Rohit Sharma-led Team India defeated the arch-rivals Pakistan not only to pay the 8-year-old account, but also showed Mohammad Rizwan’s team almost the way out of the tournament. After this victory over Pakistan, Team India has also achieved the first position in the Champions Trophy Points Table. Today, New Zealand collides with Bangladesh in Group-A, if the Kiwi team manages to defeat Bangladesh today, India and New Zealand will get a semi-final ticket from Group-A, while the hosts will be out of the Bangladesh tournament with the host Pakistan.
After the 5th match of the Champions Trophy, India has reached the first position with 4 points and +0.647 net run rate. However, today New Zealand will have a chance to defeat Bangladesh in the points table by defeating Bangladesh. Actually, New Zealand’s net run rate is much better than India. After defeating Pakistan by 60 runs in the opening match of the tournament, their net run rate is +1.200.
Talking about Pakistan, after losing two consecutive matches in the Mini World Cup, the team is at the bottom of the table at the bottom of the table. Pakistan’s net run rate is -1.087, now the chances of reaching the semi -finals are negligible. At the same time, if we look at Group B, the teams of South Africa and Australia win their first match and remain in the top-2. On 25 February, the match between these two teams is to be played, so England may have a chance to return to the tournament.
