Delhi: The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 (ICC Champions Trophy 2025) will be seen at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday between Pakistan and Bangladesh. Both teams have not won any match in this tournament yet. Pakistan would like to win against Bangladesh to make a chance for the next round. On one side, it will be easy for Pakistan to play in the home ground because the situation there is favorable to it.
At the same time, the team of Bangladesh has also shocked many teams with their performance earlier. However, Pakistan seems more likely to win here. Let’s know the pitch report for this match and the playing XI of both teams.
Pakistan But Mandara Raised hazard
Till now, Pakistan has not been able to perform best in this tournament. In both the matches played, the team has lost defeat, which is at the bottom of the Group A points table. Pakistan’s team is definitely better in terms of experience. The team has players like Shaheen Shah Afridi to Harish Rowf and Babar Azam who know well, how to turn the game, but has not been able to do it so far.
Pakistan has a world -class fast bowler but the concern is that the middle order depends more on Shakeel and Salman. There was a lack of depth in the spin attack which was seen in the last match.
Bangladesh of Situation Too Weak
The performance of Bangladesh team was also not special in this tournament. Bangladesh’s bowling unit did not perform well in the last match and failed to defend the target of 237 runs. The situation in Bangladesh is such that if the top -order batsmen fail here, then their batting becomes completely damdol.
There is more dependence on the sequence of shirt here. Apart from this, the weakness of spin under the circumstances of Pakistan will submerge the team.
pitch Report
So far 26 one -day international matches have been played at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, out of which the team that batted first has won 11 matches, while the target team has won 14 matches, where the first innings average has been won. The score is 242 and the average score of the second innings is 213. Pesar on the pitch here helps more than the spinner.
Here the batsmen get a lot of help and a big score can be easily made. In the initial overs, the fast bowler gets the bounce and movement from the pitch, which makes the batsmen difficult to score, but as the ball gets old, the batsmen start freezing on the pitch and are able to play a great shot.
Here the trend of the toss winning team is towards batting first where you will get to see the average temperature between 15 and 35 degrees Celsius. Especially between June and August, the temperature can also reach 40 degrees Celsius.
Pakistan vs Bangladesh – Possible playing 11
| Pakistan | Bangladesh |
|---|---|
| Imam-ul-Haq | Tanjid Hasan |
| Babar Azam | Najmul Hussain Shanto (Captain) |
| Saud Shakeel | Mehdi Hasan Miraj |
| Mohammad Rizwan (Captain and wicketkeeper) | Tauheed heart |
| Salman Aga | Mushfiqur Rahim (wicket keeper) |
| Tayyab Tahir | Mahmudullah |
| Khushdil Shah | Jacker Ali |
| Shaheen Afridi | Rishad hussain |
| Naseem Shah | Taskin Ahmed |
| Harice Rauf | Nahid Rana |
| Abrar Ahmed | Mustafizur Rahman |
Match details
| Match | Pakistan and Bangladesh |
| Site | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium |
| Date and time | 26 February 2025, 2:30 |
| Live broadcast and streaming details | Star Sports, Sports 18, Jio Hotstar |
Head to Head Statistics
| Head-to-head record | Description |
| Match played | 39 |
| Won by Pakistan | 34 |
| Bangladesh won by Bangladesh | 5 |
| Tie (tied) | 0 |
| No result (no result) | 0 |
| Match played for the first time | 31 March 1986 |
| Most of the most recent match | 31 October 2023 |
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