India is playing Pakistan at the Dubai International stadium for the crucial Group stage encounter on February 23, 2025.
Chasing a target of 242, India started off on a strong note with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill playing their shots. Shaheen Shah Afridi took the wicket of captain Rohit Sharma with the score at 31. Gill and Virat Kohli joined the act and added 69 runs for the second wicket. Gill was dismissed for 46.
Kohli was joined by Shreyas Iyer and they took the Pakistan bowling by the scruff of the neck and played splendidly and took India on course of win. Shreyas Iyer was dimissed for a brilliant 56.
It was left to Virat Kohli who played brilliantly and completed his 51st ODI century and took India to a six-wicket win over Pakistan. Interestingly this is Virat Kohli first ICC Champions Trophy century.
Earlier, Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and opted to bat first. Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq started on a decent note. But the dismissal of the openers in quick succession put Pakistan on the backfoot. But Rizwan and Saud Shakeel played some brilliant cricket to add century partnership.
Once again with the dismissal of Rizwan and Saud in quick succession, Pakistan slowly got to a decent score with some good hitting from Khushdil Shah towards the end of the innings. Pakistan was all out for 241 inside 50 overs.
