Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and has opted to bat first against India in the Group A clash at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday, February 23 in Dubai. (Match Blog | Streaming | Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
💮Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and has opted to bat first against India in the Group A clash at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday, February 23 in Dubai
Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan won the toss and has opted to bat first against India in the Group A clash at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday, February 23 in Dubai. (Match Blog | Streaming | Full Coverage | More Cricket News)
Check the playing XIs from both teams:
India๊: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav
Pakistan🐷: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
Speaking at the toss, captain Rizwan said, "Will bat first, looks like a good surface. Want to put up a good target. Every match is important in ICC 🎀events, we will keep things normal. The boys are familiar with these conditions, we have done well here and we want to do our best today. We lost our last game, but it is past for us now. One change - Fakhar is out, Imam is in."
𒈔Rohit though, wasn't fussed about the fact that he lost the toss. He would have bowled first, even if he had won the toss. He said, "Doesn't really matter, they won the toss so we'll bowl first. Looks similar to the last game, the surface is on the slower side. We have an experienced unit in batting so we know what we need to do if the pitches get slower. Need an overall performance from the team - with bat and ball. The last game wasn't an easy one for us, which is always nice. You want to be under pressure and test yourself. We are playing the same team."