Pacer Mohammed Shami leaves the field as he felt discomfort during the third over of the Champions Trophy 2025 match against Pakistan.
Mohammed Shami picked a five-wicket haul in India’s Champions Trophy match against Bangladesh where India secured a 6 wicket win.
He ended the match with 5/53 at an economy of 5.30. He began the proceedings for India with five wides in an 11-ball over after Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat.
However, Pakistan’s Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq provided a solid start by scoring 41 runs for the first wicket. Hardik Pandya who introduced to bowl in the powerplay, has picked the wicket of Babar Azam for 23 runs.
Earlier Pakistan won the toss and opted to bat first. Speaking at the toss, Mohammad Rizwan said, “Will bat first, looks like a good surface. Want to put up a good target. Every match is important in ICC events, we will keep things normal.”
“The boys are familiar with these conditions, we have done well here and we want to do our best today. We lost our last game, but it is past for us now. One change – Fakhar is out, Imam is in.”
Meanwhile Rohit Sharma said, “Doesn’t really matter, they won the toss so we’ll bowl first. Looks similar to the last game, the surface is on the slower side. We have an experienced unit in batting so we know what we need to do if the pitches get slower.”
“Need an overall performance from the team – with bat and ball. The last game wasn’t an easy one for us, which is always nice. You want to be under pressure and test yourself. We are playing the same team.”
Pakistan Playing 11: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan(w/c), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed
India Playing 11: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav
