IND vs PAK, Champions Trophy 2025 : Shubman Gill Provide Quick Start As India Chase 242 Runs

India are off to flying start with Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill attacking Pakistan bowlers 

1st Innigs Update

Pakistan at the end of their innings got to the total of 241. India bowled the Pakistani side inside the 50 overs. The pick of the bowler for India was Kuldeep Yadav who took 3 wickets by giving away just 40 runs. Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana and Ravindra Jadeja also took crucial wickets for India. India need 242 runs to win the against Pakistan.Wicket! Kuldeep yadav has two wickets in two deliveries. First he got rid of Salman Agha with Raivndra Jadeja taking a fine catch. He followed it up with dismissal of Shaheen Afridi who he trapped right in front of stumps. India in total control of the match WICKET! This is batting collapse for Pakistan. Ravindra Jadeja gets his first wicket of the match. A tossed up delivery lands it around the good length area and the ball grips and turns away. Tayyab Tahir gets beaten on his defence and the ball rattles the stumps

WICKET! Another set batsman departs, Saud Shakeel was playing well. However, Hardik Pandya had the last say. Short ball from the medium pacer, the batsman pulls it towards deep mid-wicket. Axar sprints to his right, keeps his eyes on the ball and completes a safe catch. India are back in the game

Wicket! Axar Patel strikes for India, Pakistan have lost skipper Mohammad Rizwan. He shimmies down the wicket to have a go at Axar but gets yorked by it. Swings across the line, gets beaten and the stumps have been rattled.The dropped catch doesn't cost much as Rizwan departs for 46

Three boundaries have come in the last 10 balls, Saud Shakeel and Mohammad Rizwan break shackles by scoring runs off Indian spinners. However they need to play more big shots to accelerate the scoring 

Shami after returning to the field have bowled well alongside Pandya. Pakistan have not scored a boundary for nearly 30 balls . Saud Shakeel is on 17 off 30, Rizwan on 11off 26. Pakistan was going at nearly six runs an over when Babar was around, it has now gone down to 4.35.

Pakistan, after a promising start, lost 2 quick wickets. with Hardik Pandya dismissing Babar Azam and Axar Patel's incredible direct hit ending Imam-ul-Haq's stay. Babar looked in good touch smashing 23 off 25 balls which included five boundaries. However his innings was ended by Hardik Pandya who had him caught behind. Imam called for a poor run and ended up paying the price for it.

The two wickets come at a good time for India, especially after Mohammed Shami bowled just 2 overs before the India pacer complained of pain in his leg. After the physio took a good look at him, Shami completed the over but left the field to get some treatment. This was after he opened the proceedings for India with an 11-ball over, giving away 5 wides.

Pakistan have won an important toss at the Dubai International Stadium as they have opted to bat first. Mohammad Rizwan, the captain, announced one change, bringing in Imam-ul-Haq for the injured Fakhar Zaman. Team India, who won their opening game against Bangladesh, remain unchanged.

India playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav.

Pakistan playing XI: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.

Team India will lock horns against arch-rivals Pakistan in their second Group A clash at the Dubai International Stadium today in order to book their spot in the semifinals of the ongoing competition.

The last time India and Pakistan clashed in a Champions Trophy event was during the 2017 edition's final, when Virat Kohli-led star-studded unit was humbled by Men in Green at the peak of star batters' run-chasing powers, being skittled out for 158 runs while chasing a mammoth 338 runs which Pakistan reached on the back of a century from Fakhar Zaman.

Avenging this would be fresh on the minds of players who were part of this heart-wrenching defeat, and their fans would no doubt relish every moment of India dominating Pakistan with bat or ball.