NATIONAL STADIUM KARACHI: Kiwis have beaten Green Shirts by 60 runs in the opening ODI of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy, played here Wednesday (19th Feb 2025).

KARACHI: Green Shirts won the toss & opted to field against Kiwis that scored 320 runs.

KARACHI: Kiwi Will Young contributed 107 runs off 113 balls towards the New Zealand’s total of 320 runs for five in fifty overs.

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Green Shirt Saud Shakeel went back to pavilion scoring six runs off 19 balls. Glenn Philips’ catch stopped the journey of Muhammad Rizwan who made only three runs. Babar Azam mustered 64 runs off 90 balls while Fakhar Zaman faced 41 deliveries to score 24 runs. Salman Agha added 42 (off 28 balls) while Khushdil Shah tried to resist hitting 49 balls to score 69 runs.

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Squads

Green Shirts: Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(Skipper and Wicketkeeper), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.

Kiwis: Devon Conway, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (Wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(Skipper), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, William ORourke.

ICC Champions Trophy schedule:

19th Feb, Pakistan vs New Zealand, Karachi

20th Feb, Bangladesh vs India, Dubai, UAE

21st Feb, Afghanistan vs South Africa, Karachi

22nd Feb, Australia vs England, Lahore

23rd Feb, Pakistan vs India, Dubai

24th Feb, Bangladesh vs New Zealand, Rawalpindi

25th Feb, Australia vs South Africa, Rawalpindi

26th Feb, Afghanistan vs England, Lahore

27th Feb, Pakistan vs Bangladesh, Rawalpindi

28th Feb, Afghanistan vs Australia, Lahore

1st March, South Africa vs England, Karachi

2nd March, New Zealand vs India, Dubai, UAE

4th March, Semi-final 1, Dubai, UAE

5th March, Semi-final 2, Lahore

9th March, Final, Lahore (unless India qualify, when it will be played in Dubai)

10th March, Reserve day

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