{"id":66288,"date":"2025-02-23T13:48:20","date_gmt":"2025-02-23T08:48:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=66288"},"modified":"2025-02-23T14:14:07","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T09:14:07","slug":"pakistan-choose-to-bat-first-against-india-in-must-win-champions-trophy-clash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/sports\/pakistan-choose-to-bat-first-against-india-in-must-win-champions-trophy-clash\/","title":{"rendered":"Pakistan choose to bat first against India in must-win Champions Trophy clash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first against arch-rivals India in their Champions Trophy match against India in Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>As a high-stakes game is on the line, fans from both countries have filled the venue in Dubai, while millions of fans are watching the match from their TV screens, which promises to be a thrilling contest.<\/p>\n<p>Pakistan have one change since their last match against New Zealand, with Imam-ul-Haq replacing Fakhar Zaman as the latter has been ruled out of the tournament after being injured in Pakistan\u2019s opening match in Karachi.<\/p>\n<p>The Rohit Sharma-led side are unchanged since their last encounter against Bangladesh at the same stadium, which they won by six wickets.<\/p>\n<p>On the toss, Muhammad Rizwan said that it looks good that is why we want to bat first and put a good target on the board,\u201d the Pakistan captain said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-live__content\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n<div id=\"wysiwyg\" class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\">\n<p>\u201cThe boys are familiar with these conditions and if you look in the past we did well in this ground but we want to do well today as well,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Ficc%2Fvideos%2F1002829725074018%2F&amp;show_text=false&amp;width=380&amp;t=0\" width=\"380\" height=\"476\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma also expressed their commitment to winning the game, stating &#8220;We need an overall performance from the team, though not jus the bat or ball.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"card-live__content\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"wysiwyg\" class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\">\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s a surface that looks similar to the last game here, looks on the slower side but we have to come out and bowl well,&#8221; the Indian captain said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The guys are experienced with the ball \u2013 they understand what needs to be done when the pitch gets slow.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-live__byline\">\n<div class=\"liveblog-update\">\n<div class=\"combined-share\">\n<h2 class=\"combined-share__wrapper\">Pitch report<\/h2>\n<p>According to <em>ESPN Cricinfo<\/em>, today\u2019s pitch has already been used before twice. For context, the India-Bangladesh game was played on a fresh pitch and that slowed down significantly as the game went on.<\/p>\n<p>Former Indian international Sunil Gavaskar said that it\u2019s not much different from a few days ago.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He added that it won\u2019t be easy to hit sixes here, and his feeling is that 270 could be a score that could be defended.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-live__content\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n<div id=\"wysiwyg\" class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\">\n<p>&#8220;We have seen scores of more than 300 chased in Pakistan but scoring under 300 here might be enough.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-live__byline\">\n<div class=\"liveblog-update\">\n<div class=\"combined-share__wrapper\"><strong>Pakistan XI:<\/strong> Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (captain, wicketkeeper), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-live__content\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n<div id=\"wysiwyg\" class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\">\n<div class=\"card-live__content\">\n<div class=\"wysiwyg-content\">\n<div>\n<div id=\"wysiwyg\" class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg--all-content\">\n<p><strong>India XI:<\/strong> Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"card-live__byline\">\n<div class=\"liveblog-update\">\n<div class=\"combined-share\">\n<div class=\"combined-share__wrapper\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DUBAI: Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first against arch-rivals India in their Champions Trophy match against India in Dubai. 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