Rawalpindi: Pakistan and Bangladesh have ended their 2025 Champions Trophy campaigns without a win after their final Group A match was abandoned due to rain at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium on Thursday. Both teams will now end with a point each due to the washout.
Both Bangladesh and Pakistan, the tournament hosts’ and defending champions, were already knocked out of the eight-team competition after India and New Zealand entered the semi-finals, making this clash a dead rubber.
Now with the rain leading to a washout, it has become the second game after the South Africa-Australia Group B match to be abandoned due to rain in Rawalpindi.
It has been drizzling in Rawalpindi for the last 24 hours, meaning that there was always a scare of a washout on Thursday’s game.
An official inspection time by on-field umpires Adrian Holdstock and Michael Gough was scheduled at 2:30 pm (IST), but rain coming back with a steady nature meant it never happened, and the toss was officially delayed.
But at 4:00 pm (IST), rain had the final say as the match was officially called off without a ball being bowled, with one point to be shared by both teams. IANS
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