Pak-BD match abandoned due to rain

By Our Correspondent
February 28, 2025
Groundmen cover the pitch owing to dark clouds as poor light halts play during the fourth day of the second and last Test cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on September 2, 2024. — AFP
Groundmen cover the pitch owing to dark clouds as poor light halts play during the fourth day of the second and last Test cricket match between Pakistan and Bangladesh at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium in Rawalpindi on September 2, 2024. — AFP

RAWALPINDI: Pakistan concluded the Champions Trophy 2025 campaign without achieving a win as their last match against Bangladesh here at the Pindi Stadium was abandoned Thursday without a ball being bowled.

Persistent rain for 12 hours forced the cancellation during the afternoon as the rain left the Pindi Stadium soggy. For a brief period, the rain stopped. The moment the grounds-men started drying up, rain again started pouring in forcing the abandonment of the match -- the second successive in two days.

Earlier, the match between South Africa and Australia was also called off without any action. Pakistan finished at the bottom of the Group A with one point and lesser run rate than that of Bangladesh which also ended the Trophy commitments with one point.