DUBAI CRICKET STADIUM: While chasing the 242-runs target set by Green Shirts, Indian Cricket team managed to beat Pakistan by 6 wickets here on Sunday (23rd Feb, 2025).
Indian Skipper Rohit Sharma attempted to make fast runs, but Pakistan’s Shaheen Shah Afridi dismissed him for 20, here on Sunday (23rd Feb 2025). After the skipper’s dismissal Indians successfully chased the target to score 4 perching on top of the group’s table. Green Shirts, that were beaten by Kiwis in their first match of ICC Champions Trophy 2005. For Pakistan it was crucial to win the match and the defeat has almost paved way to their eliminated from the race.
SCOREBOARD
Green Shirts:
Imam ul-Haq run out Patel 10
Babar Azam c Rahul b Pandya 23
Saud Shakeel c Patel b Pandya 62
Mohammad Rizwan b Patel 46
Salman Ali Agha c Jadeja b Yadav 19
Tayyab Tahir b Jadeja 4
Khushdil Shah c Kohli b Rana 38
Shaheen Afridi lbw Yadav 0
Naseem Shah c Kohli b Yadav 14
Haris Rauf run out Patel 8
Extras: (LB-8, W-9) 17
Total: (all out, 49.4 overs) 241
Fall of Wickets: 1-41 (Babar), 2-47 (Imam), 3-151 (Rizwan), 4-159 (Saud), 5-165 (Tayyab), 6-200 (Salman), 7-200 (Shaheen), 8-222 (Naseem), 9-241 (Haris).
Abrar Ahmed did not bat.
Bowling: Shami 8-0-43-0 (5w), Rana 7.4-0-30-1 (2w), Pandya 8-0-31-2 (2w), Patel 10-0-49-1, Yadav 9-0-40-3, Jadeja 7-0-40-1
India:
R. Sharma b Shaheen 20
S. Gill b Abrar 46
V. Kohli not out 100
S. Iyer c Imam b Khushdil 56
H. Pandya c Rizwan b Shaheen 8
A. Patel not out 3
Extras (W-11) 11
Total (for four wickets, 42.3 overs) 244
Fall of Wickets: 1-31 (Sharma), 2-100 (Gill), 3-214 (Iyer), 4-223 (Pandya)
Did not Bat: K.L. Rahul, R. Jadeja, H. Rana, K. Yadav, M. Shami
Bowling: Shaheen 8-0-74-2 (5w), Naseem 8-0-37-0 (1w), Haris 7-0-52-0 (2w), Abrar 10-0-28-1, Khushdil 7.3-0-43-1, Salman 2-0-10-0
Result: India won by six wickets.
Player of the Match: Virat Kohli.
It may be recalled that Kiwis had earned two marks beating Pakistani cricket team by 60 runs in the opening ODI of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy, played on 19th Feb, 2025. Since India managed to score 2 points by winning its first match, for Pakistan it was crucial to win the Sunday match. Now with 0 point Pakistan has almost no chance to move to the semis.
Teams
Green Shirts: Mohammad Rizwan (Skipper & Wicketkeeper), Salman Ali Agha, Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
India: Rohit Sharma (Skipper), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (Wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Rishabh Pant (Wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
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