The 30-year-old Kuldeep Yadav has picked a three-wicket haul during the Champions Trophy 2025 match against Pakistan.
The spinner narrowly missed his hattrick after dismissing Salman Agha and Naseem Shah for 19 and a duck in the 43rd over of the match.
Kuldeep Yadav who played 109 ODIs for India, picked 174 wickets with an economy of 4.99 with a best returns of 6/25.
Pakistan who batted first lost openers early. But Shakeel and Rizwan revived the innings after a solid 100 run partnership.
However, Pakistan lost back-to-back wickets in the middle order They lost the wickets of Rizwan, Shakeel and Tayyab Tahir in the middle overs.
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Axar Patel who removed Rizwan for 46 runs, broke the partnership between the former and Shakeel who smashed a fifty in the match.
Hardik Pandya went on to dismiss Shakeel for 62 runs off 76 deliveries, while Jadeja picked the wicket of Tayyab Tahir for four runs.
Being in a strong position for 150 runs, Pakistan went down five for 165 runs. With Kuldeep Yadav bagging three wickets, Pakistan were down to 8 wickets for 222 runs.
The clash in Dubai will be a crucial game for Pakistan who lost their first match of the 2025 Champions Trophy against New Zealand at Karachi.
On the other hand, India will play their second game of the edition with much confidence after defeating Bangladesh in Thursday’s game.
Pakistan and India have played 135 matches in ODI format. Out of those, India has won 57 matches while Pakistan has 73 wins.
After the 2017 Champions Trophy, India and Pakistan have played 6 ODIs, of which India has an advantage of 5 wins and 1 ended with no result.
