The 5th match of the Champions Trophy 2025 was played between India and Pakistan at the stadium in Dubai. Which the Indian team won by 6 wickets. Batting first after winning the toss, Pakistan scored 241 runs in 49.4 overs. In response, India scored 244 runs for 4 wickets in 42.3 overs. With this victory, India’s arrival at the semi -finals is almost decided. Pakistan is out of the Champions Trophy. Virat Kohli scored an unbeaten 100 off 111 balls for India.
At the same time, India has reached the top of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 points table. Also, with this victory, India has also avenged 2017 from Pakistan. India has won the third win against Pakistan in the history of Champions Tophy. Pakistan has also won three matches with India in this tournament.
Talking about the match, the Pakistan team collapsed at 241 in 49.4 overs after winning the toss. Saud Shakeel scored the most runs for Pakistan. He scored 62 runs in 76 balls with the help of five fours. Captain Mohammad Rizwan scored 46 runs in 77 balls, including fours. He shared a 104 -run partnership for the third wicket with Shakeel. Babar Azam scored 23 runs in 25 balls. He hit five fours. Imam-ul Haq 10 and Salman Aga contributed 19 runs. At number seven, Khushdil Shah scored 38 runs in 39 balls. He hit two sixes.
At the same time, India had a good start chasing the target. Captain Rohit Sharma returned to the pavilion after scoring 20 runs in 15 balls. She was bowled by Shaheen Afridi in the fifth over. Subsequently, Kohli shared a 69 -run partnership for the second wicket with Shubman Gill (46 in 52 balls, seven fours). Gill was bowled by spinner Abrar Ahmed in the 18th over. Kohli made an important partnership of 114 runs for the third wicket with Shreyas Iyer (56 runs in 67 balls). It seemed that both would return to India but Iyer got caught in Khushdil Shah’s trap in the 39th over. Shaheen sent Hardik Pandya (8) to the pavilion in the 40th over. Kohli scored a 51st ODI century with a four. This is the 82nd century of his international career.
For India there Kuldeep Yadav took 3, Hardik Pandya 2 and Harshit Rana and Akshar Patel took 1-1 wickets. While Akshar Patel also scored 2 runs.
For his unbeaten 💯 and guiding #Teamindia over the line, Virat Kohli is the Player of the Match 👏 🏆
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— BCCI (@BCCI) February 23, 2025
