Champions Trophy: Who has won POTM awards in previous India-Pakistan matches?

The sixth Champions Trophy match between India and Pakistan is scheduled for February 23. This match, which the fans have been anticipating, will be very important for both of the teams playing at the Dubai International Stadium. Some well-known celebrities will also appear in the game.

In the eight-team tournament, the two sides have been engaged in a fierce battle; in the five games, India has won two and Pakistan has just three victories, barely holding the lead. Nonetheless, it would be intriguing to observe which players stood out in these five Champions Trophy meetings between the two adversaries. For all of the fans who have relished the thrill and excitement of this rivalry in the ICC event, this will be a wonderful reminiscence.

When the Champions Trophy was held in England in 2004, the first Indo-Pakistan matches took place. We were unable to witness the encounter between the two teams in the 2006 edition, which took place in India. Both teams were eliminated in the group stage, but the competition resumed in 2009 and concluded with two matches from the previous year.

In Champions Trophy matches, the player of the match

In the low-scoring 2004 encounter between the two teams, which took place at Edgbaston, Pakistan bundled out India for 200 runs and barely succeeded in chasing the score down with four balls remaining. With a responsible knock of 81 off 114 deliveries, Pakistan’s reliable middle-order batsman Mohammad Yousuf was named the game’s MVP. In 2009, the Indian team suffered a crushing 54-run defeat in Centurion in a one-sided match that contrasted with the thrilling first game. Shoaib Malik was the game’s star and was duly given the player of the match award for his outstanding century.

India had the chance to finally defeat Pakistan in a Champions Trophy match in 2013,

And they did so with great ease in a rain-soaked contest, winning by eight wickets and exacting retribution for the first confrontation at Edgbaston. Bhuvneshwar Kumar, the swing king of India, took home the player of the match award for his outstanding performance. The final two games took place in the 2017 edition, when India defeated Pakistan by 124 runs in their rematch with the event at Edgbaston.

Yuvraj Singh’s explosive 53 off just 32 balls earned him the title of player of the match. In the end, Pakistan found atonement when they won their first Champions Trophy in the finals. The player of the match award went to the daring opener Fakhar Zaman for his outstanding century.