🏏Champions Trophy: Pakistan vs New Zealand, Match 1, Gr A Karachi🏏 - Page 5

Pitch Report: The off side is 62m for the right hander and the leg side is 67m. The boundary down the ground is longer. The surface is very dry with a lot of cracks. Looks like a good wicket, we have seen mixed results here in terms of run chases. An ideal target has to be around that 300 mark. Spinners will be in the game with the cracks and dry patches in the good length area. Will be important to see how the batters defend the smaller side of the ground.

Can Babar fight back for the number one batter ranking??

Pakistan vs New Zealand LIVE Score: Babar Azam lost out on the number one batter in ODI cricket to Shubman Gill, falling off the peak of the ratings in the most recent update. Will a player of Babar's quality have the mentality to fight back and try to retain that crown? If Pakistan have ambitions of lifting the trophy, it will be essential.

Pitch Report: The off side is 62m for the right hander and the leg side is 67m. The boundary down the ground is longer. The surface is very dry with a lot of cracks. Looks like a good wicket, we have seen mixed results here in terms of run chases. An ideal target has to be around that 300 mark. Spinners will be in the game with the cracks and dry patches in the good length area. Will be important to see how the batters defend the smaller side of the ground.

Guruprasad S: "Most memorable moments:Zaheer Khan's yorker to S. Waugh (2000).Scott Styris' six off Wasim Akram (2000 semi-finals)." -- Zaheer bowled a lot of yorkers in his career, but that ball to Waugh definitely wasn't one, even if thousands of people keep calling it that!

Pakistan have won the toss and have opted to field

Mohammad Rizwan tosses the coin, Mitchell Santner calls, and Pakistan have won the toss. They will bowl first.

Toss time! Mohammad Rizwan tosses the coin, Mitchell Santner calls, and Pakistan have won the toss. They will bowl first.

Sanket: "Babar opening with Fakhar sound very very dangerous but in reality that could backfire as well. New ball is the best chance for the bowler to take wickets in the ODIs and exposing your best batter to it seems a very dangerous tactic especially since he is the one who holds that batting line up together, would love to see how this shapes up."

Toss won by Pak and opted to bowl first.