Sunil Gavaskar, Wasim Akram and Ravi Shastri during commentary. | (Credits: X)
Former Team India head coach Ravi Shastri took a brutal dig at Pakistan’s run-out statistics after Imam-ul-Haq suffered the mode of dismissal in the Champions Trophy 2025 clash at the Dubai International Stadium. With Shastri mentioning how Inazamam-ul-Haq has been run out 40 times in his storied international career, he hilariously asked Akram ‘Does it run in the family?’
Imam, who laboured to 10 off 25 deliveries, went for a suicidal run in Kuldeep Yadav’s first over by nudging one to mid-on and ran. However, Axar Patel fired a direct hit to catch the southpaw well short of his crease and the Pakistani batter hardly even waited for the umpire’s decision. Meanwhile, the moment between Akram and Shastri came when they were doing commentary.
Mohammad Rizwan opts to bat first after winning an important toss in Dubai
Meanwhile, Pakistan skipper Mohammad Rizwan won an important toss in Dubai and opted to bat first. Rohit Sharma and co. also lost the toss against Bangladesh in their previous game and the Tigers opted to bat first. However, Mohammed Shami starred with a five-wicket haul and Harshit Rana also took three wickets to bowl Bangladesh out for 228 in 49.4 overs, eventually winning by six wickets.
India playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav.
Pakistan playing XI: Imam-ul-Haq, Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel, Mohammad Rizwan (c & wk), Salman Agha, Tayyab Tahir, Khushdil Shah, Shaheen Afridi, Naseem Shah, Haris Rauf, Abrar Ahmed.
While India nipped out Babar Azam and Imam, the Men in Green have dug in through the partnership of Rizwan and Saud Shakeel.
