Champions Trophy 2017 - India vs Pakistan

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The ICC Champions Trophy is a One Day International cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council, second in importance only to the Cricket World Cup. It was inaugurated as the ICC Knock Out Tournament in 1998 and has been played approximately every two years since. Its name was changed to the Champions Trophy in 2002

India hold a dominating 6-0 record in ICC World Cup, but Pakistan have an upper hand in the Champions Trophy. India and Pakistan have faced off in three Champions Trophy games till date, with the Men in Blue winning once and their rivals twice. The first Champions Trophy encounter between India and Pakistan was played at Edgbaston in 2004, which is also the venue of this year's contest.

Today's game marks fourth ICC Champion Trophy between India and Pakistan since inception in 1998, the today's game is taking play at Edgbaston in Birmingham, England. India is batting first and they are currently 192 / 2 after 35.4 overs of 48 overs after revised from 50 due rain delays. Kohli is on 30 from 38 balls and Yuvraj on 1 from 1 ball. Rohit was run out (Babar) at 91 runs from 119 balls and Dhawan out for 68 runs from 65 balls after caught by Azhar balled by Shadab. This a Group B game and other two team in the group are South Africa who beat Sri Lanka yesterday at The Oval Cricket Ground in Kensington, London

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