Pakistan’s humiliation at home  ( Pakistan’s) 

Pakistan vs New Zealand: Pakistan  ( Pakistan’s)  cricket team has had a very bad start in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. In the very first match of the tournament played in Karachi, both the batting and bowling of the Pakistan team were exposed. New Zealand made a bang in the Champions Trophy by defeating Pakistan by 60 runs. In this way, Pakistan had to face its third consecutive defeat against New Zealand at home. Earlier in the Tri Nation ODI series played in Pakistan, New Zealand defeated Rizwan and Company in 2 consecutive matches and now by defeating them in the very first match of the Champions Trophy, Pakistan has been forced to be ashamed in its own home. You will be surprised to know that New Zealand and Pakistan faced each other for the fourth time in the Champions Trophy and like every time, this time also the Kiwi team managed to win. Pakistan’s bowlers disappointed

After winning the toss at Karachi’s National Stadium, Pakistan invited New Zealand to bat first. Pakistan’s bowlers performed very poorly against the Kiwi batsmen. The result was that New Zealand openers Will Young and Tom Latham scored brilliant centuries. At the same time, Glenn Phillips hit a dashing half-century. New Zealand’s team managed to score 320 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Pakistan’s fast bowlers were thrashed. Haris Rauf took only 2 wickets for 83 runs in 10 overs while Naseem Shah took 2 wickets for 63 runs. Abrar Ahmed got 1 success.

Babar Azam hit a half-century

In response to New Zealand’s 320 runs, Pakistan’s start was very poor. Opener Saud Shakeel returned to the pavilion in the fourth over itself. After this, captain Mohammad Rizwan got caught by Glenn Phillips on the last ball of the 10th over. Pakistan could score only 22 runs in the first 10 overs. Even after this, the process of falling wickets continued. During this, Babar Azam hit a half-century while handling one end but returned to the pavilion after scoring 64 runs on the score of 153 runs. Babar was dismissed by Mitchell Santner.

Kiwi bowlers did wonders

Pakistan had lost 7 wickets within just 200 runs. After this, Khushdil Shah, batting in T20 style, completed his half-century in 38 balls but could not get strong support at the other end and finally returned to the pavilion after scoring 69 runs in 49 balls. Shortly after this, the entire Pakistan team was reduced to 260 runs and New Zealand won the match by 60 runs. William O’Rourke and Mitchell Santner took the maximum 3-3 wickets. Matt Henry took 2 wickets to his name. In this match, a finger spinner bowled 29 overs for New Zealand. This is the third time in ODI cricket that a finger spinner has bowled more than 28 overs for New Zealand.