Preview:Pakistan will take on New Zealand in Match 1 of the Champions Trophy 2025 at the National Stadium in Karachi on February 19. Both the teams had clashed in the finals of the Tri-nation Series on February 14 and New Zealand had rattled Pakistan to win the trophy. But the ICC event is a different ball game altogether and the pressure is different as the league stage leaves no room for errors.
Pakistan will take on New Zealand in Match 1 of the Champions Trophy 2025 at the National Stadium in Karachi on February 19. Both the teams had clashed in the finals of the Tri-nation Series on February 14 and New Zealand had rattled Pakistan to win the trophy. But the ICC event is a different ball game altogether and the pressure is different as the league stage leaves no room for errors.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025, 1st T20 Match, PAK vs NZ
Venue: National Stadium, Karachi
Date & Time: Wednesday, February 19, 02:30 PM
Pitch Report: National Stadium in Karachi will help batters and keep the pacers in the game at the start. On the other hand, spinners will find it hard to grip the ball in the second innings and batters will find it easy to tonk them in the second half.
PROBABLE PLAYING XI
New Zealand (NZ): Devon Conway, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner ©, Michael Bracewell, Nathan Smith, Jacob Duffy, William O’Rourke
Pakistan (PAK): Mohammad Rizwan © (wk), Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Salman Ali Agha, Khushdil Shah, Tayyab Tahir, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed, Mohammad Hasnain
