The Group-A match between Pakistan and Bangladesh was canceled due to rain. The toss could not take place due to rain in Rawalpindi. With this, the journey of host Pakistan in the Champions Trophy 2025 has come to a bad end. The team could not win any of the three matches. Due to the cancellation of the match, both the teams got one point each, but Rizwan's team finished last in Group A. Bangladesh ended the journey by finishing third above them. India and New Zealand have qualified for the semi-finals from Group A.

Host Pakistan's journey ends.

The Bangladesh team finished third with one point and a -0.44 net run rate with two losses and one inconclusive match in three matches. At the same time, the Pakistan team finished fourth with a -1.09 net run rate. Pakistan had to face defeat against New Zealand and India, while Bangladesh also lost against these two teams. The last match of Group A will be played between India and New Zealand on March 2. The team that wins this match will finish the league round at the top of Group A.

Pakistan could not present a challenge against New Zealand-India.

Pakistan played its first match against New Zealand. In this match, the Kiwis scored 320 runs against the hosts in which Will Young and captain Tom Latham scored centuries. In the second match, Pakistan faced India in which the team won the toss and decided to bat first. Babar Azam and Imam-ul-Haq also gave the team a good start, but Pakistan failed to take advantage of it. Indian bowlers stopped Pakistan at a score of 241 runs and while chasing the target, Virat Kohli took charge and achieved the target in 43.2 overs. Although Pakistan's hopes were over after losing two matches, its chances were completely ended by New Zealand's victory over Bangladesh.

Pakistan made an unwanted record
With this, Pakistan has registered some unwanted records in its name. This is the first time since 2009 that the host team of the Champions Trophy has been eliminated from the group stage itself. The last time this happened was with South Africa when the team lost two out of three matches and won one. The South African team was at the bottom of the group at that time.

Not only this, Pakistan is the fourth team that came to defend the title in the Champions Trophy but was eliminated in the group stage itself. The first time this happened was in 2004 when India and Sri Lanka were eliminated in the group stage itself. India and Sri Lanka became joint winners of this tournament in 2002. The last time this happened was in 2013 when the defending champion team was eliminated in the group stage. At that time Australia could not win any match.

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