Pakistan (PAK) vs New Zealand (NZ), 1st Match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Match Prediction Dream11 Fantasy Tips dream11 prediction today match
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Match : Pakistan (PAK) vs New Zealand (NZ), 1st Match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Match Prediction Dream11 Fantasy Tips
Venue : National Stadium, Karachi
Date & Time : 19th February, Wednesday at 2:30 PM IST
H2H Record :
Total matches - 118
PAK won - 61
NZ won - 53
NR - 03,
Tied - 01,
Pitch Report :
The National Stadium in Karachi is known for its batting-friendly nature, which often leads to high-scoring matches. The Pacers are likely to be more effective on this wicket. The surface offers good bounce, benefiting fast bowlers at the initial stage of the game, as they can create movement and challenge the batters. However, the pacers might get a help from the new ball and that might some cause trouble to the top order batters. But if the batters can play the initial phase out there is plenty of runs available for them. Both teams will prefer chasing at this venue.
The average first innings score is here 270 runs.
Weather Report :
The temperature is expected to hover around 24°C on the Wednesday with 42% humidity and 6 km/hr wind speed. There are no chance of the rain during the match.
Probable XI :
Pakistan :
Fakhar Zaman, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c, wk), Tayyab Tahir, Salman Agha, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Faheem Ashraf, Naseem Shah, Abrar Ahmed.
New Zealand :
Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Nathan Smith, Mitchell Santner (c), Jacob Duffy, William O’Rourke.
Preview :
The Champions Trophy 2025 is set to kick off on February 19, 2025, with an exciting battle between New Zealand and the host Pakistan at the National Bank Stadium, Karachi. The match will start at 7:30 PM IST. These two sides met twice recently in the tri-series in Pakistan that also involved South Africa, and both times New Zealand defeated Mohammad Rizwan’s team, including in the final.
Team Guide
Makes various team combinations with the help of these information.
*Pakistan*
Mohammad Rizwan :
Mohammad Rizwan coming from decent Tri-series, scored 171 runs at an average of 85.5. He is hungry for runs and expects a better performance against New Zealand in Champions Trophy opening game. He's also scored 408 runs at an average of 51.0 against the New Zealand. One of the best captaincy choice for grand league.
Babar Azam :
Babar Azam is the top ranked ODI batter batter who has scored 6019 runs in 126 ODI matches at a stunning average of 55.73. The star batter also accumulated 945 runs at an average of 47.2 in 22 innings against the New Zealand. Default c/vc pick.
Fakhar Zaman :
Fakhar Zaman was bludgeoned 84 runs from 69 balls which included 7 fours and 4 sixes against New Zealand in recently concluded Tri-series. He has a decent batting record against the New Zealand, with 1053 runs at an average of 65.8 in 19 innings. Which included four countries and three half-centuries. Good pick.
Agha Salman :
Agha Salman was the top run-scorer for Pakistan in recently concluded Tri-series, with 219 runs at an average of 73.0 and also picked up a wicket with the ball. The quality allrounder also scored 321 runs at an average of 40.1 in nine innings against the New Zealand and scalped 11 wickets as well as. One of the best captaincy choice for grand league.
Shaheen Afridi :
Shaheen Afridi is star pacer who went costly at the back end of the innings against New Zealand, where he returned with the figures of 3 for 88 in Tri-series. He is keen to deliver an improved show against the Kiwi's. He has also 24 scalped in 11 innings against the New Zealand. must have pick.
Naseem Shah :
Naseem Shah was took 2/43 in his previous outing against the New Zealand and overall 15 scalped in just seven outing against the Kiwi's. Punt pick.
*New Zealand*
Devon Conway :
Devon Conway is the dashing opening batter who was looked in fine touch with the bat in recent matches. He's played just five matches against the Pakistan and scored 236 runs at an average of 47.2, including a century and a half-century. Good pick.
Tom Latham :
Tom Latham is an experienced wicketkeeper batter who's not in form with the bat from couple of time but he was scored crucial 56(64) in last meet against the Pakistan. But still he's managed to scored 638 runs in 25 innings against the host. Hit or miss type player.
Kane Williamson :
Kane Williamson is an evergreen performer specially in 50 over format cricket. He was the second leading run-scorer (225 run, Avg - 112.5) in recently concluded ODI Tri-series. He's always loves to play against the Pakistan, accumulated 1290 runs at an outstanding average of 56.1 in 24 innings. He also has three 100s & eight 50s against them. Default c/vc pick.
Daryl Mitchell :
Daryl Mitchell looked in fabulous form and scored 148 runs in three matches of ODI Tri-series, which included 81(84) & 57(58) against the Pakistan. He has a very good record against Pakistan, scored 536 runs in 10 matches with an average of 53.6 which includes two centuries and two half-centuries. Good pick.
Glenn Phillips :
Glenn Phillips remained unbeaten in all three matches of the recently concluded tri-nation ODI series including a brilliant match winning century (106 off 74) against Pakistan in the first match. He has a solid record in ODIs cricket. He has scored 935 runs in 31 innings and he is striking at 99.8. He has hit 67 fours and 39 sixes. Moreover, he can contribute usefully with the ball and in the field. Punt pick.
Mitchell Santner :
Mitchell Santner is the trump-card for New Zealand in spin department. His ability to angle the ball in and turn away from the batters with subtle change in his action makes him a tough bowler to go after in this format. In his 113 ODIs, he picked up 117 wickets with the best figures of 5 for 50, he even has 4265 runs to his name. Punt pick.
Matt Henry :
Matt Henry has the needed experience to get wickets with the new ball as well as with the old ball. He was bowled well in previous game against Pakistan, picking up 3 wickets at an economy of 5.4. Overall he's scalped 31 wickets in 15 ODIs against the Pakistan. Must have pick.
William O'Rourke :
William O'Rourke has always been in form and bowled well in previous game against Pakistan, picking up 4 wickets at an economy of 4.5. Overall he's played just 9 ODIs so far and picked up 14 wickets in these. Punt pick.
Lockie Ferguson :
Lockie Ferguson has been in excellent form in limited overs cricket. He has 99 scalps in 65 ODIs at an economy rate of 5.68. Against the Pakistan, he took 22 wickets in 12 games. Good pick.
Details Analysis
Cheat Sheet
Pakistan ODIs
WK :
Mohammad Rizwan –
2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn, DNB, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
46(76), 122(128)*, 3(11), 53(52), 80(82), 1(5), 29(16)*, DNB, 19(43), 30(27), DNB, 44(71), 36(51), DNB, 26(21), 31(27), 8(10), 46(40),
Usman Khan -
2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
13(8), 54(26)*, 75(47), 11(7), 111(110), 8(14),
Batter :
Babar Azam –
Open, Open, Open, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
29(34), 23(19), 10(23), 52(71), 73(95), 23(38), 28(30), 15(20), 37(44), 38(45), 66(63)*, 9(16), 50(65), 74(92), 18(14),
Fakhar Zaman -
Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
10(15), 41(28), 84(69), 46(49), 11(20), 82(72), 20(24), 17(29), 1(9), 126(81)*, 81(74), 12(15),
Saud Shakeel -
1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
8(14), 15(16), 23(23), 12(10), 41(46), 24(27), 29(37), 52(52), 25(34), 30(31),
Tayyab Tahir -
4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
38(33), 4(1)*, 30(29), 28(24), 29(16)*, DNB, 24(22), 67(102), 6(18), 128(138)*, 28(53), 109(120), 33(49), 5(9),
All-rounder :
Agha Salman – Right Arm Off-break
3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 3dwn, DNB, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn, DNB, DNB, 6dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn,
45(65), 134(103), 40(51), 48(33), 33(30), 82(90)*, 30(26), DNB, 4(11), DNB, DNB, 12(29), 51(45), DNB, DNB, 10(9), 33(23), 23(32), 12(21),
1/45(10), 0/33(5), 0/31(5), 0/7(1), 1/71(10), 4/32(8), 0/33(7), 3/26(7), 3/42(9), DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/25(3), 0/21(2), DNB, DNB, 1/60(8), DNB, 0/11(1),
Kamran Ghulam - Left Arm Orthodox
1dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, DNB, 1dwn, DNB, 3dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
18(32), 0(1), 63(32), 4(14), 103(99), DNB, 17(28), DNB, 5(6), 2(10), 1(5), 8(18), 113(110), 11(13), 115(102),
DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/9(2), 1/7(2), DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/14(1), 0/15(2), DNB, DNB, DNB,
Faheem Ashraf - Right Arm Fast Medium
6dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, DNB, 6dwn, DNB,
22(21), 30(20), 4(7), 15(28), 41(35), DNB, DNB, 0(7), DNB,
0/16(3), 1/48(9), 1/48(9), 4/54(8), 1/51(10), 1/15(5), 1/15(5), 0/29(8), 3/64(9),
Kushdil Shah - Left arm orthodox
5dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, DNB, 3dwn,
7(18), DNB, 10(16), 2(8), 60(40), 73(45), 22(32), 19(29), 42(46), DNB, 15(21),
0/22(6), 1/39(7), 0/66(9), 3/40(10), 1/42(7), 2/67(9), 0/44(8), 0/24(5), 2/39(9), 1/33(7), 2/36(9),
Bowler :
Shaheen Afridi – Left Arm Fast Medium
1/45(9), 2/66(10), 3/88(10), 2/70(7), 4/47(8), 1/46(10), 3/32(9), 3/26(8), 2/43(10), 2/72(10), 0/90(10), 3/23(9), 3/45(10),
Haris Rauf – Right Arm Medium
1/23(7), 0/33(8), 0/42(7), 2/34(8), 0/26(4), 1/36(7), 2/24(7), 5/29(8), 3/67(9), 3/64(10), 1/85(10), 2/36(8), 2/62(10), 0/53(8), 3/83(8), 0/43(6),
Naseem Shah - Right Arm Fast
2/43(8), 1/68(10), 0/70(10), 2/63(9), 3/37(9), 0/40(6), 3/54(9), 1/65(10), 1/39(8), 0/24(3), 1/28(6), 2/24(5), 3/27(5), 0/53(10), 3/34(6), 3/36(9), 1/17(5),
Mohammad Hasnain - Right Arm Medium Fast
0/72(8), 1/41(7), 1/43(8), 1/24(7), 1/27(6), 1/51(8), 3/38(8), 3/25(9), 4/49(10), 2/28(6), 5/74(10), 2/62(10),
Abrar Ahmed - Leg break googly
1/67(10), 0/63(10), 2/41(10), 2/48(9), 2/32(10), 2/45(9), 4/33(4), 1/69(10), 2/15(8), 1/42(9), 1/39(10), 1/45(10), 2/53(10),
New Zealand ODIs
WK :
Devon Conway -
Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
48(74), 97(107), 13(15), 45(42), 35(39), 2(6), 28(17), 0(9), 20(18), 45(59),
Tom Latham -
3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 6dwn,
56(64), 0(1), 0(3), 0(4), 1(1), 64(82), 21(34), 34(32)*, 92(77)*, 0(2), 2(2)*,
Batter :
Kane Williamson -
1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn,
34(49), 133(113)*, 58(89), 69(73), 14(15), 95(79), 78(107), 37(51), 54(50), 43(68), 53(68),
Rachin Ravindra - Left arm orthodox
Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
25(19), 1(5), 79(63), 45(36), 8(13), 45(33), 0(2), 13(22), 42(34), 109(94),
0/14(3), DNB, DNB, DNB, DNB, 0/19(4), 1/20(3), 0/60(7), 2/21(4), DNB,
Daryl Mitchell - Right Arm Medium
2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn,
57(58), 10(10), 81(84), 2(5), 38(38), 134(119), 43(41), 29(18), 24(30), 54(51), 130(127),
DNB, DNB, 0/13(2), DNB, DNB, 0/3(1), DNB, DNB, DNB,
Will Young –
Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open, Open,
5(7), 19(31), 4(4), 0(8), 16(18), 90(86)*, 56(68), 26(40), 48(46), 26(43), 89(94), 105(84), 33(37), 32(37), 17(27),
Mark Chapman -
1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 2dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 1dwn, 2dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 5dwn, DNB, 3dwn,
81(81), 62(52), 29(36)*, 76(81), 2(5), 32(58), 90(107), 12(22), 2(4), 2(8), 20(11), 2(5), 7(6), 39(27), 6(8), 25(12)*, DNB, 5(13), DNB, 43(33),
All-rounder :
Glenn Philips - Right Arm off-break
4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn, 3dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 4dwn, 4dwn, 4dwn,
20(17)*, 28(32)*, 106(74)*, 0(3), 22(26),15(22), 9(9), 41(33), 17(10), 41(25), 60(50), 12(16), 23(26), 71(80), 16(11), 4(4), DNB, 25(32), 72(76), 2(4),
0/46(6), DNB, 1/18(3), DNB, DNB, 1/41(9), 0/23(4), 0/33(5), 0/3(1), 0/42(5), 0/52(7), 3/37(10), 0/12(2), 0/13(3), 1/13(2), 0/11(2), 2/17(3), 1/57(8), 0/9(2),
Mitchell Santner - Left Arm Orthodox
DNB, DNB, 6dwn, 6dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 6dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 6dwn, DNB, 6dwn, 4dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn, 6dwn
DNB, DNB, 8(5)*, 2(15), 20(15), DNB, 6(15), 9(7), 9(10), DNB, 26(17), 7(18), 17(12), 1(2), 7(5), DNB, 36(17)*, DNB, 4(8), 9(9), 34(29), 27(39), 57(45), 15(17)
2/20(10), 0/62(10), 3/41(10), 2/55(10), 1/14(5), 1/27(7), 1/33(10), 0/53(10), 0/51(10), 2/22(10), 0/35(5), 0/58(10), 2/80(10), 1/37(10), 3/39(8), 1/31(10), 5/59(10), 2/37(10), 1/38(7), 0/52(9), 0/58(10), 1/28(4), 1/56(10), 0/64(10)
Michael Bracewell - Off break
5dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn, 4dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn,
2(3)*, DNB, 31(23), 13(20), 0(4), 34(32), DNB, 26(22), 22(30), 140(78), 7(6), 8(14), 43(42),
2/38(10), 1/43(10), 2/41(10), 1/45(9), 4/36(10), 1/73(9), 0/15(3), 1/51(6), 0/13(2), 0/43(6), 1/44(10), 1/29(10), 2/44(10),
Nathan Smith - Right Arm Medium
DNB, 6dwn, 6dwn, DNB, 7dwn, 7dwn, 5dwn, DNB, 5dwn, 5dwn, 5dwn,
DNB, 2(15), 0(1), DNB, 0(1), 9(8), 17(14), DNB, 27(38), 0(4), 18(21),
1/46(7), 1/62(8), 1/34(7), 2/43(8), 1/21(3), 0/66(8), 0/21(8), 0/17(5), 1/23(6), 1/12(4), 2/38(10),
Bowler :
Matt Henry - Right Arm Fast Medium
2/59(10), 3/53(10), 4/55(10), 1/19(5), 4/19(10), 0/31(6), 1/67(7), 1/55(9), 1/16(5), 2/58(10), 3/40(9), 3/48(10),
Lockie Ferguson - Right Arm fast
3/33(9), 3/33(8), 1/39(9), 1/19(6), 0/65(8), 2/35(10), 0/38(3), 2/63(8), 3/19(7), 3/49(10), 0/32(8), 1/26(6), 1/28(7), 1/80(9),
Jacob Duffy - Right Arm Fast Medium
1/48(7), 2/30(5), 2/39(9), 0/36(5), 3/41(9), 1/43(10), 1/9(5), 3/32(10), 2/40(10), 2/26(8), 1/42(7), 0/69(10), 1/53(10), 1/42(9), 0/27(5), 3/51(10), 1/39(6), 0/69(10), DNB, 1/53(10), 1/42(7), 2/68(10),
William O'Rourke - Right Arm Fast
4/43(10), 2/72(10), 0/46(6), 0/57(10), 3/31(7), 0/50(10), 0/40(7), 1/30(8), 6/20(9), 3/34(10), 1/41(8),
Ben Sears - Right Arm Fast Medium
0/65(10), 0/39(6), 0/50(9), 2/45(8), 2/60(9), 0/10(3), 1/32(8), 0/37(8), 2/17(6), 0/63(10),
Cheat Sheet
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