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IND vs PAK, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Shubman Gill looked in great touch once again and made a crucial contribution with the bat during the India vs Pakistan match in the ongoing ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, February 23.

Gill played a crucial knock of 46 runs to help India get a promising start in their run chase. He smashed seven fours but his dismissal came in an interesting manner as Abrar Ahmed produced an incredible delivery to get the better of the young opener.

The instance took place in the 18th over when Abrar unleashed a carrom ball which landed around the leg stump and turned sharply to hit the stumps between off and middle. Abrar was seen pumped up and ended up giving a fiery send-off to Gill before Virat Kohli also gave his reaction to the dismissal.

 
 
 
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Gill and Virat Kohli have stitched an all-important partnership of 69 runs for the second wicket after Indian captain Rohit Sharma departed early in the run chase for 20 runs.

Gill has been in remarkable form lately in the ODI format and smashed a century in the first match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. His 101-run knock helped India beat Bangladesh by 6 wickets in Dubai.

Earlier on Sunday, Pakistan were bowled out for 241 runs in 49.4 overs after opting to bat first with Saud Shakeel being their top run-getter. Shakeel played a 62-run knock while skipper Mohammad Rizwan (46) and Khushdil (38) came up with impactful contributions.

For India, Kuldeep Yadav was the pick of the bowlers with his three wickets in nine overs whereas Hardik Pandya found two scalps each. Harshit and Ravindra Jadeja got a wicket each as well.

India headed into the game with a win in their first match of the tournament, having defeated Bangladesh by six wickets in Dubai whereas Pakistan lost their opening game against New Zealand.

 

IND vs PAK, ICC Champions Trophy 2025:

Pakistan: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav