 "India vs Pakistan, Champions Trophy: Predicted playing 11s, match time, pitch and weather report")
The high-octane India vs Pakistan match in the Champions Trophy 2025 will take place today (Sunday 23 February) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. The Indian cricket team won their previous encounter by six wickets against Bangladesh while Pakistan suffered a 60-run loss to New Zealand.
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It’s a must-win match for Pakistan to keep their semi-final qualification hopes under their control, while India will almost be guaranteed qualification if they manage to beat their arch-rivals.
IND vs PAK head-to-head in ODIs
Pakistan lead the head-to-head against India in ODIs with 73 wins in 135 matches while the Men in Blue have only won 57 games. Even in the Champions Trophy, Pakistan have a 3-2 head-to-head lead but interestingly India have not lost a match against Pakistan in their last six ODIs since 2018.
India vs Pakistan: Weather and pitch report
As we get ready for the mega India vs Pakistan match, here’s a look at the Dubai weather forecast, Dubai International Cricket Stadium pitch report and the predicted playing 11s for both teams.
Dubai International Cricket Stadium pitch report
In the first Champions Trophy 2025 match at the venue, Bangladesh could only score 228 batting first and India took almost 47 overs to complete the chase. In such a scenario, we can expect another sluggish pitch for the India vs Pakistan match.
The pitches in Dubai are on the slower side after the recently concluded ILT20 and are assisting the spinners. However, there’s always some help for pacers at the start in Dubai.
We are not expecting a high-scoring match and the team winning the toss may pick to field first.
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The chances of rain in Dubai on Sunday is 1%, as per accuweather.com. So we are not expecting rain to interrupt the game. It will be a hot day as the temperatures will hover between 31 to 26 degrees Celsius. It’s expected to be sunny and warm during the daytime and cloudy and warm in the evening.
Champions Trophy 2025: India vs Pakistan match time
The India vs Pakistan match in the Champions Trophy 2025 will start at 2:30 pm IST. The toss will take place at 2:00 pm IST.
India vs Pakistan predicted XIs
India predicted XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami
Pakistan predicted XI: Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c/wk), Salman Agha, Kamran Ghulam, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
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