Who Has the Edge? Pakistan vs. India Champions Trophy Record

The tables turned four years later, with India topping the table and Pakistan already eliminated before their match on June 15, 2013, at Edgbaston.

Rain reduced the game to 40 overs a side, with India electing to field and bowling Pakistan out for just 165 with a couple of balls to spare.

Bhuvneshwar Kumar was the pick of the bowling attack with 2/19.

With India’s innings reduced to only 20 overs as rain continued to wreak havoc, Shikhar Dhawan top-scored with 48 from 41 as his side reached the revised total with five balls remaining.

India levelled their head-to-head record against Pakistan in the ICC Champions Trophy on June 4, 2017, during the next edition in England and Wales.

Rohit Sharma led from the front with his 91 as India set a mammoth 319/3, while Wahab Riaz set the worst bowling figures in tournament history with 0/87.

With the game reduced to 48 overs a side initially and then again to 41 overs a side due to rain, Pakistan ended their innings on 164/9, with Azhar Ali reaching his half-century.

Two weeks later, the rivals and neighbours met in the final at The Oval in London, in a highly-anticipated clash that set a number of records.

India won the toss and elected to field first, with Pakistan setting their highest total in any ICC tournament final of 338/4, with Fakhar Zaman top-scoring with 114.

In reply, a 76-run cameo by Hardik Pandya was not nearly enough as India fell to 158 with only 30 overs bowled to set the largest margin of victory in runs for any ICC ODI competition.

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With Pakistan holding a superior head-to-head record against India in the ICC Champions Trophy, the hosts could hold firm to their belief heading into the 2025 edition.

India, meanwhile, could even the score at the tournament and also deny their neighbours a place in the semi-final; a factor that could be a source of motivation for the side.

Expect the Dubai International Stadium to be a staging ground for one of these sides to propel themselves into the later stages of the Champions Trophy this year.