📍 Venue: National Stadium, Karachi
📅 Date: 20 February 2025 (Tuesday)
⏰ Time: 2:30 pm (PST) / 3:00 pm (is)
📺 Live Streaming: JioCinema, Hotstar, PTV Sports, Sky Sports
🔥 Clash in Opening Match!
ICC 🏏 Champions Trophy 2025 It is going to start in a bang! First match Pakistan And New Zealand Will be played between The competition between the two teams is going to be thorny at the National Stadium in Karachi.
👉 Will Pakistan take advantage of the domestic ground and start with victory?
👉 Or will New Zealand retain the recent victory?
Let’s know the complete details of this match, playing XI, Dream11 TeamPitch Report and Squad Analysis!
📊 Pakistan vs New Zealand-Head-to-head record
Pak vs nz odi head to head (all matches)
| Total match | Pakistan won | New Zealand won | No result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 115 | 60 🏆 | 51 🏆 | 4 ❌ |
PAK vs NZ ODI Head to Head (Champions Trophy)
| Total match | Pakistan won | New Zealand won | No result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 0 ❌ | 3 🏆 | 0 ❌ |
✅ Advantage: Pakistan will get the benefit of domestic ground, but New Zealand has recently defeated Pakistan.
🚀 Team Analysis – Who can kill?
✅ 🔥 Pakistan Team Preview – What will be a strong start?
🇵🇰 Captain: Mohammad Rizwan
Pakistan’s team will land with Home Advantage this time and they have world-class batting and deadly bowling attack. Batsmen like Babar Azam, Fakhar Zaman and Mohammad Rizwan can demolish any bowling attack. At the same time, the trio of Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah and Haris Rauf can wreak havoc!
✅ pakistan forces:
✔ Babar Azam and Rizwan are in great form!
✔ Shaheen-Naseem-Haris trio can bother the batsmen of New Zealand.
✔ Domestic conditions will benefit.
❌ weaknesses:
❌ Middle Order can falter under pressure.
In the Recent Form, Pakistan has fought against New Zealand.
✅ New Zealand Team Preview: What will the team struggling with injuries be able to do upset?
🇳🇿 Captain: Mitchell Santner
New Zealand will miss Lockie Ferguson and Ben Sears in this match, but they have batsmen like Kane Williamson, Devon Conway and Glenn Phillips who can destroy any bowling attack. The responsibility of bowling will be on Matt Henry and Kyle Jamieson.
✅ New Zealand forces:
✔ Kane Williamson and Devon Conway are players of big matches.
✔ Has defeated Pakistan in Recent Form.
✔ Good play ability against spinners.
❌ Weaks:
❌ Fast Bowling Unit weak, key bowlers are injured.
❌ Spin Attack does not appear effective in middle Overs.
🏟 Pitch Report – Whose secret on Karachi pitch?
The pitch of Karachi has been traded-friendly, but as the match progresses, Spinners will start getting help.
📊 Pitch Stats at Karachi:
| Matches | Batting 1st Wins | Batting 2nd Wins | Average Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 20 | 12 | 8 | 280-300 |
💡 Pitch Insights:
✔ Score of 300+ possible in the first innings.
✔ Seamers can get swing in early overs.
✔ Spinners will benefit in the second innings.
📢 TOSS Prediction: The team winning the toss can bat first!
🔥 Dream11 Fantasy Team Prediction – Who will be your captain?
💰 Captain: Babar Azam 🏏
💎 Vice-Captain: Ken Williamson ⭐
🏏 Best Dream11 Team:
| Category | Player |
|---|---|
| Wicketkeeper (wk) 🧤 | Mohammad Rizwan (Pak) ⭐ |
| Batsman (bat) 🏏 | Babar Azam (pak), kane williamson (NZ), fakhar zaman (pak), will young (NZ) |
| All -rounder (AR) 💪 | Mitchell Santner (NZ), Salman Ali AGHA (PAK), Glenn Phillips (NZ) |
| Bowler (Bowl) 🔥 | Shaheen Afridi (PAK), Naseem Shah (PAK), Matt Henry (NZ) |
| Captain (c) 🎯 | Babar Azam (Pak) |
| Vice-Captain (VC) ✨ | Kane Williamson (NZ) |
💡 X-Factor Player: Salman Ali Aga (all-rounder)
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📢 Dream11 Tips:
✅ Do include spinners in the team!
✅ Babur, Rizwan and Williamson trust!
✅ Shaheen and Haris can take the initial wickets!
📢 Square Analysis – Who can do a big explosion?
🎯 Players to Watch Out:
🇵🇰 Pakistan:
1️⃣ Babar Azam – In tremendous ODI form, great record against New Zealand!
2️⃣ Shaheen Afridi Expert in attacking with a new ball, can take the initial wicket!
3️⃣ Salman Ali Aga – In excellent form, you can explode with both bat and ball!
🇳🇿 New Zealand:
1️⃣ Ken Williamson – Great performance against Pakistan in last tournaments!
2️⃣ Rachin ravindra – All -rounder, who can handle the middle order!
3️⃣ Matte henry – Head fast bowler, who can compete with Shaheen!
📺 Where to see the live match?
📍 India: Star Sports, JioCinema, Hotstar
📍 Pakistan: PTV Sports, Ten Sports, Myco, Tamasha
📍 New Zealand: Sky Sport NZ, Now, SkyGo
📍 USA & Canada: Willow TV, Willow by Cricbuzz
📍 Australia: Prime Video
📍 2. CricLife Max, STARZPLAY
📍 Africa: SuperSport
📍 Bangladesh: Toffee App, T Sports
🚀 Match Prediction – Who will win?
📊 Winning Probability:
🇵🇰 Pakistan – 55% 🆚 🇳🇿 New Zealand – 45%
👉 If Pakistan will win – Shaheen, Haris and Babur remained in form!
👉 New zealand will play if – Williamson and Conway score big!
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🏏 Final Verdict-Get ready for a great surety!
💥 Will Pakistan start Dhansu at his home ground?
💥 Or New Zealand will defeat Men in Green again?
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📢 What is your prediction? Tell me in the comment! ⬇️🔥
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