The open match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 took place between the Pakistani National Crown team led by Mohammad Rizwan and Mitchell Santner, led by the new Zealand National Criterka team on Wednesday, February 19th.
Mohammad Rizwan, a Pakistan National Cricket team, faced an unpleasant defeat of 60 runs in the hands of black caps at the National Stadium in Karachi. Next will be taken over by the competent rival, an India National Crickket team, on Sunday, February 2nd in Dubai.
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Pakistan won the throw at the CT opener
Men in Green won the throw and chose to Bowl first in the match. Pakistani bowlers did a good job, reducing Kiwis to 73/3. However, they failed to stop Will Young Latham – both of them hit great tons.
Pakistan finished acknowledging 320 rides in 50 accessories, while Haris Rauf and Nasem Shah received two shots and Abrar Ahmed selected one Wickket.
Chasing a target, Pakistan never looked at the game. Babar Azam He played very slowly hitting 64 runs of 90 balls, and many claimed to have played selfish scratches.
Apart from him, only Khushdil Shah hit fifty (69 off 49), until the rest of the blows failed. Running speed continued to increase with each transition, and the men in green eventually pulled out 260 driving in 47.2 additions.
They made a good target, we didn’t expect it – Mohammad Rizwan
Speaking at the presentation ceremony after the match, Mohammad Rizwan admitted that they did not expect New Zealand to publish a large total number on the board. He also acknowledged the mistakes Pakistan made throughout the entire insertion. Mohammad Rizwan said:
“They made a good target, we didn’t expect it. We watched something about 260. We tried the best and we used all the tactics, but they played well and set a good target.
“We see the terms on the ground, earlier the terrain was not easy to hit, but when Young and Latham gathered, it became easier. In the end we made the same mistake as we in Lahore and they made a good target. We didn’t start the baton well. “, added Mohammad Rizwan.
Asked about Fakhara Zaman’s injuries, Mohammad Rizwan said he was not sure of that, but he found out that he had suffered the dough. Mohammad Rizwan further said they were disappointed that they had lost the match and blamed the bad bowling of death and bad powerplay for defeat.
“I’m not sure yet, he hasn’t got his score yet. It’s in some pain. We lost my momentum twice – once we dawned in death, then while we hit PowerPlay. It’s disappointing for us, we played him as as a normal match.
How did Pakistan compete in the previous match against New Zealand?
Pakistan’s performance in the previous match against New Zealand, which was the final three-line finale, was quite insidious.
The men in Green fought with a stick and a ball and lost the match. Winning throwing and hitting first, Top-3 failed to achieve big driving. Fakhar Zaman (10) and Saud Shakeel (8) started early, while Babar Azam looked in a good touch, scoring 29 of 34 balls, but his fired further suppressed Pakistan’s momentum.
However, Mohammad Rizwan, 46, and Salman Agh, 45, fought for a while and stuck a good 88-pitch, but their slow striking put pressure on the lower row.
Tayyab Tahir provided some spark with Quickfire 38 of 33 balls, but Pakistan’s inability to accelerate in the final turnaround resulted in a total of 242 lower.
With the ball, the Shah looked tightly. Removed Will Young early and then picked up Wickket Devon Conway. But the bowlers did not look threatening, and Kane Williamson, 34, along with Daryl Mitchell (57), absorbed pressure.
Tom Latham, 56, played incredible inings and used the capital of missed chances of Pakistan because he fell twice before he arrived for up to half a century.
While Smo Shah and Shaheen Afida worshiped well in the patch, the lack of support for Spinner and a bad effort to hit the hitting meant that Pakistan lost the match with 5 Wickscakes with the remaining 28 balls.
