India vs Pakistan Champions Trophy 2025: India sets an unwanted record against Pakistan

Champions Trophy India vs Pakistan: India set a new unwanted record Sunday, losing their 12th consecutive one-day international cricket toss. Pakistan captain Mohammed Rizwan won the toss and elected to bat against India in a crucial Champions Trophy match at the Dubai International Stadium.

This loss breaks the previous record of 11 consecutive toss losses held by the Netherlands. India's unfortunate streak started on November 23rd.

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Pakistan made one change to their team after their loss to New Zealand. Fakhar Zaman is out, replaced by Imam-ul-Haq. India retained the same team from their previous match.

Rizwan explained his decision: "We'll bat first, looks like a good surface. Want to put up a good target. Every match is important in ICC events, we will keep things normal. The boys are familiar with these conditions, we have done well here and we want to do our best today. We lost our last game, but it is past for us now. One change - Fakhar is out, Imam is in."

Indian captain Rohit Sharma acknowledged the toss result: "Doesn't really matter, they won the toss so we'll bowl first. Looks similar to the last game, the surface is on the slower side. We have an experienced unit in batting, so we know what we need to do if the pitches get slower. Need an overall performance from the team - with bat and ball. The last game wasn't an easy one for us, which is always nice. You want to be under pressure and test yourself. We are playing the same team."

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The last time these two teams met in the Champions Trophy final was in 2017, where Pakistan defeated India.

Playing XIs:

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

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