Pakistan played more dot balls than Bangladesh!
Most of the pitches prepared for the Champions Trophy 2025 seem to be batting friendly. The Lahore ground has surprised the most, as a total of 707 runs were scored in the australia vs england match. Till february 22, a total of four matches were played in the tournament, in which teams have scored more than 300 runs 4 times. There has been a rain of fours and sixes in the tournament so far, but there are some teams which have been criticized for playing too many dot balls. pakistan team's name is also included in these.
Most dot balls in the first 20 overs
So far, the team that has played the most dot balls in the first 20 overs in the Champions Trophy 2025 is afghanistan, which has played 65.8 percent balls as dots so far. afghanistan lost to south africa by 107 runs in their first match. Host pakistan is in second place, whose batsmen have not scored any runs on 65.4 percent of the balls within the first 20 overs. bangladesh is in third place with 59.6 percent dot balls. Talking about pakistan, Babar Azam has been criticized a lot in the recent past. He played a very slow innings of 64 runs in 90 balls against New Zealand. At the same time, he scored 23 runs in 26 balls against india, but he did not score any runs on 18 of these balls.
India's record is also bad
The record of the indian team is also not very good. Team India's batsmen have so far played more than half i.e. 55.7 percent dot balls in the first 20 overs. Team india won by 6 wickets over bangladesh in their first match of the tournament. Shubman Gill played an innings of 101 runs in that clash.
Percentage of dot balls
Afghanistan - 65.8
Pakistan - 65.4
Bangladesh - 59. 6
New Zealand - 57.3
India - 55.7
South Africa - 51.6
Australia - 46.7
England - 46.7
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