India vs Pakistan Champions Trophy 2025 Live Score IND vs PAK (India national cricket team vs Pakistan national cricket team players): Hello and welcome to the live blog of the high-voltage Champions Trophy 2025 Group A match between India and Pakistan, which is scheduled to take place at Dubai International Cricket Stadium today. The match between the two finalists of the 2017 edition will start at 2:30 PM IST, and the live telecast will be available on the Star Sports and Sports 18 networks, whereas the live streaming will be available on the Jio Hotstar app and website in India.
India are coming into today’s match after securing a 6-wicket win over Bangladesh on Thursday, February 20, whereas Pakistan went down by 60 runs against New Zealand in the tournament opener played at National Stadium in Karachi on Wednesday, February 19.
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The match against the Rohit Sharma-led side today is a must-win for the Men in Green in order to keep their title defence alive. If India beat Pakistan today and New Zealand beat Bangladesh in Rawalpindi on Monday (February 24), then the Mohammad Rizwan-led side will get knocked out of the semifinal race, and India and New Zealand will book a place in the last four of the ongoing eight-team ICC tournament.
For the match against India, Pakistan will miss the services of star opener Fakhar Zaman. Fakhar was ruled out of the tournament on Thursday due to an injury and has been replaced by Imam-ul-Haq. The left-handed opening batter is set to feature in the match today.
While Pakistan are forced to make one change for the match, India are likely to field an unchanged XI, but the possibility of Varun Chakaravarthy’s inclusion in the side in place of Kuldeep Yadav can’t be ruled out either.
Toss: 2 PM IST
Start time: 2:30 PM IST
Live telecast channels: Star Sports, Sports 18
Live streaming platform: Jio Hotstar app and website
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
Head-to-head record in Champions Trophy: 2 wins for India and 3 wins for Pakistan
Squads
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant (WK), Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (C & WK), Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Saud Shakeel, Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Kamran Ghulam, Faheem Ashraf, Mohammad Hasnain, Usman Khan (WK)
