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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 rapidly because the pitch was barely gradual and supplied some buy to the bowlers. Whereas Pakistan did get a superb begin earlier than shedding a few wickets, the run fee was not large as they regarded to play cautiously towards a disciplined bowling assault. Former India spinner R Ashwin took to social media to provide verdict on the pitch on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium and he went on to name it ‘drained’.
“Tired pitches in Dubai, don’t confuse Pakistan’s previous batting innings to this one. Wasn’t the easiest of chases in the last game 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 sport right here.#ChampionsTrophy
— Ashwin (@ashwinravi99) February 23, 2025
Pakistan performed their first sport of the competitors in Karachi the place they didn’t chase down a goal of 321 and had been bundled out for 260. Ashwin stated that the pitch in Dubai shall be very totally different and predicted that it’s going to not be a simple chase for the Indian cricket group.
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 identify.
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 towards Pakistan within the 2017 Champions Trophy closing 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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