IND vs PAK Champions Trophy 2025: The 5th match of Champions Trophy was played between India and Pakistan in Dubai. Pakistan won the toss and decided to bat first. Pakistan’s team was all out for 241 runs in 49.4 overs. In reply, India achieved the target by losing 4 wickets in 42.3 overs. Kohli scored the 51st century and remained unbeaten after scoring 100 runs in 111 balls.
At one time it seemed that Pakistan was plotting to not let Virat score a century. Shaheen was throwing wides after wides. In the 43rd over, India needed four runs to win and Kohli needed five runs for a century. Kohli took a run on the first ball of the 43rd over. Then Axar took a run on the next ball. On the third ball, Virat completed his century by hitting a four and also gave India victory.
India has now won two matches in the Champions Trophy and has strengthened its claim to reach the semi-finals. At the same time, Pakistan’s team is almost out of the Champions Trophy. It will now have to depend on the results of other teams. India has four points after two matches, while Pakistan has not been able to open its account in two matches.
The men in blue defeated men in green badly in the fifth match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. With the strong batting performances by Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer, India defeated Pakistan by 6 wickets in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. With this win, India has almost confirmed its place in the semi-finals, while there are high chances of Pakistan getting out of the tournament.
The match between India and Pakistan was played in Dubai on Sunday. It was a high voltage match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Fans of India and Pakistan as well as many countries were eagerly waiting for this match. Team India last faced Pakistan about 8 months ago. These two teams clashed in T20 World Cup 2024, where India defeated Pakistan.
IND vs PAK, Match 5 Champions Trophy 2025: Playing 11
India’s playing 11: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami and Harshit Rana.
Pakistan’s playing 11: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Salman Aga, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf and Abrar Ahmed.
India and Pakistan Squads for ICC Champions Trophy 2025
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakraborty, Arshdeep Singh
Pakistan: Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (wicketkeeper/captain), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Kamran Ghulam, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Hasnain, Usman Khan