India is about to face arch-rival Pakistan in its second match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
The Males in Blue boast a formidable document at this venue, having gained six of their seven matches, with the one exception being a tied recreation.
Their dominance extends to clashes in opposition to Pakistan in Dubai, the place they secured convincing victories in each encounters through the 2018 Asia Cup — chasing down 163 with eight wickets to spare within the first match and comfortably overhauling 237 with 9 wickets in hand within the second.
ODI STATS AT DUBAI INTERNATIONAL CRICKET STADIUM
Matches performed: 59
Staff batting first gained: 22
Staff batting second gained: 35
No Consequence: 1
Tied: 1
Highest workforce whole: 355/5 (50) – England vs Pakistan (2015)
Lowest workforce whole: 124 all out (35.2) – Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh (2018)
PITCH REPORT
The pitch on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium has saved bowlers within the hunt in recent times. In 59 matches on the venue, groups have posted 300-plus totals simply 4 instances, with the final such rating recorded by Pakistan in 2019.
Even within the earlier recreation between India and Bangladesh, batters struggled to speed up. Chasing a goal of 228 runs, India may solely cross the road within the forty seventh over. Nevertheless, batting tends to change into barely simpler within the second innings in Dubai, as indicated by the common runs per wicket growing from 25 to 29 from the primary innings to the second.
The venue has favoured seamers greater than spinners. In 59 video games, pacers have claimed 473 wickets at a mean of over 28 and an financial system price of 4.79. In the meantime, spinners have been extra economical at 4.25 runs per over however have taken solely 325 wickets at a mean of 30.
Of the seven five-wicket hauls recorded on the floor, just one has gone to a spinner — Shahid Afridi’s 6/38 in opposition to Australia in 2009.
Even within the earlier recreation of this ICC Champions Trophy, pacers dominated, accounting for 10 of the 14 wickets, with Mohammed Shami claiming 5.
TOSS FACTOR
The toss has not been a decisive consider figuring out the end result of matches at this floor. Out of 59 video games, groups profitable the toss have emerged victorious simply 29 instances.
Nevertheless, with the win share favouring groups batting second, the captain profitable the toss is more likely to decide to bowl. Within the final 10 video games in Dubai, chasing groups have gained seven instances.
Moreover, with the opportunity of dew setting in, captains could want to deploy their spinners through the first innings.
SQUADS
INDIA
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, Yashasvi Jaiswal, Virat Kohli, Rishabh Pant (wk), KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy.
PAKISTAN
Mohammad Rizwan (c), Babar Azam, Imam-ul-Haq, Kamran Ghulam, Saud Shakeel, Tayyab Tahir, Faheem Ashraf, Khushdil Shah, Salman Ali Agha, Usman Khan, Abrar Ahmed, Haris Rauf, Mohammad Hasnain, Naseem Shah, Shaheen Shah Afridi.