Passion for revenge, fear of defeat, Ind vs Pak cricket is not war but a flood of thrill

Champions Trophy 2025: The great match of the Champions Trophy that cricket fans all over the world were waiting for is going to end today. The teams of India and Pakistan will face each other in the biggest match of the tournament. While Team India, captained by Rohit Sharma, will want to register a ticket to the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy by registering their second consecutive win, Mohammad Rizwan's team will try to register a win to avoid being eliminated from the tournament.

While India made a spectacular start by defeating Bangladesh in the first match of the Champions Trophy, Pakistan suffered a crushing defeat to New Zealand in the very first match.

Team India will want to avenge its defeat in the 2017 Champions Trophy final against Pakistan, while the Pakistani team will take inspiration from that victory.

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The host team has suffered a major setback when experienced opener Fakhar Zaman was ruled out of the tournament due to injury.

India-Pakistan Head-to-Head

Pakistan's record in ODIs against India is frightening. So far 135 ODIs have been played between the two teams in which Pakistan has won 73 matches while the Indian team has won 57 matches. Five matches ended without any result. Pakistan has a 3-2 lead over India in the Champions Trophy.

India vs Pakistan Probable XI

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav/Varun Chakraborty, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Shami

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

Champions Trophy returns after 8 years

The Champion's Trophy was last played in 2017. This tournament has returned after 8 years. Last time India and Pakistan clashed in the final. Pakistan won the trophy by defeating Team India.

Summary

The real thrill of cricket will start in Dubai at 2.30 pm when the two biggest enemies of the field will face each other. India will play to make it to the semi-finals while Pakistan will play to stay in the tournament.