Virat Kohli (in the first photo), Tom Latham batting against Pakistan
Champions trophy 2025: In the first match of the Champions Trophy 2025, New Zealand defeated Pakistan by 60 runs. In this match, Pakistani captain Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and decided to bowl first. After this, New Zealand targeted 321 runs to win Pakistan, after which the Pakistani team was all out for 260 runs. The batsmen performed very well for the Kiwi team. Tom Latham and Will Young scored centuries for the team. It was because of these players that the New Zealand team was able to score like a mountain.
118 runs partnership for fourth wicket
New Zealand did not have a good start against Pakistan. When he lost three wickets for 73 runs. After this, Will Young and Tom Latham handled the responsibility of scoring runs. Young (107 runs off 113 balls) and Latham (118 runs off 104 balls) shared a 118 -run partnership for the fourth wicket. Glenn Philips scored 61 off 39 balls. New Zealand scored 320 runs after 50 overs.
The highest score in Champions Trophy against Pakistan
This is the highest score in a match against the Pakistani team in the history of the Champions Trophy. New Zealand has broken the Indian team’s record. Earlier, the Indian team scored 319 runs in the Champions Trophy 2017 match against Pakistan. The Indian team then won by 124 runs. But now New Zealand’s team is the biggest score team against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy.
Teams scoring highest score in Champions Trophy against Pakistan:
- New Zealand- 320 runs, year 2025
- India- 319 runs, year 2017
- West Indies-289 runs, 1998
- New Zealand- 274 runs, 2006
Pakistani bowlers were ineffective
No bowlers were able to bowl well for Pakistan and all the bowlers flopped badly. Haris Rauf proved to be the most expensive. He took 2 wickets for 83 runs in 10 overs. Apart from him, Shaheen Shah Afridi also could not show anything special and he took 68 runs in 10 overs. He could not get a single wicket.
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