Champions Trophy 2025: Pakistan vs India, Match 5: Stats Preview of player records and approaching milestones

Match Overview

The finalists of the previous edition of the Champions Trophy, Pakistan (PAK) and India (IND), will go head to head, but in a group stage fixture in Match 5 of the ongoing Champions Trophy 2025. Notably, the Men in Blue made a rollicking start to their campaign by defeating Bangladesh in their first game while the Green Shirts went down to New Zealand in the tournament opener. 

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Pakistan's performance in the last match

Even though the game was in their backyard, defending champions Pakistan went down rather timidly to New Zealand in Karachi. The hosts had started well reducing New Zealand to 73/3, but centuries from Tom Latham and Will Young stabilized the innings. Thereafter, Glenn Phillips build on the platform to set up a challenging total. 

Pakistan looked like they had shut down from the moment they came out to chase the total. The CT25 co-hosts managed just 22 runs in their first 10 overs while chasing 320. None of the batters could either stay long or score fast. Veteran Babar Azam came under special scrutiny for staying long at the crease but never forcing the pace of the chase. Salman Agha and Khushdil Shah brought out the fireworks but it proved too little too late. 

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India's performance in the last match

Team India on the other hand had a simpler time against Bangladesh. Two of Bangladesh's top three were back in the hut without scoring and India kept piling on the misery taking the next three wickets quickly to have Bangladesh down at 35/5. Rohit Sharma then dropped Jaker Ali's first ball to deny Axar Patel a hattrick and the batter made India pay by digging in deep. Alongside centurion Towhid Hridoy, Ali put up a record stand of 154 to bring Bangladesh back from the brink. Pacer Mohammed Shami though, shut down the lower order with a fifer to leave India a meagre target.

The chase started as expected with Rohit Sharma going out all guns blazing. But once he was dismissed, India's middle order had a tough time but Shubman Gill held fort responding with a century of his own. KL Rahul ensured that the Blue Brigade eased out to a comfortable win without any damage ahead.

Here are some important stats and number ahead of the IND vs PAK clash in the Champions Trophy 2025: 

Indian Players' Approaching Milestones:

• Virat Kohli: Needs 15 runs to reach 14,000 runs in ODIs.
• Virat Kohli: Needs 20 runs to become India's highest run-scorer against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy
• Virat Kohli: Needs 53 runs to become the highest run-getter in Champions Trophy matches between India and Pakistan. 
• Rohit Sharma: Needs 1 run to complete 9,000 runs as an opener in ODI. 
• Ravindra Jadeja: Needs 2 wickets to become India's highest wicket-taker against Pakistan in the Champions Trophy.
• KL Rahul: Needs 66 runs to reach 2,000 runs in ODIs. 

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