IND vs PAK Champions Trophy: Virat Kohli scored his 51st ODI century as India defeated Pakistan by six wickets in Dubai. The Rohit Sharma-led team chased down 242 runs against their arch-rivals. Shreyas Iyer also provided a half-century, and Shubman Gill contributed 46. After being invited to bowl first, India put on a disciplined performance to bowl out Pakistan for 241. Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan put together an important 104-run stand to help Pakistan recover from 47 for 2. Shakeel scored 62, while Rizwan hit 46. After the duo left, Pakistan continued to lose wickets at regular intervals, ending with a total of less than 250. Kuldeep Yadav was India’s best bowler, taking three wickets for forty.
IND vs PAK Champions Trophy 2025 Highlights
Here are some significant points of today’s India-Pakistan match:
- Virat Kohli completed his 74th ODI fifty in 62 deliveries.
- Pakistan 241 all-out in 49.4 overs.
- Kuldeep Yadav took up 3/40 and Hardik Pandya 2/31
- Saud Shakeel reached his fifty in 63 balls
- Khushdil Shah stayed unbeaten at 30
- Mohammad Rizwan scored 46 from 77 balls.
- Mohammed Shami left the pitch after complaining of calf pain.
- Babar Azam was out caught behind from Hardik Pandya for 23.
- Imam-ul-Haq was chased out soon after.
- Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first.
IND vs PAK: Head-to-head
Pakistan has a 73-57 ODI record against India out of 135 matches. Five matches were terminated with no results. In the Champions Trophy, Pakistan now leads India 3-2.
India versus Pakistan playing XIs
- INDIA: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, and Kuldeep Yadav.
- Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (w/c), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, and Abrar Ahmed.
Summary
Kohli scored 14,000 runs in ODI cricket to power India’s chase of 242 versus Pakistan in Dubai, becoming the fastest Indian batter to achieve the feat, surpassing the legendary Sachin Tendulkar. More crucially, Kohli and Shreyas Iyer combined for a century to keep India on track following Shubman Gill’s departure.
Pakistan saw various ebbs and flows in the game before being bowled out for 241 in 50 overs against India in Dubai. After losing two wickets in ten overs, Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel scored a century stand. They struggled at first but eventually succeeded in breaking the shackles on time. However, just as Pakistan appeared to be regaining control, the combined efforts of Kuldeep Yadav, Axar Patel, and Hardik Pandya derailed their momentum. Without Khushdil Shah’s 39, Pakistan would have struggled to reach 200. Kuldeep was the best Indian bowler on display, taking 3/40 and Hardik produced figures of 2/31 in 8 overs.
Rohit Sharma had left the pitch temporarily, and Shubman Gill had taken over as India’s captain. And wow, what a job he did. It took Pakistan 32 balls to strike their first boundary after the last one, demonstrating how tight Axar and Hardik bowled.
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