By Kaif - Feb 18, 2025 06:28 PM
ICC Champions Trophy 2025: The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 is starting from February 19. The first match of this great tournament will be played between Pakistan and New Zealand at the National Stadium in Karachi. Both the teams would definitely want to win this important match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
| Match | Pakistan vs New Zealand (PAK vs NZ) |
| League | Champions Trophy 2025 |
| Date | Wednesday, 19th February 2025 |
| Time | 02:30 PM (IST) - 09:00 AM (GMT) |
Let us tell you that recently a triangular series was played between Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa in Pakistan itself. New Zealand defeated Pakistan in the final of this triangular series. Even though Pakistan could not win the triangular series, the players of the team performed very well in this series.
While Mohammad Rizwan will be seen captaining the Pakistan team in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, on the other hand Mitchell Santner will be seen captaining the New Zealand team. Experienced batsman Babar Azam can be seen playing an important role in the upcoming tournament from the Pakistan team. It is very important for Kane Williamson to perform well for New Zealand.
PAK vs NZ Fantasy Winning Tips: Babar Azam and Fakhar Zaman will be seen opening for the Pakistan team. The middle order of the team is very strong. Saud Shakeel can be seen batting at number three. Captain Mohammad Rizwan will bat at number four while vice-captain Salman Ali Agha can be seen playing an important role at number five. Tayyab Tahir and Faheem Ashraf can be seen batting at number 6 and number 7. Talking about the bowling lineup of the team, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed and Mohammad Hasnain can be seen playing in the first match.
Talking about New Zealand, Will Young and Devon Conway will take over the responsibility of opening. Kane Williamson will be seen batting at number three while Daryl Mitchell will be seen batting at number four. Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell and Mark Chapman will take charge of the middle order. Captain Mitchell Santner, Nathan Smith and William O'Rooke can be seen performing brilliantly in bowling.
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Pakistan (PAK) Possible Playing 11: 1. Fakhar Zaman, 2. Babar Azam, 3. Saud Shakeel, 4. Mohammad Rizwan(WK)(C), 5. Agha Salman, 6. Tayyab Tahir, 7. Khushdil-Shah, 8. Faheem Ashraf, 9. Shaheen Afridi, 10. Naseem-Shah, 11. Abrar Ahmed
New Zealand (NZ) Possible Playing 11: 1. Devon Conway(WK), 2. Will Young, 3. Kane Williamson, 4. Daryl Mitchell, 5. Tom Latham(WK), 6. Glenn Phillips, 7. Michael Bracewell, 8. Mitchell Santner(C), 9. Jacob Duffy, 10. Matt Henry, 11. William O Rourke
Talking about the Karachi pitch, a lot of runs are scored here. The Indian team has made a record of a huge score of 374 runs here, while Pakistan created history by achieving the target of 355 runs against South Africa. So far 78 international ODI matches have been played in Karachi, out of which 36 times the teams batting first have won, while 39 times the teams chasing the target have won. Even after the reconstruction of the stadium, the nature of the pitch has not changed. Both teams have such batsmen who can thrash the bowlers. In such a situation, the team whose bowlers will be able to save runs here, that team will be successful.
The first match of ODI Champions Trophy will be played against Pakistan vs New Zealand on Wednesday, 19th February 2025 in Karachi, Pakistan. The temperature on the day of pak vs nz match is expected to be around 22°C, with 37% humidity and 9.9 km/hr wind speed. And the visibility is 4 km. There is a 0% chance of precipitation during the game.
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