Pakistan vs India: ICC Champions Trophy 23 Ferruary 2025

Sanju Rajput February 22, 2025

The highly anticipated ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between India and Pakistan is scheduled for tomorrow, February 23, 2025, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The match is set to begin at 1:00 PM local time (GST), which corresponds to 2:30 PM Indian Standard Time.

India is missing out on playing their matches in Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 because of the heightened geopolitical and security issues between the nations. The Indian government has time and again proved to be a stumbling block when it comes to sending the cricket team to Pakistan because of the restricted regulations and security concerns.

Because of this, ICC and PCB have worked together on a proposal that makes use of a hybrid model tournament in which India’s matches are streamed from a neutral country, the United Arab Emirates. This model serves the dual purpose of allowing the tournament to occur and India’s security concerns to be appeased.

Affecting India’s matches in the Asia Cup 2023 was relocated to be played in Sri Lanka instead of Pakistan, thus promoting this hybrid model. Regardless of the issues, this ensures that no further hiccups can occur in the tournament because of political discord.

Form guide – Pakistan

February 8, 2025: Pakistan lost to New Zealand in the series' first match by 78 runs.
February 12, 2025: Against South Africa, a high-scoring match saw Pakistan chase down a 353 target due to an incredible 260-run association between Mohammad Rizwan and Salman Agha.
February 14, 2025: In the final match against New Zealand, Pakistan made a small target of 243 that New Zealand chased down with almost five overs to spare. So, this ended up with Pakistan losing 5 wickets against New Zealand.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025:

February 19, 2025: Pakistan started their title defense against New Zealand but lost by 60 runs. Will Young's (107) and Tom Latham's (118*) centuries on New Zealand presented a difficult total of 320/5. In spite of half-centuries by Babar Azam (64) and Khushdil Shah (69), Pakistan were dismissed for 260

Form guide – India

Tour of South Africa (November 2024

1st T20I (November 8, 2024): India won by 61 runs against South Africa.

2nd T20I (November 10, 2024): South Africa squared the series with a 3-wicket victory.

3rd T20I (November 13, 2024): India won by an 11-run margin.

4th T20I (November 15, 2024): India dominated with a 135-run victory, securing the series 3-1.

Tour of Australia (November 2024 - January 2025):

1st Test (November 21-25, 2024): India won by 295 runs.

2nd Test (5-8 December, 2024): Australia recovered with a 10-wicket win.

3rd Test (13-18 December, 2024): The test was drawn.

4th Test (25-30 December, 2024): Australia won by 184 runs.

5th Test (2-5 January, 2025): Australia won the series with a 6-wicket win.

Home Series Against England (January - February 2025):

T20I Series:

1st T20I (22 January, 2025): India won by 7 wickets.

2nd T20I (January 25, 2025): India won over England by 2 wickets.

3rd T20I (January 28, 2025): England drew one back with a 26-run victory.

4th T20I (January 31, 2025): India clinched the series with a 15-run victory.

5th T20I (February 2, 2025): India dominated with a 150-run victory.

ODI Series:

1st ODI (February 6, 2025): India chased the target to win by 4 wickets.

2nd ODI (9th February 2025): A successful chase for the second time helped India to win by 4 wickets.

3rd ODI (12th February 2025): India had a dominating total and won by 142 runs.

Pakistan Team

Team: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice captain), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi