India Vs Pakistan Champions Trophy 2025 Highlights: Virat Kohli's 51st Century Helps IND Beat PAK By 6 Wickets

That’s the end of our coverage for today. A dominant win for India to secure their spot in the semis. Now they’ll be off for a week until their next game against New Zealand. Thank you and goodnight.

Virat Kohli came into this tournament with many wondering if the veteran still has it in him. But the chase master rolled back the years to show why he is amongst the greatest ODI batters in history with a sensational century to help India beat Pakistan by 6 wickets.

FOUR! CENTURY! Khushdil is in for the over. Kohli takes the single, much to the disappointment to the fans. But Axar gives strike to Kohli with the single and the King smashes one to the covers to get his boundary.

Shaheen Afridi continues here and one goes down the leg side to Axar and seems to be five wides here but the fielder at the deep saves it. Seems like Axar only took the single here. He then gets the wide delivery and follows it up with two runs. He then goes big here for the maximum but there’s no distance here and settles for the double. Afridi gets the full-toss and Kohli goes for the double. Follows it up with the single to retain the strike.

Salman Ali Agha comes into the attack and he seems to have gotten rid of Kohli here. Umpire does not raise the finger here and Rizwan goes for the DRS. Trajectory seems fine but luckily the edge saves Kohli who nears his century here. 2 runs from the over.

WICKET! Hardik Pandya comes out to bat here and Shaheen Afridi is brought into the attack. Pandya attacks Afridi straight up and hammers it over the cover fielder. But Afridi gets Pandya out here with a shorter delivery. Nicked the glove and carried it to the keeper.

Hardik Pandya 8(6) c. M Rizwan b. S Afridi

WICKET! Khushdil Shah gets Shreyas Iyer dismissed. Looked to come down the track for an inside-out shot but finds the fielder by the extra cover region.

Shreyas Iyer 56(67) c. Imam-ul-Haq b. K Shah 

Haris Rauf continues here. Gets two wides to start the over. The singles. His line and length is all over the place as he gives away eight runs in the over.

Abrar Ahmed continues. Shreyas Iyer takes the single to get to his 21st ODI fifty. A patient knock by the number four batter. Just one run in the over as India have this chase on lock.

Haris Rauf comes into the attack. Iyer looks to heave away but gets the bottom edge for the single. Kohli punches one to the point region for the double as well. A good throw by the fielder at the deep but Rauf stands there aloof. Replays show that it could have been a run-out there if he was right by the stumps to enforce the dismissal. Kohli pulls it away for the boundary to the square-leg region. Finishes with the double to get to the 200-run mark.

Abrar Ahmed continues his spell here. Kohli looks to take a quick single and the fielder by the cover region looks to throw it at the keeper’s end but fails to get the direct hit here. Despite getting close here, both men continue keeping the singles rolling in.

Drinks break.

Naseem Shah comes back into the attack. He hits the deck here against both batters but is unable to build pressure with both Kohli and Iyer able to get the easy singles here. Six runs in the over.

Abrar Ahmed comes back into the attack. Both Iyer and Kohli rock back and take the easy singles here. Four runs from the over.

FOUR! Iyer continues his attacking charge against spin. Hammers Khushdil for a boundary at the point region off the backfoot for the boundary. Seven runs in the over.

SIX! Salman Ali Agha comes into the attack now as Shreyas Iyer goes after the part-timer with a massive six over the mid-wicket region. Easy pickings as Iyer comes down the track for the shot. 8 runs from the over.

FOUR! FOUR! Khushdil gets hammered here as Iyer gets back-to-back fours here. He gets in position early and attacks with the reverse sweep for the boundary at the point region. He then follows it up with a conventional sweep to get another boundary at the fine-leg region. Iyer looks to smash one to the mid-wicket region and goes past the fielder there who makes a mess of that. Another chance bites the dust.

Bowling change for Pakistan as Shaheen Afridi comes into the attack. Virat Kohli goes after him right away, coming down the track and toe-ending it straight over for a boundary. Afridi went short but Kohli responded with a fine pull shot but settled for two. 10 runs in the over.

Khushdil Shah continues. But the batters keep the scoreboard ticking with the easy singles here. Pakistan need to plug the runs here to stand a chance. Five runs from the over.

Naseem Shah continues his spell and Virat Kohli gets to his fifty in style here. Hammers the fuller delivery to the covers here to get to the milestone. Eight runs in the over.

Bowling change for Pakistan as Khushdil Shah comes into the attack. Keeps it nice and tight here giving away two runs in the over.

Bowling change for Pakistan as Naseem Shah comes back into the attack. Keeps hitting the length deliveries here to keep the batters under pressure. Just the two runs from the over.

Abrar Ahmed in for his seventh over. Keeps it nice and full here looking to flight the deliveries. Kohli takes the single to the long-on region here while Iyer is happy defending it. Just the one run from the over.

FOUR! Shreyas Iyer takes on the shorter delivery by Haris Rauf. Pulls it to the mid-wicket region for an easy boundary here. X runs coming in the over.

Abrar Ahmed continues here. Starts off too short here but pushes his delivery fuller in the next two balls. But Both Iyer and Kohli don’t take unnecessary risks here with just three runs coming off it.

FOUR! Virat Kohli goes after the shorter delivery by Haris Rauf. Pulls it to the fine-leg region for an easy boundary here, making it use of the pace. Six runs come off the over.

Abrar Ahmed is in for his fifth over here. Both Kohli and Shreyas Iyer take a single each here. Both men keep a close eye to the spinner here after Gill’s dismissal earlier.

Haris Rauf comes back into the attack. Continues to hit the deck here with the odd one coming a bit shorter. Nonetheless India take five singles off the over.

WICKET! Abrar Ahmed continues here. Kohli takes the single straight away. But Shubman Gill is bamboozled here with a ripper. Gill takes a minute to process what just happened here. Abrar whips out the carrom ball here and generates quite a bit of turn hitting the off-stump.

Shubman Gill 46(52) b. A Ahmed

Khushdil Shah continues. Hard running between the wickets between Kohli and Gill here as they take six singles off the over. Pakistan need to attack more here.

Drinks break underway.

Abrar starts off short in the over but pushes his length up a bit. Kohli manages to survive with a lucky inside edge off the first delivery and takes two. Kohli picks the google and takes the quick single and Gill also follows suit. Four from the over.

Bowling change for Pakistan here as Khushdil Shah comes into the attack. Goes for the middle-stump line here. Gill takes the single off the first ball and Kohli keeps the strike with the single off the last ball as well.

Abrar Ahmed continues his spell. Keeps it tight here as Gill and Kohli keep rotating the strike here. Just three runs from the over. The spinner keeps the flighted delivery going with the odd one coming in quick.

FOUR! FOUR! Virat Kohli goes after Haris Rauf here. Takes on the fuller delivery to hit it to the mid-off region for his first boundary. Timed it to perfection here. He ends the over with another boundary this time to the covers here. 14 runs in the over.

Another bowling change here as Abrar Ahmed comes into the attack. Tosses it up to get the turn. Kohli takes the single right away here. Positive signs from Kohli who goes on the back foot here as well.

DROPPED! First bowling change for Pakistan here as Haris Rauf comes into the attack. He gets the back-of-the-length delivery right on cue here and Shubman Gill gets handed a lifeline as the man at the mid-wicket region. Khushdil Shah was the fielder there and Pakistan might have lost a chance to remove the in-form batter. Just three runs in the over.

Naseem Shah continues and he puts his back in for his deliveries here. He is creating problems for the Indian batters here from one end. Just gives away one run in the over.

Shaheen Afridi continues his spell here. Fifth over on the trot but Shubman Gill shows no mercy. Hammers the half-volley over the cover region. He also comes down the track to smack on over the bowler as well.