IND vs PAK Prediction, Match 5, Champions Trophy 2025 Match Winner, Team, Playing XI and Pitch Report

India will take on Pakistan in the fifth match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai on Sunday, February 23.

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India, led by Rohit Sharma, started off their tournament with a convincing six-wicket win over Bangladesh. On the other hand, Pakistan suffered a 60-run loss over New Zealand in the tournament opener. Both sides would be giving their best in this contest between the arch-rivals.

IND vs PAK, Champions Trophy, Match 5 Details

Match: India vs Pakistan, Group A, Match 5

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Time & Date: 2:30 PM IST, Sunday, February 23

Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai

IND vs PAK, Champions Trophy, Match 5 Pitch Report

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The Dubai surface assisted slow and spin bowlers in the first encounter between India and Bangladesh. Interestingly, as the innings progressed to the second innings, the scoring rate got reduced with the wicket turning out to be a bit slow.

IND vs PAK, Champions Trophy, Match 5 Probable XIs

India

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

Pakistan

Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.

IND vs PAK, Champions Trophy, Match 5 Winner Prediction

Match Winner: India

India is coming into this contest after defeating Bangladesh quite comprehensively. On the other hand, Pakistan suffered a defeat against New Zealand in the tournament opener by 60 runs. That said, we can expect a tough battle between these two sides in this particular format.

Speaking about their head-to-head record in ODIs, both these sides have played a total of 135 matches with India winning 57 games while Pakistan bagged 73 wins. Nevertheless, India has an excellent ICC events record against Pakistan. We can anticipate Men In Blue to come out on top in this close contest.

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