India vs Pakistan
IND vs Pak, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The wait for the fans is over. The ICC Champions Trophy has started the India-Pakistan match in 2025. Mahamukabala is being played between India and Pakistan in Dubai. Indian captain Rohit Sharma could not win the toss in this high -voltage match. Sikka fell in favor of Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan. Rizwan won the toss and decided to bat first. Rohit Sharma lost the toss for the 9th consecutive time in ODIs. With this, a shameful world record was recorded in the name of Team India.
In fact, the Indian team has lost the toss in the 12th consecutive match in ODI cricket. With this, Team India has made the unwanted world record of losing the most toss in ODIs in ODIs. The record for losing the most consecutive toss in ODIs was the name of the Netherlands team. This team lost the toss in 11 consecutive ODIs. India has lost the toss 12 times in a row since the final of the World Cup 2023. This is the longest series of losing a team’s toss in ODIs. The Netherlands lost the toss 11 times between March 2011 and August 2013.
India has a chance to change
India and Pakistan are face to face in the Champions Trophy after 8 years. The last time in this tournament, the match between the two teams was played in the year 2017. In this match, Pakistan defeated India to win the title of Champions Trophy. Now the challenge is to save its title in front of the host Pakistan. India and Pakistan have clashed in the Champions Trophy 5 times. India has won 2 times while Pakistan has won 3 matches. This time Team India has a chance to equal 3-3.
There has been no change in the Indian team. There is a change in Pakistan’s team. The entry has been made in the team of Imam-ul-Haq instead of injured Fakhar Zaman. Fakhar Zaman is out of the entire tournament. He was injured while fielding in the match against New Zealand.
The playing XI of both teams is as follows:
India (playing XI): Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Akshar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav.
Pakistan (playing XI): Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper/captain), Salman Ali Aga, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Nasim Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.
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