PAK vs IND Howzat11 Prediction, Match 5, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for Champions Trophy 2025

India will be keen to do well.

ByĀ CricTracker Staff

Updated - 25 Feb 2025, 18:28 IST

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Preview

The fifth match of the Champions Trophy 2025 will see Pakistan locking horns with India, at the Dubai International Stad, on Saturday, February 23. India and Pakistan have faced each other in 135 matches in ODI. Out of these 135 games, India have won 57 whereas Pakistan have come out victorious on 73 times. India beat Bangladesh in the opening match by six wickets while Pakistan suffered a defeat against New Zealand in the opening match by 78 runs and will be keen to bounce back. 

Match Expert Tips

The captain and vice-captains have been selected keeping the venue in mind. The Dubai International Stadium in Dubai is expected to assist the spinners throughout the game. There will be some help for the pacers as well and batting will be easier with the new ball as evident in the previous game. Both teams are stacked with some great bowlers and we will try to cover as many bowlers and all-rounders. 

Match Information

Pakistan vs India, 5th Match, Group A

ICC Champions Trophy, 23 Feb 2025, Sun, 2:30 PM IST ,Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Live Stream

Jio Hotstar

Weather Report

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Clear

32.3°C

35% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

Pakistan

L
L
W
L
L

India

W
W
W
W
W

Players Stats in current Series

1

Shreyas Iyer

IND - bat

243 Runs

5Ā Matches

2

Virat Kohli

IND - bat

218 Runs

5Ā Matches

3

Shubman Gill

IND - bat

188 Runs

5Ā Matches

4

Rohit Sharma

IND - bat

180 Runs

5Ā Matches

5

KL Rahul

IND - bat

140 Runs

5Ā Matches

6

Axar Patel

IND - all

109 Runs

5Ā Matches

1

Haris Rauf

PAK - bowl

158.82

2Ā Matches

2

Khushdil Shah

PAK - bat

121.59

2Ā Matches

3

Agha Salman

PAK - bat

117.31

2Ā Matches

4

Hardik Pandya

IND - all

106.45

5Ā Matches

5

Rohit Sharma

IND - bat

100.00

5Ā Matches

6

100.00

5Ā Matches

9 Wkts

3Ā Matches

2

Mohammed Shami

IND - bowl

9 Wkts

5Ā Matches

3

Kuldeep Yadav

IND - bowl

7 Wkts

5Ā Matches

4

5 Wkts

5Ā Matches

5

Axar Patel

IND - all

5 Wkts

5Ā Matches

6

Harshit Rana

IND - bowl

4 Wkts

2Ā Matches

1

Abrar Ahmed

PAK - bowl

3.75

2Ā Matches

2

Harshit Rana

IND - bowl

3.98

2Ā Matches

3

4.36

5Ā Matches

4

Axar Patel

IND - all

4.36

5Ā Matches

4.53

3Ā Matches

6

Kuldeep Yadav

IND - bowl

4.80

5Ā Matches

Probable Playing XI

Pakistan

Mohammad Rizwan (C), Babar Azam, Tayyab Tahir, Saud Shakeel, Khushdil Shah, Agha Salman, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Naseem Shah, S Afridi, IU Haq

Bench : Usman Khan, Kamran Ghulam, Faheem Ashraf, M Hasnain, FK Zaman

India

KL Rahul (wk), Rohit Sharma (C), Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, S Iyer, HH Pandya, Axar Patel, RA Jadeja, KL Yadav, M Shami, H Rana

Bench : Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy

Injury and availability news

will be added when there is an update

Pitch Report

The surface here will be a balanced one with good help for both pacers and spinners. Both teams will prefer chasing at this venue.

50%

Pace Bowling

50%

Spin Bowling

55%

Batting Pitch

281

Average Score

45%

Bowling Pitch

Player Picks

8
C

Hardik Pandya IND | ALL

Hardik Pandya has played 90 matches in his ODI career and has scored 1805 runs, with an average of 34. He will also bowl medium pace.

8
C

Shubman Gill IND | BAT

Shubman Gill scored a century in the previous match and has been in sublime form in this format. He will be a good captaincy pick.

8

Mohammed Shami IND | BOWL

Mohammad Shami was outstading in the previous match picking up five wickets against Bangladesh. He will be keen to do well.

8

Shaheen Afridi PAK | BOWL

Shaheen Afridi will spearhead the bowling attack for Pakistan and the pacer has scalped 125 wickets in 63 ODIs so far in his career.

8

Babar Azam PAK | BAT

Babar Azam scored a half century against NZ in the last game and has an average of 56 in this format.

8

Axar Patel IND | ALL

Axar Patel has picked up two wickets in the last game. He will be a handy budget pick against this opposition.

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8

Naseem Shah

PAK | BOWL

8

Tayyab Tahir

PAK | BAT

Last Updated On - Feb 25 2025 6:28 PM

Players
11/11

Team 1

PAK

4 : 7

IND

Credits Left
12/100

Head To Head
Mohammad Rizwan

8

Rohit Sharma
VC

8

Virat Kohli

8

Shubman Gill
C

8

Babar Azam

8

Hardik Pandya

8

Ravindra Jadeja

8

Mohammed Shami

8

Kuldeep Yadav

8

Abrar Ahmed

8

Shaheen Afridi

8

Players
11/11

Team 1

PAK

4 : 7

IND

Credits Left
12/100

Mega League
Mohammad Rizwan

8

Virat Kohli

8

Shubman Gill

8

Shreyas Iyer

8

Babar Azam

8

Hardik Pandya
C

8

Ravindra Jadeja
VC

8

Axar Patel

8

Kuldeep Yadav

8

Abrar Ahmed

8

Shaheen Afridi

8

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