Follow UsThe mother of all clashes is here as Pakistan will take on India in match five of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on February 23 (Sunday).
Not only will the match garner a lot of support from spectators, but it is an equally important match for both teams, especially Pakistan, who, if they lose tomorrow, will have to bid goodbye to the tournament hosted by them.
So far, India and Pakistan have always produced world-class blockbusters in World Cup events. But in this game Pakistan will bring in everything they have to try and win and keep their hopes of retaining the trophy alive.
Pakistan's squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice captain), Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi
India’s squad for ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakravarthy
Pakistan’s Probable Playing 11
Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (C & WK), Salman Ali Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
India’s Probable Playing 11
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami
In India - Pakistan vs India will be telecast live on Star Sports Network, and it will also be streamed live on JioHotstar.
In Pakistan- Pakistan vs India match will be telecast live on PTV Sports while the live stream will be available on Myco.
The Pakistan vs India game will start at 2:30 PM (IST) in India. In Pakistan, it will begin at 2 pm PST and in Dubai, the game will commence at 1 pm local time.
You can buy the tickets for the Pakistan vs India match in Dubai here: https://pcb.tcs.com.pk/ICCTICKETS
Safe options: Hardik Pandya (IND), Shubman Gill (IND), Khushdil Shah (PAK), Salman Ali Agha (PAK)
Risky options: Babar Azam (PAK), Haris Rauf (PAK), Virat Kohli (IND), Kuldeep Yadav (IND)
Matches-135
Pakistan Won- 73
India Won- 57
NR-5
Tied- 0
There is no doubt as to why India are the favourites. In the last 15 years, the two teams have played against each other in 12 ODIs and India have won on eight occasions.
Shubman Gill has been in the form of his life in ODIs. With a century in his maiden Champions Trophy match, he has already shown that he is one of, if not the best batter in the tournament.
Mohammed Shami picked a five-wicket haul and became India’s most successful bowler in ICC events during the last match against Bangladesh. Therefore, he is undoubtedly the best bowler.
The Dubai International Stadium will be hosting its second game of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The venue has hosted 59 ODI games in its lifetime. It's usually the teams batting second that have won in Dubai and therefore captains winning the toss choose to bowl first. In the last game also India won by batting second.
The pitch would most likely be slow and assist spinners. But dew at night will favour the team batting second as spinners will not be able to grip the ball well.
There are one to two percent chances of rain in Dubai on February 23 (Sunday). The dew will play a major role as the temperature during the game will drop from 31 degrees Celsius at the start at around 1 pm local time to 26 degrees Celsius by the time it ends at around 10 pm local time.