The big day is set for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 as the Group A match India vs Pakistan will be played on Sunday (23rd February) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. Both teams will play their second game of the tournament.
Hosts and defending champions Pakistan started the tournament with a 60-run defeat against New Zealand in Karachi. Meanwhile, India beat Bangladesh by six wickets in their tournament opener in Dubai.
Article Contents:
Match Overview
Head-to-Head
Weather Forecast
Pitch Report
Injury/Unavailability Reports
Predicted XIs
In-form Players
Dream11 Team Prediction #1
Dream11 Team Prediction #2
Dream11 Team Top 4 Backups
IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Match Overview
Tournament: ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Format: ODI
Tournament Stage: League (Group A)
Match: India vs Pakistan (IND vs PAK)
Tournament Match No: 5
Match Date: 23 February 2025 (Thursday)
Official Toss Time: 12:30 local time (14:00 IST)
Official Starting Time: 13:00 local time (14:30 IST)
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Live Broadcasting and Streaming (only in India): Star Sports network, Sports18 Network, JioHotstar
IND vs PAK Head-To-Head
Details | Matches | India Won | Pakistan Won | Tied | No Result |
Overall ODI | 135 | 53 | 73 | 0 | 5 |
In UAE | 28 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
At Dubai International Cricket Stadium | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
In the ICC Champions Trophy | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Last 5 ODIs | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Weather Forecast
The game-time temperatures are likely between 35°C and 25°C with very minimal chance of rain.
IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Pitch Report
Average innings score (in last 5 ODIs): 202.90
Average 1st batting score (in last 5 ODIs): 202.60
Last 5 ODIs results: 1st batting win – 1; 2nd batting win – 4
Highest ODI total (in last 5 ODIs): 241/6 by Canada vs UAE on 5 March 2024
Lowest ODI total (in last 5 ODIs): 132 by UAE vs Scotland on 3 March 2024
Toss prediction: Win the toss and bat first
IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Injury/Unavailability Reports (Only active names)
India: None
Pakistan: None
IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Predicted XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Mohammed Shami, Harshit Rana/Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav
Pakistan: Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (Captain & wk), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Faheem Ashraf/Haris Rauf, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed
IND vs PAK In-form Players (Since 2024)
Batters
Team | Player | Runs | Average/Strike Rate | 100s/50s |
India | Shubman Gill | 417 | 69.50/88.34 | 2/2 |
Rohit Sharma | 320 | 45.71/130.08 | 1/2 | |
Shreyas Iyer | 234 | 33.42/115.27 | 0/2 | |
Pakistan | Saim Ayub | 515 | 64.37/105.53 | 3/1 |
Salman Agha | 470 | 52.22/100.85 | 1/1 | |
Mohammad Rizwan | 438 | 54.75/78.77 | 1/2 |
Bowlers
Team | Player | Wickets | Average/Economy Rate | 4wks/5wks |
India | Axar Patel | 9 | 27.44/4.30 | 0/0 |
Harshit Rana | 9 | 19.66/6.17 | 0/0 | |
Mohammed Shami | 7 | 22.42/6.07 | 0/1 | |
Pakistan | Shaheen Shah Afridi | 21 | 25.28/5.84 | 1/0 |
Haris Rauf | 16 | 24.81/5.40 | 0/1 | |
Naseem Shah | 15 | 36.13/6.19 | 0/0 |
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 IND vs PAK Dream11 Team Prediction #1:
Wicketkeeper(s): M Rizwan
Batters: R Sharma, V Kohli, S Gill (C)
All-rounder(s): R Jadeja, A Patel (vc), A Salman, H Pandya
Bowlers: M Shami, K Yadav, N Shah
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 IND vs PAK Dream11 Team Prediction #2:
Wicketkeeper(s): M Rizwan
Batters: R Sharma, B Azam, S Iyer, S Gill
All-rounder(s): R Jadeja (vc), A Patel, A Salman, K Shah
Bowlers: M Shami, S Afridi
IND vs PAK ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Dream11 Team Top 4 Backups:
L Rahul, H Rauf, H Rana, I-ul-Haq
