Pakistan Vs India: The two finalist teams of the 2017 Champions Trophy will face off in this edition of this fifty-overs competition. Pakistan won the 2017 finals against India by 180 runs and clinched the title under the leadership of Sarfaraz Ahmed, while Virat Kohli was the skipper of Team India for that whole edition.
Now India will be eyeing to continue their good run from the last three One Day International matches. After the Men in Blue whitewashed England 3-0 in the three-match series of the fifty overs format, India also won their opening match in the Champions Trophy 2025 against Bangladesh in Dubai.
While the hosts and the defending champs of the Champions Trophy 2025, Pakistan started with a loss against New Zealand. The Men in Green lost their first match by 60 runs. Rizwan and his men will want their CT 2025 campaign to be on the winning track.
Pakistan Vs India: Match Details –
Match – Pakistan Vs India: 5th Match Group A Champions Trophy 2025
Venue – Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai
Day and Date – Tomorrow, Sunday, 23rd February 2025
Toss Timings – 2 PM Indian Standard Time (IST), 8.30 AM GMT and 12.30 PM Local
Match Timings – 2.30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST), 9 AM GMT and 1 PM Local
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Pakistan Vs India: Playing XI Of The Men In Blue –
Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Harshit Rana/Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav/Varun Chakrabarthy.
Despite winning the 1st match of this fifty overs tournament, India still has the room to make changes in their playing eleven for their second match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. But many experts will also think why to distrub the winning combination and make those changes?
However these changes might be impactful for the Men in Blue in their match against the archrivals Pakistan, who is a stronger team in the One Day International format than India’s pervious opponent, Bangladesh. Even tough, Pakistan has lost their opening match, which was against a stronger opponent, New Zealand.
But still, India should not take them lightly. The team management of the Men in Blue should look to bring Arshdeep Singh back for this crucial encounter because Singh has the more skill to swing the ball in the initial overs. Shami, who picked up a five fer in the last match used that early moisture perfectly.
So if Arshdeep shares the new ball with Mohammed Shami, then that would cause the trouble for Pakistan in the early overs. Varun Chakrabarthy should replace Kuldeep Yadav. The chinaman bowler, Kuldeep didnt pick up any wickets and Pakistani batters have not seen much of Varun, which may play a trick for India in tnis match.
Pakistan Vs India: Playing Of The Men In Green –
Pakistan has a huge problem to find the replacement of their opener Fakhar Zaman. Saud Shakeel was asked to open in their first match against the Kiwis. But he scored just six runs. Only Kushdil Shah and Babar Azam scored half centuries in the opening match.
But the home side, Pakistan will need runs from the other batsmen as well to hurt India. That’s why Pakistan should open the innings with their current skipper Mohammad Rizwan and former captain Babar Azam and let Saud Shakeel to bat at number three batting position.
Pakistan should also strengthen their pace bowling. They should look to bring Mohammad Hasnain in their playing eleven. Adding an extra pace bowling option would trouble the Indian batters, who look weak against the swing bowlers at the start of their innings.
Mohammed Rizwan (C and WK), Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Salman Agha, Faheem Ashraf, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf and Mohammed Hasnain.
Pakistan Vs India: Fantasy Playing XI –
Batters – Virat Kohli, Babar Azam and Axar Patel
Bowlers – Mohammed Shami, Naseem Shah and Kuldeep Yadav
All Rounders – Hardik Pandya and Saud Shakeel
Wickt Keeper – Kannur Lokesh Rahul
Vice Captain – Salman Agha
Captain – Rohit Sharma.
Also Read – IND Vs PAK: List Of All The Matches Played In The ICC Tournaments
