New Delhi: Form goes out the window whenever India and Pakistan face off on a cricket field. One of the two teams may have been playing better and have better players, but the intensity of the India-Pakistan match makes the opposition players raise their game, which means that all of these things count for nothing.

Even though a team, in this case, India, was in good form going into the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 game, form would have meant little. But that was not the case on Sunday.

India didn’t need to be at their best nor were they put under pressure in a lop-sided contest that turned out to be a no-contest with very few on-a-knife-edge moments. While India has been a better side on paper for a long time, Pakistan has always been a fierce competitor. On Sunday, the Men in Green simply didn’t turn up.

Pakistan, in a must-win game of their home tournament, showed little fight and competitiveness against an Indian team,........

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