No Champions Trophy has been held in Pakistan since 1996, but the Champions Trophy is being held again after a long 29 years. Pakistan will be looking to win their first Champions Trophy match on their home soil after 29 years. Pakistan has announced their full-strength squad and if Pakistan cannot perform well today, today's match will have an impact on the next matches. For now, I will support Pakistan in the first match of the Champions Trophy so that they can win the first match.
I cannot fully support Pakistan. I can see a few reasons for this, such as their consistent failures at home, weak spin attack and off-form pace bowlers. Basically, Pakistan is in a weak position as much as a team should be strong at home. But I cannot ignore Pakistan based on their past performance. I cannot even trust them. Based on their past performance in the Champions Trophy, I cannot consider Pakistan as a team worthy of winning the trophy. We may be able to judge Pakistan from the first match of the Champions Trophy and how likely they are to win the trophy.