India vs Pakistan ICC Champion Trophy India Won By 5 Wicket

5th Match, Group A, ICC Champions Trophy, 2025

India Won by 6 Wicket and Virat Kohli Fantastic Century

Clinical performance from India! Firstly, it was a very good bowling performance from the Indians. While Shami struggled a bit with control in the opening spell, Hardik bowled a superb 6-over spell in which he removed Babar Azam.

Rizwan and Shakeel stitched a century partnership for the third wicket but they were very cautious against some disciplined bowling. Both of them were dropped but they couldn’t capitalise and Pakistan lost three quick wickets. And, Kuldeep’s spell in the last 10 overs where he picked three wickets didn’t allow Pakistan to accelerate. In reply, Rohit came out all guns blazing but his innings was cut short by a Shaheen Afridi yorker. Shubman Gill was watchful in the following over but went after the left-arm pacer with a flurry of eye-pleasing boundaries. India raced away to 64/1 at the end of the first powerplay.

Haris Rauf bowled a good first over and induced a couple of false strokes. While Kohli’s top-edge fell short of third man, Gill was dropped on 35 by Khushdil at midwicket. Rauf leaked 14 runs off his second over, thanks to Kohli’s two cover drives who also crossed 14k runs in ODIs. And that was the beginning of a special knock from the chase master.

Pakistan won the toss and opt to bat

Pakistan Innings-241/10 49.4 Overs

Pakistan Top Scores :-Saud Shakeel – 62 runs(76 Balls), Mohammad Rizwan – 46 runs (77 Balls)

India Bowler Top Wicket Taker :-Kuldeep Yadav – 3 Wickets (9 overs), Hardik Pandya – 2 Wickets (8 Overs)

India Top Scores :- Virat Kohli – 100 runs (111 Balls), Shreyas Iyer – 56 Runs (67 Balls)

Pakistan Bowler Top Wicket Taker :-Shaheen Afridi:-2 Wickets (8 Overs), Abrar Ahmed-1 Wicket (10 Overs)

Virat Kohli slammed his 51st ODI century as India beat Pakistan by six wickets in Dubai. The Rohit Sharma-led side chased down 242 runs against their arch-rivals. Shreyas Iyer also contributed with a half-century, while Shubman Gill contributed 46. After getting an invitation to bowl first, India put up a disciplined show to bundle out Pakistan for 241. Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan stitched a crucial 104-run stand to help Pakistan recover from 47 for 2. Shakeel scored 62 while Rizwan slammed 46. After the duo departed, Pakistan kept losing wickets at regular intervals and ended up at a score below 250. Kuldeep Yadav was the pick of the bowlers for India