India vs Pakistan: How Rohit Sharma, Babar Azam Could Decide The Outcome of Group A Champions Trophy 2025 Match in Dubai

ICC Champions Trophy 2025: When India take on Pakistan in a cricket match, nothing gets bigger and that is how it is going to be like today. The game will take place at the iconic Dubai International Cricket Stadium (DICS) in front of a packed house. Both sides boast of big-international stars and that would make the contest spicier. While the track record at the DICS suggests that teams batting second win more because of the dew factor, but when India played Bangladesh in their opener, there was no dew. It strip remained dry throughout and India's vice-captain Shubman Gill also mentioned that at the pre-match press conference. How will the strip play in Dubai when India take on Pakistan? 

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How Can Rohit, Babar Decide The Outcome of The Game?

We have seen in the only match played at the Dubai stadium that the best time to get the boundaries and score runs is during the powerplay when the ball it hard and new. It gets difficult to score runs or hit boundaries when the ball softens up and the field spreads. Rohit has shown the knack of going aerial during the powerplay, while Babar has been a little defensive in his approach. It would be interesting to see the approach Babar adopts today. 

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Rohit Sharma 's Team India will be oozing confidence from the word go after their clinical performance against their neighbours Bangladesh. Pakistan, on the other side, do have plenty of questions to answer. Babar Azam 's form has been a big concern for the hosts. The former Pakistan skipper's slow knock against New Zealand has earned him a lot of flak. It would be interesting to see if he shows a more aggressive approach today.