After nearly 3 decades, the ICC tournament returned to Pakistan, but for the Pakistani team and its fans, it proved to be like a nightmare. In the first match of the Champions Trophy 2025, which started on Wednesday 19 February, hosts Pakistan suffered a crushing defeat to New Zealand. New Zealand scored a big score of 320 runs on the basis of the brilliant centuries of Tom Latham and Will Young, but in response, the Pakistani team collapsed for just 260 runs due to their dull and breathless batting and lost by 60 runs.

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