Dubai:Today is Super Sunday in the group stage of Champions Trophy 2025. The biggest match of the tournament will be played today between India and Pakistan at the International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. This is the second match of both the teams in the tournament. India defeated Bangladesh in the first match. On the other hand, Pakistan lost against New Zealand in the first match. If Pakistan loses today, it will almost be out of the knockout stage.
In the last Champions Trophy in 2017, India and Pakistan teams clashed twice. India won in the group stage, while in the final, Pakistan leveled the score by defeating India by 180 runs.
Of course this match is being played in Dubai, but the people of Pakistan are eagerly waiting for this match. There are fans of Team India in Pakistan too. They want Team India to win this match.
Match details,
5th match IND vs PAK
Date: February 23
Stadium: Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Time: Toss- 2:00 PM, Match start- 2:30 PM
Pakistan ahead in Champions Trophy
135 ODIs have been played between Team India and Pakistan so far. Pakistan won 73 matches, while Team India won 57 matches. There was no result in 5 matches.
Both the teams have faced each other 5 times in the Champions Trophy. Pakistan has won 3 times and India 2 times. This includes the last final as well, in which Pakistan won.
Pitch and Toss Report:
The team batting second in the innings has a better winning record in Dubai, so the team winning the toss can decide to field first.
However, in the first match between Bangladesh and India, the pitch was spin friendly. India is invincible in Dubai, the team won 6 out of 7 matches, while one match was tied. The team has defeated Pakistan in both the matches here.
So far 59 ODIs have been played here. The team batting first has won 22 matches and the team batting second has won 35 matches.
At the same time, one match each was inconclusive and a tie. The highest score here is 355/5, which England made against Pakistan in 2015.
Dubai Weather Report
On the day of the India-Pakistan match, Dubai will be mostly sunny and the weather will be very hot. The temperature is expected to be around 22 to 32 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the wind will blow at a speed of 15 kilometers per hour.