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Champions Trophy 2025: Pakistan win toss against India

DUBAI: Pakistan have won the toss and opted to bat first against India in the fifth match of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 here at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

Playing XIs

Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c)(wk), Tayyab Tahir, Salman Agha, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami

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HEAD TO HEAD

In 135 ODI encounters between the two sides, Pakistan have the edge with 73 victories compared to India’s 57. However, Pakistan have struggled in recent years, winning only two of their last nine ODIs against India, with one game washed out.

Interestingly, Pakistan boast a better record in the Champions Trophy. The two teams have clashed five times in the tournament’s history, with Pakistan emerging victorious on three occasions.

Overall ODIs: Matches 135, Pakistan 73, India 57, NR 5

Champions Trophy: Matches 5, Pakistan 3, India 2

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The 2025 edition marks the return of the ICC Champions Trophy after an eight-year break, with the last tournament being held in 2017, where Pakistan defeated their arch-rivals India in the final.

The eight-team tournament will feature 15 matches over 19 days, taking place in Pakistan and Dubai.

The teams are divided into two groups for the initial stage. Each team will play three group-stage matches, with the top two teams from each group advancing to the semi-finals.

Group A consists of Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and New Zealand, while Group B includes Afghanistan, England, Australia, and South Africa.

READ: Babar Azam vs Virat Kohli: A statistical face-off before Champions Trophy showdown

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