We live at a time when ODI is hungry for attention, with the old brother -in -law with his age and quick respect for knowledge and a small fate on the ability of full lungs if you command around the room Dare to look away while cartwheeling. For all that, the middle child never fails to remind us that it can be so captivating whenever a global tournament comes. The last two ODI World Cups produced so many classics between them, and so many of the sports routes that show a variety of skills that this format can be both compressed and give to the breathing room.
Given how little we have seen the previous year or a half, then, our hunger for ODI should be at its peak, even if the Champions Trophy remains a strange fit in the trophy calendar and interests. Members of ICC of boards. A lot has happened because Sarfaraz Ahmed lifted this trophy eight years ago, it is enough for everyone to forget that it is also present, but here we are now, and here it is once again.
We have Pakistan, defending champions and (cum-Ish) hosts, to start us, and they will face familiar enemies in the tournament-owner. Since the beginning of 2019, the team of any journey in this country has not played more ODIs than New Zealand’s 11, and they have started this champion trophy five days after defeating Pakistan. Last of an OD tri-seriesKarachi hosted that match, and will also host this one.
It says something about the two teams that New Zealand and Pakistan finished fourth and fifth -just outside the knockout spot and only on the league table of both 2019 and 2023 World Cups, and Pakistan won the head -to -head meetings. both times. It speaks of two teams with potential title winning strength as well as title-scvandering flaws, and this, perhaps, makes it an ideal competition to kick things.
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He has gone 21 innings without one One One hundred, and while it will not be uncommon for most batsmen, Babar Azam Most are not batsmen. That sequence includes only two single-unknown scores, so it is not as if it is struggling, but some things will bring equal joy to Pakistan at the beginning of a global event on the soil of the house, which will bring the same pleasure to Pakistan, which is a big score for the form of a big score With them – Irproqable Run Machine. He is now batting at the top of the order instead of number 3, so a score of importance will also reduce any doubt about their line-up structure in Pakistan.
In the recently concluded Tri-series, New Zealand spinners ended with a joint economy rate of 4.41, which was notable given their counterparts in Pakistan and South Africa. It speaks for the quality of Michel Santner And Michael BracewellWho raised Five wickets Almost equal average and economy rates during the three-series. They are proud of any spin combination in this tournament: a left -handed fingers and an offspiner, extreme work with both bat.
Team News: Rauf Boost for Pakistan
Haris Rauf The recent did not play any role in the ODI TRAI-series after going out of the field with a side strain during the initial game against New Zealand. He is bowling in the nets led by the Champions Trophy, however, and Pakistan’s captain Mohammad Rizwan believed that he would fit To start a tournament-owner. It should be able to take a full power XI to Pakistan.
Pakistan 11 Abrar Ahmed.
New Zealand goes to the Champions Trophy with his two original fast -bouncing choys – Lockey Ferguson and Ben Sears – out of the tournament. There is also doubt whether Rachin Ravindra – who has not played a game since it is Hit on the head During the first match of the Tri-series, while fielding, the ball will be fit to do it, but the opener is batting during the training sessions led by the tournament. New Zealand will take a call on him after his training session on Tuesday, with the possibility of opening with the Devon Conway, he should decide not to put Ravindra at risk. Ferguson’s replacement Kyle Jaimisson will not come to Karachi to be available for the first game.
New Zealand: 1 Rachin Ravindra/Will Young, 2 Davon Conway, 3 Kane Williamson, 4 Derryl Michel, 5 Tom Latham (WK), 6 Glenn Philips, 7 Michael Bracewell, 8 Michel Santner (Captain), 9 Mat Henry, 10 Jacob Dafi, 10 Jacob Dafi, 11 Will O’Rurke.
Pitch and conditions
Karachi recently hosted the final two matches of the TRAI-series, and they ended as extremely disagreeable competitions. On 12 February, South Africa posted 352The highest total total was achieved at the site, but this record lasted only for a few hours as Pakistan closed it with an over. Two days laterWill O’Rurke took four wickets and Anhaladi Santner scored 2 runs for 20 as Pakistan in his ten overs, selected to bat first in the final, bundled for 242, overall overall New Zealand chased five wickets and 28 balls. Save
What kind of surface will the national stadium work on Wednesday? Recent history shows that this is one Test site for fast bowlers In Odis, the rate of economy of 33.67 as their joint average and 6.02 will be estimated in this decade. Where Lahore has tried to be rigid for spinners, however, Karachi has given them a modicam of relief; While their wickets have come 45.50, they have gone only 5.11 per over,
Going from recent trends, in global tournaments, pitches have batted well with some good batting surfaces to work with bowlers: The Last Three ICC ODI Events – 2017 Champions Trophy and 2019 and 2019 and 2023 World Cups – ended with overall run rates 5.54, 5.59 and 5.82 respectively,
On Wednesday, there is a hot day of 29 degrees Celsius in Karachi and there is no warm day with no chance of rain.
Statistics and general knowledge
Both New Zealand (2000) and Pakistan (2017) defeated India in the final when they won their respective champion trophy titles.
New Zealand has faced Pakistan ODI 11 times since the start of 2023And the results are neck and neck. While New Zealand has won five and six has lost, they have won three of the last four meetings.
To score 1000 ODI runs out of 47 New Zealand batsmen, Deril Mitchell has Best Average (50.42)His strike rate of 97.89 is also very impressive, as on average all the five batsmen below 30 in that list.
Among the bowlers of eight teams in this tournament, Shaheen Shah Afridi (21.04) is The most wicket -taker in Odis Since the end of the 2023 World Cup.
Babur, Fakhar Zaman and Faheem Ashraf are also the only members of Pakistan’s squad who was also part of his victorious 2017 campaign.
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“We are all the same whether there are any platinum or an emerging player. There is a little more pressure on senior players, and we expect ourselves to perform on the biggest occasions, and it is as big as it is Get. “ Pakistan captain Mohammad Rizwan
“Whenever you are in the situations you are coming against, there is an advantage. We are lucky that we are here for a few weeks and have played a lot in Pakistan in the last three years” New Zealand Keeper-Better Tom Latham
Karthik Krishnaswamy is an assistant editor in Espncricinfo
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