India vs Pakistan face off in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai on Sunday (February 23). Rohit Sharma‘s India and Mohammad Rizwan-led Pakistan will face off in a Group A match of the Champions Trophy 2025.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: India vs Pakistan
Rohit Sharma-led India will take on Mohammad Rizwan’s Pakistan in the second match of the Champions Trophy at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai on Sunday. The match that the whole world is waiting for. The mercury has started rising around the mega match.
Both India and Pakistan have won the Champions Trophy in the past. Pakistan defeated India to become champions in 2017. India have won twice in 2002 and 2013.
The Indian team started the Champions Trophy campaign with an easy win against Bangladesh. India have defeated Bangladesh by six wickets on Thursday. Shubman Gill played a cameo role for India against Bangladesh, scoring an unbeaten 101, while fast bowler Mohammed Shami took one wicket and finished with figures of 5/53 in the match.
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On the other hand, the Pakistan team had to face defeat in the first match at home against New Zealand. Khusdil Shah (69) and Babar Azam (64) made fifties for Pakistan against New Zealand in the match, which also saw them lose batter Fakhar Zaman to injury for the rest of the tournament. Imam ul Haq has replaced him in the side and has joined the squad here.
The first match defeat against New Zealand showcased how much Pakistan need to improve if they want to survive in this tournament.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Complete squads of India and Pakistan
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (c), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
Where to watch ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Live Streaming
The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between India and Pakistan will broadcast on the Star Sports and Network 18 channels. The live streaming of the match will be available on the JioHotstar app.
India vs Pakistan 2025 Champions Trophy: Match Timings & Venue Details
The match between India and Pakistan will start at 2:30 pm IST. The toss for the same will take place at 2:00 pm IST.
The match between India and Pakistan that the whole world is waiting for will be played at the Dubai International Stadium in Dubai.