This happened after 8 years in the history of Champions Trophy, this player made a big act for his country

The New Zealand ICC tournament has always been considered a team that no opposing team can forget to take it lightly under any circumstances. The Kiwi team showed some such ICC Champions Trophy in their first match of 2025 where they won the match played at Karachi’s National Stadium by 60 runs and also opened their account in points tables. In this match, Tom Latham, who was involved in his experienced players in batting for the Kiwi team, played an important role in which his bat saw a great century innings. After the match, Latham also got the title of Player of the Match for his brilliant innings, with which he also became a part of a special list.

Tom Latham became part of this special wicketkeeper batting list

In the match against Pakistan, Tom Latham faced 104 balls and played an outstanding unbeaten century of 118 runs which included 10 fours and three sixes. At the same time, he also caught a catch as a wicketkeeper in this match. Latham was also given the title of Player of the Match after his brilliant game. With this, Latham has now become the fourth player to receive this award as wicketkeeper batsman in the Champions Trophy. Earlier, the names of Alek Stewart, Kumar Sangakkara and Sarfaraz Ahmed were included in this list.

Wicketkeeper batsman who won the player of the match title in the Champions Trophy

• Alec Stewart – vs Bangladesh (year 2000, Nerobi)
• Kumar Sangakkara – vs England (2013, The Oval)
• Sarfaraz Ahmed – vs Sri Lanka (year 2017, Cardiff)
• Tom Latham – vs Pakistan (year 2025, Karachi)

New Zealand retains its special record against Pakistan

In the Champions Trophy, the New Zealand team retained their unbeatable record against Pakistan with this match in which they defeated him for the first time in the year 2000, while these two teams had a fourth collision in which they defeated the fourth time in this tournament for the fourth time. Is. The Kiwi team now has to play their next match in the Champions Trophy against the Bangladesh team on February 24, in which if they win, they will almost confirm their place for the semi -finals.

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