IND Vs NZ: Last Sunday, IND and NZ faced off in the last match of the group stage. Tomorrow, this Sunday, these two teams will meet again in Dubai. But this match is an all-important one because it is the finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 edition.
India was a better team when they faced New Zealand last Sunday. Even though the Men in Blue got only 249 runs on the board. But their bowlers defended that score quite superbly. Shrreyas Iyer was the top run getter in that match with the bat and Varun Chakabarthy spun a web in front of the Kiwi batters. Varun picked up a five-fer and he is only the 3rd Indian bowler to do so in the history of Champions Trophy.
IND Vs NZ: Match Details –
Match – IND Vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Finals
Day and Date – Tomorrow, Sunday, 9th March 2025
Venue – Dubai International Cricket Stadium In Dubai
Toss Timings – 2 PM Indian Standard Time (IST), 8.30 AM GMT and 12.30 PM Local
Match Timings – 2.30 PM Indian Standard Time (IST), 9 AM GMT and 1 PM Local
TV Channels – Star Sports India Network for English Commentary and Sports 18 For Hindi Commentary
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However, in the finals, India will be tested in front of the New Zealand team. The batting would be in prime focus and every Indian fan would want Skipper Sharma to bat long. Rohit hasn’t converted his starts to anything substantial as of now in this 50-overs tournament.
Runs would also be expected from the King, Virat Kohli. In his last outing against the Kiwis, Virat was out because of Glenn Philips’s terrific catch. Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill need to be consistent while Rahul, Hardik, Axar and Jadeja will need to come good on that big day.
India’s bowling has been good. They defended a lowish score of 249 runs in the last encounter. Till now, the Indian bowlers have been successful in restricting the opposition team to a decent score and the batters have chased that down. Varun, Shami and Kuldeep, the full-time bowlers, have done a good job along with the all-rounders, Axar, Jaddu and Pandya.
The Kiwis have snatched wins from India in the finals of 2000 Champions Trophy and WTC finals in 2021 before. So, they know how to seal the victories against the Men in Blue in the all-important games. In the finals of the 2025 Champions Trophy, New Zealand would aim to repeat the same performances which they gave in the above-mentioned ICC finals.
The Blackcaps side will bank on their experienced batter, Kane Williamson, who came back in-form against India in the last encounter and Williamson also scored a brilliant ton against South Africa, which helped the Kiwis to enter the finals of this eight-team tournament in 2025.
Rachin Ravindra is also another name who has dominated this tournament so far and one cannot forget the bowlers from New Zealand who always have an upper hand against the Indian batters in all three formats. So the finals of CT 2025 is going to be a neck to neck contest.
IND Vs NZ: Playing XI Of Both The Teams –
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.
New Zealand: PlayingWill Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry/Jacob Duffy, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke.
IND Vs NZ: India’s ODI Stats In Dubai –
India has an unbeaten run in Dubai International Stadium till now and they would hope that this record stays intact even after tomorrow’s final match against New Zealand. From 2018 to 2025, The Blues have played 10 ODIs, won 9 and one match was a tie versus Afghanistan.
- 2025 – India won by four wickets against the Aussies
- 2025 – India won by 44 runs against New Zealand
- 2025 – India won by six wickets against Pakistan
- 2025 – India won by 6 wickets against Bangladesh
- 2018 – India won by three wickets against the Bangla Tigers
- 2018 – ODI Match Tied Between India and Afghanistan
- 2018 – India won by nine wickets against Pakistan
- 2018 – India won by seven wickets against Bangladesh
- 2018 – India won by 8 wickets against Pakistan
- 2018 – India won by 26 runs against Hong Kong.
IND Vs NZ: New Zealand’s ODI Stats In Dubai –
New Zealand would be aiming for their first ever win at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai tomorrow. The Blackcaps are yet to win a One Day International match at this stadium. The Kiwis have played three ODIs till now in Dubai from 2014 to 2025, and they have lost 2 matches and one match was a no result affair.
- 2025 – New Zealand lost to India by 44 runs
- 2018 – The Match ended in no result against Pakistan
- 2014 – Pakistan won by three wickets.
IND Vs NZ: Fantasy Playing XI Of The CT 2025 Finals –
Batters – Tom Latham, Virat Kohli, Kane Williamson
Bowlers – Mohammed Shami, Mitchell Santner and Varun Chakrabarthy
All Rounders – Glenn Philips and Hardik Pandya
Wicketkeeper – KL Rahul
Vice Captain – William ORourke
Captain – Rohit Sharma.
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