MATCH NO – 9th Match
SERIES – Champions Trophy – 2025
DATE – 27th February, 2025
TIME – 02:30 PM IST
VENUE – Rawalpindi cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
INTRODUCTION
The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy is set to commence on February 19, 2025, marking the tournament’s return after an eight-year hiatus. This edition features the top eight One Day International (ODI) teams competing across venues in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
The participating teams are divided into two groups:
Group A: Pakistan, India, New Zealand, and Bangladesh
Group B: Australia, England, South Africa, and Afghanistan
Each team will play the others in their group once, with the top two from each group advancing to the semi-finals. Matches are scheduled in Karachi, Lahore, Rawalpindi, and Dubai. Notably, due to political tensions, India will play all its matches in Dubai.
Hosting this tournament is a monumental event for Pakistan, marking its first major ICC event since the 1996 World Cup. The country has undertaken extensive preparations, including stadium upgrades and enhanced security measures, to ensure a successful event.
MATCH PREVIEW
Ninth Match of Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between Pakistan and Bangladesh.Both teams Pakistan & Bangladesh has eliminated from Champions Trophy and Pakistan team have lost both matches against India & New Zealand, whereas Bangladesh team also have lost both matches against India & New Zealand.
Both teams boast of strong batting & bowling attacks but Pakistan’s team looks more balanced and strong, so the battle between the batsmen and bowlers will be crucial in deciding the outcome of the match.
Considering the form and capabilities of both teams, this match has the potential to be a close contest. It will be interesting to see how the teams strategize and adapt to the conditions. Fans can again expect an exciting and competitive match between Pakistan & Bangladesh.
PITCH REPORT
The Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, established in 1992, is a prominent cricket venue in Pakistan, located near Islamabad. With a seating capacity of 15,000, it has hosted numerous international matches across all formats.
Pitch Characteristics:
Batting-Friendly Surface: Traditionally, the pitch at Rawalpindi is known for being flat and conducive to batting, offering even bounce and pace. This allows batsmen to play strokes freely, leading to high-scoring encounters.
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Assistance for Fast Bowlers: In the early stages of a match, especially under overcast conditions, fast bowlers can extract movement and bounce from the surface.
Role of Spinners: As the game progresses, particularly in Test matches, the pitch tends to dry out, bringing spinners into play. In recent times, efforts have been made to prepare spin-friendly surfaces. For instance, during England’s tour in 2024, ground staff employed techniques like using large fans and heaters to dry the pitch, enhancing spin potential.
Recent Developments:
In October 2024, during a Test series between Pakistan and England, the Rawalpindi pitch was deliberately prepared to favor spin bowlers. This strategic move paid off, as Pakistani spinners Noman Ali and Sajid Khan dominated, collectively taking 39 wickets in the last two Tests, leading to a series victory for Pakistan.
However, the pitch has faced criticism in the past. In December 2022, it was rated as “below average” by the International Cricket Council (ICC) due to its flat nature offering little assistance to bowlers. The Pakistan Cricket Board appealed this rating, and in January 2023, the ICC rescinded the demerit point, acknowledging the compelling nature of the match played.
Statistics and Records:
Test Matches: The highest total recorded is 657 by England against Pakistan in 2022. The lowest is 139 by West Indies.
One Day Internationals (ODIs): The highest total is 337/3 by Pakistan against New Zealand, while the lowest is 104 by Zimbabwe against Sri Lanka.
Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is): The highest score is 194/4 by New Zealand against Pakistan, and the lowest is 90 by New Zealand against Pakistan.
Upcoming Events:
The Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium is set to be one of the key venues for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, highlighting its significance in international cricket.
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In summary, the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium offers a pitch that has evolved from being predominantly batting-friendly to one that can also support spin, depending on preparation. This versatility makes it a challenging venue for teams, requiring adaptability and strategic planning.
GROUND STATS (ODIs)
| TOTAL MATCH | 27 |
| AVERAGE SCORE | 240+ |
| BATTING 1ST WON | 12 |
| BATTING 2ND WON | 15 |
| NO RESULT | 00 |
SCORING PATTERN
| BELOW SCORE 200 | 07 |
| BETWEEN 200 TO 249 | 07 |
| BETWEEN 250 TO 299 | 08 |
| ABOVE SCORE 300 | 05 |
BOWLERS STATS ON RAWALPINDI STADIUM (ODIs)
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 27
PACER WICKETS – 229
SPINNER WICKETS – 95.
HEAD TO HEAD RECORDS
TOTAL MATCHES PLAYED – 39
- PAK WIN – 05
- BAN WIN – 34
- NO RESULT – 00.
PAK VS BAN TEAM NEWS,SQUADS, PLAYING11 & PLAYER STATS
PAKISTAN (PAK)
TEAM NEWS
- Pakistan team did not start well in this champions Trophy and they have lost their both matches against India & New Zealand and they have been eliminated from Champions Trophy.
- Last time when Bangladesh and Pakistan played between each other Pakistan team successfully chased a total of 204 runs and won the match by 7 wickets.
- Babar Azam has scored 87 runs in 2 innings in this Champions Trophy.
- Agha Slaman has scored 61 runs in 2 innings in this Champions Trophy.
- Saud Shakeel has scored 68 runs in 2 innings in this Champions Trophy.
- Khusdil Shah has scored 107 runs in 2 innings in this Champions Trophy.
- Naseem Shah has taken 2 wickets in 2 innings in this Champions Trophy.
- Haris Rauf has taken 2 wickets in 2 innings in this Champions Trophy.
- Shaheen Afridi has taken 2 wickets in 2 innings in this Champions Trophy.
- Abrar Ahmed has taken 2 wickets in 2 innings in this Champions Trophy.
- In the last match Pakistan team failed to defend a total of 244 runs and lost the match by 6 wickets against India.
- Saud Shakeel Scored 62 runs, Mohammad Rizwan scored 46 runs, Khusdil Shah scored 38 runs, Salman Agha scored 19 runs and Babar Azam scored 23 runs in the previous match against India.
- Shaheen Afridi took 2 wickets, Khusdil Shah and Abrar Ahmed took 1-1 wicket each in the previous match against India.
- Both teams played 39 matches and Pakistan team won 34 matches and lost 05 matches against Bangladesh.
SQUADS
Batting – Babar Azam, Imam ul Haq, Tayyab Tahir, Mohammad Rizwan © (wk), Usman Khan (wk), Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel.
Bowling – Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed, Naseem Shah, Mohamamd Hasnain.
All Rounder – Khusdil Shah, Faheem Ashraf, Agha Salman.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Imam ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohamamd Rizwan © (wk), Salman Agha, Tayyab tahir, khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed.
PLAYER STATS:
1. IMAM UL – HAQ – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 10r, 1r, 57r, 4r, 28r. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 195 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BAN | 78r, 100r, 83r. |
| Total Stats vs BAN | 3 INNINGS – 261 RUNS – 87A. |
2. BABAR AZAM – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 23r, 64r, 29r, 23r, 10r. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 335 RUNS – 83A. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BAN | 9r, 17r, 96r, 1r. |
| Total Stats vs BAN | 4 INNINGS – 123 RUNS. |
3. SAUD SHAKEEL – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 62r, 6r, 8r, 15r, 32r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BAN | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs BAN | NOT PLAYED YET. |
4. MOHAMMAD RIZWAN © (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 46r, 3r, 46r, 122r, 3r. |
| Stats on venue | 5 INNINGS – 121 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BAN | 26r, 63r, 4r, 13r, 67r. |
| Total Stats vs BAN | 5 INNINGS – 173 RUNS – 57A. |
5. SALMAN AGHA – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 19r, 42+0W, 45+1W, 134+0W, 40r. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNINGS – 7 RUNS – 0W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BAN | 12+0W. |
| Total Stats vs BAN | 1 INNING – 12 RUNS – 0W. |
6. TAYYAB TAHIR – RHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 4r, 1r, 38r, 4r, 30r. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BAN | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs BAN | NOT PLAYED YET. |
7. KHUSDIL SHAH – LHB+LAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 38+1W, 69+0W, 7+0W, 15r, 1W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 33 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BAN | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs BAN | NOT PLAYED YET. |
8. SHAHEEN AFRIDI – LHB+LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 2W, 0W, 1W, 2W, 3W. |
| Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BAN | 3W, 1W, 6W, 2W. |
| Total Stats vs BAN | 4 INNINGS – 12 WICKETS. |
9. HARIS RAUF – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 2W, 1W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 4 INNINGS – 7 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BAN | 2W, 4W. |
| Total Stats vs BAN | 2 INNINGS – 6 WICKETS. |
10. NASEEM SHAH – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 0W, 2W, 2W, 1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 2 INNING – 3 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BAN | 3W. |
| Total Stats vs BAN | 1 INNING – 3 WICKETS. |
11. ABRAR AHMED – RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 1W, 0W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs BAN | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs BAN | NOT PLAYED YET. |
BANGLADESH (BAN)
TEAM NEWS
- Bangladesh team did not start well in the Champions Trophy and lost their both matches against New Zealand & india and eliminated from Champions Trophy.
- Last match played between Bangladesh and Pakistan, Bangladesh team failed to defend a total of 204 runs and lost the match by 7 wickets.
- Towhid Hridoy has scored 107 runs in 2 innings in this season of Champions Trophy.
- Jaker Ali has scored 113 runs in 2 innings in this season of Champions Trophy.
- Tanzid Hasan has scored 99 runs in 2 innings in this season of Champions Trophy.
- Najimul Shanto has scored 77 runs in 2 innings in this season of Champions Trophy.
- Rishad Hossain has scored 44 runs and also taken 3 wickets in 2 innings in this season of Champions Trophy.
- Taskin Ahmad has taken 2 wickets in 2 innings in this season of Champions Trophy.
- Mustafizur Rahman has taken 2 wickets in 2 innings in this season of Champions Trophy.
- In the last match Bangladesh team failed to defend a total of 236 runs and lost the match by 5 wickets against New Zealand.
- Najimul Shanto Scored 77 runs, Jaker Ali scored 45 runs, Rishad Hossain scored 26 runs and Tanzid Hasan scored 24 runs in the previous match against New Zealand.
- Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Nahid Rana & Taskin Ahmed took 1-1 wickets each in the previous match against New Zealand.
- Both teams played 39 matches and Bangladesh team won 05 matches and lost 34 matches against Pakistan.
SQUADS
Batting – Soumya Sarkar, Towhid Hridoy, Najmul Hossain Shanto ©, Tanzid Hasan, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Jaker Ali (wk), Parvez Hossian Emon.
Bowling – Taskin Ahmed, Rishad Hossain, Mustafizur Rahman, Tanzim Hasan Sakib,Nahid Rana, Nasum Ahmed.
All Rounder – Mehidy Hasan Miraz Mahmudullah.
POSSIBLE PLAYING 11
Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto ©, Towhid Hridoy, Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Jaker Al, Rishad Hossain, Nahid Rana, Taskin Ahmed, Mustafizur Rahman.
PLAYER STATS:
1. TANZID HASAN – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 25r, 58r, 7r, 90r, 22r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 25 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PAK | 0r. |
| Total Stats vs PAK | 1 INNING – 0 RUN. |
2. NAJIMUL HOSSAIN SHANTO © – LHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 77r, 0r, 2r, 41r, 4r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 77 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PAK | 4r. |
| Total Stats vs PAK | 1 INNING – 4 RUNS. |
3. MEHIDY HASAN MIRAZ – RHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 13+0W, 5+0W, 2+0W, 3W, 74+1W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 13 RUNS – 0W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PAK | 25+1W, 1W, 7+!W, 12+2W. |
| Total Stats vs PAK | 4 INNINGS – 44 RUNS – 7W. |
4. TOWHID HRIDOY – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 7r, 100r, 32r, 82r, 9r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 7 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PAK | 7r, 2r. |
| Total Stats vs PAK | 2 INNINGS – 9 RUNS. |
5. MUSHFIQUR RAHIM (WK) – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 2r, 0r, 16r, 24r, 24r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 2 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PAK | 5r, 64r, 16r, 99r, 49r. |
| Total Stats vs PAK | 16 INNINGS – 511 RUNS. |
6. MAHMUDULLAH – RHB+RAO
| Recent 5 Innings | 4r, 7r, 41r, 24r, 50r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 4 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PAK | 56r, 29rm 25+1W, 4r, 7r. |
| Total Stats vs PAK | 19 INNINGS – 357 RUNS – 7W. |
7. JAEKR ALI – RHB
| Recent 5 Innings | 45r, 68r, 17r, 17r, 24r. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 45 RUNS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PAK | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs PAK | NOT PLAYED YET. |
8. RISHAD HOSSAIN – RHB+RALB
| Recent 5 Innings | 26+1W, 18+2W, 18+0W, 11+1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 26 RUNS – 1W. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PAK | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs PAK | NOT PLAYED YET. |
9. TASKIN AHMED – RAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 1W, 2W, 2W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 1 WICKETS. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PAK | 0W, 1W, 0W, 0W, 3W. |
| Total Stats vs PAK | 5 INNINGS – 4 WICKETS. |
10. NAHID RANA – RAF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 0W, 0W, 0W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PAK | NOT PLAYED YET. |
| Total Stats vs PAK | NOT PLAYED YET. |
11. MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN – LAMF
| Recent 5 Innings | 1W, 1W, 3W, 1W, 0W. |
| Stats on venue | 1 INNING – 1 WICKET. |
| 5 Innings Against vs PAK | 0W, 5W, 4W. |
| Total Stats vs PAK | 3 INNINGS – 9 WICKETS. |
FANTASY TEAM
SMALL LEAGUE(SL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – M. Rizwan, J. Ali.
BATSMEN – B. Azam, I ul Haq, S. Shakeel.
ALL-ROUNDERS – R. Hossain, K. Shah, R. Hossain.
BOWLERS – T. Ahmed, S. Afridi, H. Rauf.
GRAND LEAGUE(GL-TEAM)
WK BATSMAN – M. Rizwan.
BATSMEN – B. Azam, N. Shanto, S. Shakeel, T. Hridoy.
ALL-ROUNDERS – A. Salman, K. Shah, R. Hossain.
BOWLERS – M. Rahman, N. Shah, H. Rauf.
BACK-UPS – M. Hasan, N. Rana, Mahmudullah.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (SL) – B, Azam, K. Shah.
CAPTAIN/VICE-CAPTAIN (GL) – M. Rizwan, A. Salman.
POSSIBLE OUTCOME –
PAKSITAN MAY BE THE WINNER OF THIS MATCH.
