Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan has won the coin toss and opted to bat first against India in their Group A game at the 2025 Champions Trophy.

The Indian national cricket team will face Pakistan in the second group stage match for both nations in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy.

Virat Kohli became only the third cricketer to score 14,000 or more runs in ODIs during India’s blockbuster Champions Trophy Group A clash against Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday.

Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja take a wicket apiece to bring India back into the game. Follow India vs Pakistan live blog for real-time ICC Champions Trophy 2025 updates. Get ball-by-ball commentary,

The star Indian pace spearhead was a nightmare for Aussies to face during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy concluded recently. The 3-1 scoreline in favour of Australia, who won the trophy for the first time since 2014 and avoided a hat-trick of series losses to India at home, does not truly show how much fight Bumrah single-handedly put for India.

Say what you may, but there's no bigger rivalry in world cricket than an IND vs PAK match, and today, both teams will be penning a fresh chapter in their blockbuster history.