India vs Pakistan, Champions Trophy 2025: Vintage Virat Kohli all but bats PAK out of the tournament- Action in Images
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- Virat Kohli scored his 51st ODI century to seal off a clinical Indian performance against Pakistan in the 2025 Champions Trophy. India won by 6 wickets.
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Virat Kohli gave fans a glimpse of how ruthlessly efficient he was in his pomp as he led India to victory over Pakistan in the 2025 Champions Trophy with an unbeaten 100 off 111 balls. The victory puts India at the doorsteps of the semi-final of the tournament and all but knocks Pakistan out of it. (AFP)
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Pakistan won the toss and chose to bat first in Dubai. Babar Azam was looking ominous at the beginning, scoring 23 in 26 balls. (ANI)
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That is all Babar could get though, with an inspired Hardik Pandya providing India the breakthrough in the ninth over. Babar's opening partner Imam-ul-Haq ran himself out in the very next over. (AFP)
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Captain Mohammad Rizwan and Saud Shakeel were then stuck in a rut as India stifled Pakistan for runs between the 10th and 20th overs. (PTI)
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The pair however, managed to switch gears eventually and ended up putting up a good partnership. Shakeel even scored a half-century eventually finishing with a score of 62 off 76 balls and his stand with Rizwan brought 104 runs in 144 balls. (PTI)
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India roared back, however, and didn't allow Pakistan to capitalise on the platform the two batters built. (AFP)
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Hardik Pandya was the standout bowler for India. Apart from dismissing Babar, Pandya also sent back Shakeel and finished with figures of 2/31 in 8 overs. (PTI)
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Rohit Sharma got India off to a quick start and fell to a searing yorker from Shaheen Afridi on 20 off 15 balls. Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli then ensured that Pakistan don't get to use the early opening. (ANI)
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The pair put up a partnership of 69 runs in 75 balls before Gill abruptly fell to a stunner of a delivery from Abrar Ahmed. It was the first time in five ODI innings that Gill failed to go past fifty. (AP)
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India's run rate dipped for a bit after that, with Shreyas Iyer taking his time to get going but Kohli was in control of the chase throughout. Iyer also eventually found his feet and scored 56 in 67 balls. His 114-run stand off 128 balls for the third wicket with Kohli pretty much ended the match as a competition. (AP)
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It came down to whether Kohli could get to his century before India's chase is completed. Shaheen Afridi complicated the situation a bit by bowling a few wides, which brought India's requirement into single digits. (AFP)
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