India tackle Pakistan within the Champions Trophy 2025© AFP
The Champions Trophy 2025 encounter between India and Pakistan in Dubai noticed the batters battle to attain runs shortly because the pitch was barely sluggish and supplied some buy to the bowlers. Whereas Pakistan did get begin earlier than dropping a few wickets, the run charge was not large as they appeared to play cautiously in opposition to a disciplined bowling assault. Former India spinner R Ashwin took to social media to present verdict on the pitch on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium and he went on to name it ‘drained’.
“Drained pitches in Dubai, do not confuse Pakistan’s earlier batting innings to this one. Wasn’t the simplest of chases within the final recreation right here,” Ashwin posted on X (previously Twitter).
Drained pitches in Dubai, do not confuse Pakistan’s earlier batting innings to this one.
Wasn’t the simplest of chases within the final recreation right here.#ChampionsTrophy
— Ashwin (@ashwinravi99) February 23, 2025
Pakistan performed their first recreation of the competitors in Karachi the place they did not chase down a goal of 321 and had been bundled out for 260. Ashwin stated that the pitch in Dubai will probably be very completely different and predicted that it’s going to not be a straightforward chase for the Indian cricket staff.
In the meantime, the match noticed an erratic begin for the Rohit Sharma-led facet as pacer Mohammed Shami bowled 5 wides within the opening over of the high-stakes encounter and registered an undesirable report to his title.
Shami took 11 balls to finish his six-ball over, surpassing Jasprit Bumrah’s nine-ball over to bowl the longest over by an Indian within the Champions Trophy.
Coincidentally, Bumrah’s nine-ball over additionally got here in opposition to Pakistan within the 2017 Champions Trophy last on the Oval, which India misplaced by 180 runs to overlook out on their second event title.
Shami’s 5 wides was additionally probably the most by any bowler within the opening over of the Champions Trophy. Nevertheless, Tinashe Panyangara of Zimbabwe holds the report of bowling most wides (seven) in an over within the event.
(With ANI inputs)
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