India’s captain Rohit Sharma, left and Pakistan’s captain Babar Azam talk before the coin toss during the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup match between India and Pakistan in Ahmedabad, India, Oct. 14, 2023. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi, File)
IND vs PAK Champions Trophy 2025 Dubai International Cricket Stadium Pitch Report And Dubai Weather Forecast Updates: India and Pakistan will lock horns in a blockbuster clash in the Champions Trophy on Sunday with the hosts already in a must-win situation after losing to New Zealand in the tournament opener. India, meanwhile, are in a much more advantageous position after defeating Bangladesh in their first match in Dubai.
India have gotten the better of Pakistan in the last two ICC events with the Men in Blue defeating their archrivals in the 2024 T20 World Cup as well as the 2023 ODI World Cup. With more familiarity to the Dubai conditions, the Rohit Sharma-led squad can be considered the favourites heading into Sunday’s match.
India vs Pakistan Pitch Report
The pitch is expected to be sluggish as the day wears on with the India batters training hard the day before to counter the spinners. Early on, the surface will be conducive for batting as well as pace bowling with the seamers finding purchase on the surface. The ball will tend to turn in the middle overs and assist the tweakers. The batters will have an advantage earlier in the match but the nature of the surface does not always result in a high scoring match.
India vs Pakistan Weather Report
The weather during in India Pakistan match is expected to be pretty hot with AccuWeather suggesting 33 degrees in the afternoon. The temperature will drop down to 26 degrees in the evening but the conditions are expected to be cloudy and warm. Like the previous match, there is not expected to be much dew which will make it challenging to bat under the lights.
Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Rishabh Pant (wicketkeeper), Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakravarthy.
Pakistan: Mohammad Rizwan (captain), Salman Ali Agha (vice captain), Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.
