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RAWALPINDI, Pakistan : New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner showered praise on Michael Bracewell for adjusting to flat tracks after the spinner bagged four wickets in their comprehensive Champions Trophy win over Bangladesh on Monday.
India are squaring off against arch-rivals Pakistan in their Champions Trophy 2025, Group A match on Sunday at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai. Over the years, the matches between India and Pakistan gave countless memorable moments to the fans. Due to the political tensions, the two teams have not played a bilateral series for more than 10 years and the only time they face each other is at international competitions. Whenever India take on Pakistan, fans around the world get glued to the TV screens to witness the high-voltage action.
The match between archrivals India and Pakistan in the Champions Trophy saw an erratic start for the Rohit Sharma-led side as pacer Mohammed Shami bowled five wides in the opening over of the high-stakes encounter and registered an unwanted record to his name. Shami took 11 balls to complete his six-ball over, surpassing Jasprit Bumrah's nine-ball over to bowl the longest over by an Indian in the Champions Trophy. Coincidentally, Bumrah's nine-ball over also came against Pakistan in the 2017 Champions Trophy final at the Oval, which India lost by 180 runs to miss out on their second tournament title.
Ireland's opening T20 international against Zimbabwe in Harare was abandoned after just one rain-reduced innings on Saturday.
Former India cricketer Sanjay Manjrekar feels it's "very unlikely" that Rohit Sharma would be around till the 2027 Cricket World Cup, saying that the ongoing Champions Trophy in Pakistan and Dubai could be the last ICC tournament for the stylish opening batter. Rohit struggled for runs during the three-Test series against New Zealand and the Border-Gavaskar Trophy in Australia. He returned to form in style by smashing a century in the second ODI against England at Cuttack earlier this month, giving India hope as they prepared for the Champions Trophy.
Pakistan all-rounder Khushdil Shah is surprised that he has been picked for the Champions Trophy despite dishing out ordinary performances, saying he himself doesn't know "how I got into the team". Khushdil, a middle-order left-hand batter, scored a stroke-filled 69 off 49 deliveries but his efforts went in vain as Pakistan lost the Champions Trophy opener to New Zealand by 60 runs. Ever since Khushdil made his ODI debut in November 2020 against Zimbabwe, the 30-year-old has played only 14 50-over games, while he has not played a T20I since October 2023.
Pakistan got off to a forgettable start in their Champions Trophy 2025 campaign as they lost against New Zealand by 60 runs. Opting to bowl first, Pakistan gave away 320 runs after Will Young and Tom Latham smashed centuries. Later, the hosts got bundled out for 260 as their batters completely failed to put up a strong fight against the Kiwis. For New Zealand, skipper Mitchell Santner and William O'Rourke scalped three wickets each. After this loss, former Pakistan wicketkeeper Kamran Akmal slammed Mohammad Rizwan and co for their poor performance.
Ben Curran scored an unbeaten century to steer Zimbabwe to a comprehensive nine-wicket victory over Ireland and win the one-day international series 2-1.