations from him. Fast bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi is the highest wicket -taker during this period. Shahi has taken 6 wickets in 3 matches.
Pitch and Toss Report The pitch of the National Stadium in Karachi is convenient for batting. High -scoring matches are always seen on this field. There is nothing special for the bowlers here. As the match goes ahead, the mist will have a big impact. In this case, the toss winning team may decide to field first.
So far 56 ODIs have been played here. The first batting team won 26 matches and the batting team in the second innings won 28 matches. At the same time, the result of two matches could not be. The highest score here is 355/4, which Pakistan scored against South Africa this month.
Karachi weather forecast There will be a lot of heat and thunderstorms in Karachi on Wednesday. But there is no hope of rain. The temperature is expected to be around 19 to 32 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the wind will blow at 17 km / h.
Both teams Potential Playing-11 Pakistan (PAK): Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Babar Azam, Fakhr Zaman, Saeed Shakeel, Salman Aga, Taib Tahir, Khushadil Shah, Fahim Ashraf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah and Abrar Ahmed.
New Zealand (nz): Mitchell Sentner (Captain), Will Young, Devon Conway, Ken Williamson, Daril Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Philips, Michael Bracelwell, Nathan Smith, Jacob Duffy and William O'Rork.
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