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Tezzbuzz|20-02-2025
Due to Pakistan's sluggish and ineffective batting, he piled on for just 260 runs in response and lost the match by 60 runs.
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Pak vs Nz New Zealand Beats Pakistan News in Hindi: The ICC tournament returned to Pakistan after nearly 3 decades but it proved to be a bad dream for the Pakistani team and its fans.
The host Pakistan suffered a crushing defeat to New Zealand in the first match of the Champions Trophy 2025, which began on Wednesday 19 February. With the help of Tom Latham and Will Young's centuries, New Zealand scored a huge score of 320 runs, but due to Pakistan's dull and ineffective batting, he piled on for just 260 runs in response and lost the match by 60 runs.For the Champions Trophy, the Pakistan Cricket Board spent crores of rupees on the reconstruction of the National Stadium in Karachi.
Pakistani fans were expected to perform brilliantly from their team at the new stadium, but what they saw on the field in the 8 -hour long match was an old -fashioned cricket. The Pakistani team was looking behind New Zealand for the next 88 overs, leaving the first 10 overs of this match.After winning the toss and bowling first, the Pakistani team had sent Davon Conway and Kane Williamson to the pavilion till the 9th over, while Deril Mitchell was also dismissed and the score was just 73 runs for 3 wickets.
From here, Will Young and Tom Latham took the innings in their hands and started beating the Pakistani bowlers. Will Young (107) soon scored the first century of his ODI career and shared 118 runs with Latham. After his dismissal, Latham made a faster partnership of 125 runs with Glenn Philips to take the team to 300 runs. Meanwhile, Latham completed the 8th century of his career in just 95 balls, while Philips scored a stormy innings of 61 runs in just 39 balls. Latham returned unbeaten after scoring 118 runs off 104 balls.Due to the injury of Fakhar Zaman, this goal was already difficult for Pakistan and then Pakistan increased its difficulties by scoring just 22 runs in the first 10 overs.
Meanwhile, temporary opener Saud Shakeel and captain Mohammad Rizwan returned to the pavilion. Taking a surprise decision, Pakistan sent the injured Fakhar (24) to bat but he was seen having trouble walking. He hit a few fours and then dismissed. His successor Salman Ali Aga (42) understood the seriousness of the situation and tried to control the situation by putting some big shots, but he could not last long.( For More News Apart From ICC Champions Trophy 2025 PAK vs NZ New Zealand Beats Pakistan News in Hindi, Stay Tuned To Spokesman Hindi)