Pakistan brings the triangular ODI series culture back with a week-long tournament featuring the Shaheens, New Zealand, and South Africa. Join us as we analyze the series and roll out our ODI Tri-Nation 2025 predictions before the teams enter an ICC Champions Trophy 2025 later in February.
From February 8 to 14, Pakistan, New Zealand, and South Africa will vie for the 2025 Pakistan ODI Tri-Series trophy. Beginning on February 8 at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, the local team and New Zealand will start the series. South Africa will play its first tournament match two days later against the Kiwis at the same ground. The final game between the two best will be at National Bank Stadium in Karachi on February 14.
| ℹ️ Tournament: | 2024–25 Pakistan Tri-Nation Series (ODI, 50-over format) |
| 🏏 Venues: | Stadiums across Pakistan |
| 🗓️ Dates: | Saturday, February 8 to Friday, February 14, 2025 |
The tournament will follow a single-league layout, meaning all teams will face each other only once. The teams with the highest points will make it to the final in Karachi. So, there will be only three matches before the final takes place.
2025 cricket bookmakers have not released the 2025 ODI Tri-nation series odds as of writing. But we can look at the recent ODI record and rankings of the teams to predict which team will eventually become the champion.
Here’s a preview of the teams:
Cricket ODI tri-nation series 2025 betting tips should heavily favor Pakistan. The host nation is currently ranked third in ODI rankings behind India and Australia. Pakistan did not have the most memorable ODI World Cup campaign in 2023, but the Men in Green have been impeccable in the 50-over format ever since.
The redemption arc began with a brilliant 2-1 series win against current world champions Australia on Australian soil. The Aussies won the first match in Melbourne, but Pakistan bounced back with incredible wins in Adelaide and Perth. The South Asian side continued the momentum with series wins in Zimbabwe and South Africa.
At this moment, Pakistan seems to be the safest team to bet on Tri-Series cricket 2025 online. The top betting app in Pakistan and other sportsbooks should assign the shortest odds to the home side for winning this tournament. Pakistan has been excellent under Mohammad Rizwan’s captaincy, and we expect the hot streak to continue.
South Africa sits right below Pakistan in the ODI rankings, so they will feature heavily in ODI tri-nation 2025 predictions as well. The Proteas had a solid World Cup semi-final run in 2023, but a narrow defeat to Australia deprived them of their first World Cup final appearance. However, it has been a bumpy ride for them afterward.
They lost a home series to India after the World Cup. The hosts equalized in the second game after losing the opening one, only to lose the series decider at Paarl by a big margin. When the squad flew to Dubai for a bilateral series against Afghanistan, their fortunes did not turn around.
South Africa defeated Ireland in Dubai to resume winning after consecutive series losses. Their relief was fleeting, though, as Temba Bavuma and colleagues received a 3-0 whitewash at home from Pakistan. South Africa will hope to rediscover its ODI form with a rare move away from the bilateral format.
New Zealand also managed to make it to the last four in the ODI World Cup. The Black Caps had finally snapped their semi-final hoodoo in the 2019 edition, but it came back to haunt them in India. After the semi-final exit, however, New Zealand followed up with two bilateral series wins.
The first one came against Bangladesh. New Zealand won the first two games to seal the series but suffered a humiliating nine-wicket defeat in the final one. After that, Mitchell Santner’s men toured Sri Lanka. New Zealand struggled to find its footing rain-affected series and succumbed to a 2-0 defeat.
The Kiwis did avenge that loss as they beat Sri Lanka 2-1 in a home series. New Zealand comes to the 2025 Pakistan ODI Tri-Series as the worst-ranked team. But the current fifth place holders have shown better form in the format than fourth-placed South Africa. Therefore, we will back New Zealand as the second favorites after Pakistan.
Only 2025 ODI tri-nation series odds for the opening match between Pakistan and New Zealand are available now, so all three of our predictions will center on that match:
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New Zealand will enter the fray as the underdogs, but we believe they can outscore the home team in sixes. Gaddafi Stadium is the largest stadium in Pakistan, so it will take some hard hitters to send the ball across the boundary. Although Pakistan has a good batting line-up, our analysis indicates that the away side boasts most master blasters.
Kane Williamson is hailed as one of the best hitters in white ball cricket. When needed, Daryl Mitchell, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Will Young, and Mark Chapman are also able to provide the fireworks. Although Pakistan boasts several heavy hitters within its ranks, we feel the scale leans toward New Zealand in this market.
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Williamson is the most experienced name on the New Zealand batting lineup. He is a seasoned veteran who has excelled across many conditions and has the quality to make a difference against any opposition. So, Williamson outscoring fellow New Zealand batters against Pakistan is not one of the riskiest cricket ODI tri-nation series 2025 betting tips to make.
The right-hander has played three ODIs in Pakistan before and scored 164 runs in those games. He has an impressive scoring record against Pakistan as well. He has played 22 matches against the 1992 world champions and scored 1198 runs at an average of 57.04. He only has better averages against Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Zimbabwe.
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Matt Henry could be the biggest threat to the Pakistani batting lineup. The Gaddafi Stadium pitches are usually batting-friendly, but pacers can expect some movement and bounce here. It’s unlikely to be absolutely flat, so the right-arm quickster should expect to do some damage. We are backing him to be the most successful New Zealand bowler.
Henry has 20 wickets to his name in his last 10 ODI appearances for New Zealand. Also, Pakistani batsmen have shown more comfort in playing spin bowlers in home conditions. Henry will not be bowling in a pace bowler’s haven, but the pitch should give him enough help to top the wicket count among Kiwi bowlers.
Our final 2025 Pakistan ODI Tri-Series tips reflect our faith in New Zealand’s batters in Pakistani conditions.
