The fifth match of the Champions Trophy 2025 is being played between India and Pakistan at the Dubai International Stadium. Indian captain Rohit Sharma has lost the toss. This is the 12th consecutive toss lost by the team in ODIs. Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan has decided to bat.
Saeed Shakeel and captain Mohammad Rizwan are at the crease for Pakistan. Both have a partnership of 50+ runs. Saeed Shakeel has scored a fifty.
Imam-ul-Haq was run out on an individual score of 10 runs. He was run out on a direct throw by Axar Patel.
Babar Azam was dismissed after scoring 23 runs. He was caught out by Hardik Pandya off wicketkeeper KL Rahul. Babar was dismissed after hitting 5 fours.
No changes have been made in Team India, while Imam-ul-Haq has got a chance in place of Fakhar Zaman in Pakistan.
India vs Pakistan Playing XI of both teams
India (IND): Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami and Harshit Rana.
Pakistan (PAK): Mohammad Rizwan (captain and wicketkeeper), Imam-ul-Haq, Saeed Shakeel, Babar Azam, Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Haris Rauf and Abrar Ahmed.
India vs Pakistan ahead in Champions Trophy
So far, 135 ODI matches have been played between Team India vs Pakistan. Pakistan has won 73 matches, while Team India has won 57 matches. There has been no result in 5 matches.
Both the teams have faced each other 5 times in the Champions Trophy. Out of these, Pakistan has won 3 times and India 2 times. This also includes the previous final, in which Pakistan won.