Pakistan never won a Champions Trophy match against NZ..!?

pakistan lost to new zealand by 60 runs in the first match of the 2025 Champions Trophy series. With this, the unfortunate incident of pakistan not winning even once against new zealand in the Champions Trophy series has happened again. pakistan and new zealand have met four times in the Champions Trophy so far. All four times pakistan has lost. In 2000, pakistan and new zealand met for the first time in the Champions Trophy series. new zealand won that match by 4 wickets. The two teams met in Mohali, india in 2006. In that match, new zealand won by 51 runs. In 2009, new zealand and pakistan met in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy. new zealand won by 5 wickets.
Now, in the 2025 match held on Pakistan's home soil, new zealand has defeated pakistan by 60 runs. In this match held in Karachi, new zealand batted first. The team's opener Will Young scored 107 runs in 113 balls. tom Latham scored 118 runs. Glenn Phillips, who played a spectacular game in the last minute, scored 61 runs in 39 balls. new zealand scored 320 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in 50 overs. pakistan, who played next, added runs at a snail's pace and scored only 260 runs in 47.2 overs, losing all their wickets. Not only in the Champions Trophy, but also in the last four ODIs they played against New Zealand. Especially in the first round and final match of the tri-nation ODI series held in pakistan before the Champions Trophy, pakistan lost to New Zealand. Now, pakistan has lost to new zealand in the first match of the Champions Trophy.

Crisis for Pakistan:

With this, new zealand has become a dream for pakistan in ODIs. This has now created a serious crisis for Pakistan. new zealand, which is in Group A, is at the top of the points table with two points. Pakistan's team is in last place after losing one match.
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Sowmiya Sriram

20/02/2025 08:28 AM