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By AFP
Pakistan is set host New Zealand in the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Action at Karachi’s National Stadium gets under way at 2pm (09:00 GMT).
Pakistan is hosting its first major ICC tournament in 29 years amid heightened security.
Mohammad Rizwan’s team are the defending champions, having won the title in 2017.
New Zealand are in red-hot form and the 2000 champions will look for their second ICC title under new captain Mitchell Santner.
