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India’s playing XI for Champions Trophy 2025 match against Pakistan: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav
India’s playing XI for Champions Trophy 2025 match against Pakistan. (Picture Credit: X/@BCCI)
Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan has won the toss and opted to bat first in the Champions Trophy 2025 match against India, which is currently underway at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. For the second Group A match of the ongoing eight-team ICC tournament, Team India has retained the same XI that took the field against Bangladesh in Dubai on Thursday, February 20, and comfortably won the match by 6 wickets.
There were reports of mystery spinner Varun Chakaravarthy replacing Kuldeep Yadav in the playing XI in the build-up of the match, but the 30-year-old spinner from Kanpur, who has dismissed 12 Pakistani batters in six ODIs played so far, has managed to retain his place in the playing XI.
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On the other hand, Pakistan have made one change to the playing XI. Imam-ul-Haq is playing in place of injured Fakhar Zaman. Zaman suffered an injury while fielding on Wednesday and was ruled out of the tournament on Thursday.
The match against India in Dubai is a must-win for the Men in Green in order to keep their chances alive of qualifying for the semi-finals. The hosts suffered a humiliating defeat by 60 runs against the Kiwis in the first match of the Champions Trophy 2025.
Playing 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: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (C & WK), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
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- Location :
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
