IND vs NZ highlights, Champions Trophy 2025 Final Score: India beats New Zealand by four wickets
IND vs NZ highlights, Champions Trophy 2025 Final Score: India beats New Zealand by four wickets
Rohit Sharma has been adjudged Player of the Match for his 76 off 83 balls.
It’s always amazing to win an ICC tournament, especially the Champions Trophy. 2017 was close to my heart. We couldn’t finish the job that time. Pleased with how everyone contributed this time.
A dominating show by India the entire tournament. The chase went down to the wire with quick wickets but Rahul held the chase at the end and Ravindra Jadeja hit the winning runs. Crucial knocks by Rohit Sharma, Shreyas Iyer, and Axar Patel as well. Terrific bowling performance specially by the spinners led by Varun Chakaravarthy, who is very new to the format.
O’ Rourke. Rahul opens the blade toward point and takes two. A single off the next ball. Jadeja takes a quick single. Rahul pulls for a single. Jadeja hits a four and India wins the final by four wickets!!
Jamieson. OUT! Pandya is gone. Bouncer hurried Pandya and he got a leading edge straight to Jamieson. Pandya falls for 18.
Ravindra Jadeja in at eight. 11 runs needed off 15 balls. Jadeja steals a double off his first ball. Another pull and another double by Jadeja.
O’ Rourke. Rahul pulls and gets a single. FOUR! Pandya comes down the track and smacks the ball over mid off. Takes a single off the next ball. Rahul tucks it away towards fine leg. There was a slight misunderstanding between the two for the second run. Rahul pulls for a single again.
Ravindra. SIX! Pandya with his typical six over sight screen. Brilliant bat swing and a huge hit. A quick single. Rahul comes down the track and takes a single towards long on. Way outside off, wide and a mistake by Latham give one extra single. 11 runs from the over.
O’ Rourke is back. Rahul cover drives for four! Much needed boundary for India. Rahul cuts towards deep backward point for two. Another cut by Rahul for a single. Two dots now. Pandya takes a single off the last ball.
Rachin Ravindra is back. Pandya takes a single off the first ball. Rahul takes a single towards deep cover. Pandya smacks it towards deep cover and takes two. Pandya cuts again for a single. A single off the last ball. Six runs in that over.
Santner for his last over. Two dot balls to begin with. Rahul takes a single off the third ball. Pandya is off the mark with a quick single. Down the leg wide. Three runs off the over.
Bracewell for his last over. OUT! Axar is gone. He tried to go over long off but doesn’t time it well and is caught in the deep. A good innings, he falls for 29.
Hardik Pandya. He defends the remaining three deliveries.
Santner. SIX! Rahul launches the ball way over the sight screen. Welcome boundary for India. He follows it up with a double towards off side. He then takes a single. 11 runs came in that over.
Bracewell. Bowling into the stump to the new batter. Rahul works the ball towards leg side and takes a quick single. Could’ve been close. Just one run came in that over.
Santner is back. Three dot balls to begin with. OUT! Iyer is gone. Shuffled across and looked to ramp it past fine leg. However, the fielder dives forward and takes a very good catch. India is four down. Iyer falls for 48 off 58 balls.
KL Rahul in at six. He’s off the mark with a single. SIX! Axar Patel slog sweeps to end the over.
O’Rourke will continue. Short, and Shreyas pulls this to fine-leg for a single. FOUR! Axar with a pull through midwicket and he finds the boundary. Time for a drinks break.
Phillips will continue. Driven by Axar to long-on for a single off the first ball of the over. SIX! Shreyas slog sweeps this over deep midwicket for massive maximum. He picked it up from wide outside off and deposited it for a 109-metre six.
DROPPED! Jamieson spills a sitter at long-on and Shreyas will breathe a sigh of relief. Phillips is distraught. Has New Zealand just dropped the cup?
Three singles to end the over.
O’Rourke comes back into the attack. Comes around the wicket to Axar. Driven to mid-on by Axar for a dot ball. Pushed to mid-on by Axar for a tight single. Guided behind point by Shreyas for one more. Short, pulled away to deep midwicket by Axar for just a single. Pulled by Shreyas to deep square-leg for a couple.
Phillips again. Beaten! Shreyas misses the cut first ball of the over. He steps out next ball, is cramped for room and dabs the ball to short third looking for a single but Axar sends him back. He is finally off the strike with a single off the third ball.
Axar goes down the ground, rare misfield by Phillips, and batters will collect a single.
Bracewell again. Shreyas shuffles across and flicks this to fine-leg for a single. Driven through cover by Axar for one more. Three singles in a row so far. Driven back to the bowler by Axar for a dot ball. Cut away off the backfoot by Axar for a single at deep point. Shreyas will keep strike with a single off the last ball.
Phillips will continue. A couple of singles to start the over. Pulled by Axar to deep midwicket for a single – the fourth in a row. FOUR! Pulled to the square-leg boundary by Shreyas, and he just beats a leaping square-leg fielder. Pushed to point by Shreyas for a single to end the over.
Bracewell continues. Pushed to long-off by Axar for a single off the first ball of the over. Shreyas steps out, just about clears midwicket, and another stunning fielding effort by the Kiwis keeps it down to a couple.
Phillips again. Driven to wide long-off by Axar for one more. One more for Shreyas with a flick through mid-on. Whipped through square-leg by Axar for a third single in a row. Punched off the backfoot by Shreyas through cover-point for yet another single. Five singles from the over as India looks to rebuild this chase with some caution.
Bracewell will continue. Flicked to mid-on by Axar and an excellent effort in the field by Chapman to keep it down to a dot ball. Punched down the ground by Axar for a single. Flicked off the pads by Shreyas for a one more. Driven to long-off by Axar for a single to end the over.
Glenn Phillips into the attack. Misfield at short third-man will allow Shreyas a couple of runs. Will Young seems to have twisted his ankle while turning to throw the ball. Five runs from Phillips’ first over.
Bracewell again. SIX! Shreyas out and launches this over deep midwicket for a maximum. Will Young with a valiant effort to keep it in but he stepped on the rope as he was trying to throw the ball back into the field of play.
OUT! Rohit is stumped first ball of the over and Ravindra strikes with the ball. The skipper danced way down the pitch but the ball turned away to beat him and he doesn’t even attempt to scamper back to his crease. New Zealand has seriously turned things around and India is in deep trouble now.
Axar Patel comes in and starts off with a few drives that go straight to the cover fielder. Some unpredictable bounce has Axar defending awkwardly. Wicket maiden, and that’s 17 dot balls in a row now.
Rohit Sharma st. Tom Latham b Rachin Ravindra 76 (83b 7×4 3×6)
Just falls short! Shreyas gets a leading edge and the ball just falls short of a diving Bracewell, who misses out on a caught and bowled opportunity. Maiden over.
Rachin for his seventh over. Just a single for Shreyas to long off. Rohit almost misses a sweep as he goes early into the shot, ends up fluffing it in the direction of midwicket.
Bracewell to Rohit, steps down and drives to long on for a single. Shreyas gets the second angling into his pads, comfortably guides it to deep midwicket. Rohit sweeps with soft hands, gets two before fine leg fields it. Four runs from the over.
Rachin back into the attack. Shreyas picks a single through covers. Rohit gets to the pitch of the second third delivery, one more for him. Three straight dot balls to finish the over.
Bracewell for his second over. An appeal for lbw against Rohit but this one was going too high as it struck the batter on the back pad, one leg bye taken. A quick single for Shreyas through the off side. Just two runs from it.
Santner to Rohit. A single to long on on the third delivery. FOUR! Shreyas goes back into his crease and pulls over mid wicket, there’s no man in the deep and Shreyas takes the risk. Five runs in the over.
WICKET! Michael Bracewell gets Kohli on his first delivery. He is lbw. He goes for a review but the ball tracker shows three reds and Kohli will have to make the long walk back.
Virat Kohli lbw b Bracewell 1 (2)
Shreyas Iyer punches through long on to get off the mark. Rohit with another single through long on.
Santner to Shubman, a short-arm pull behind square, two runs. WICKET! It needed an audacious catch from Glenn Phillips to spark some life into New Zealand. Gill tries to drill this full ball over covers. But Phillips times his jump to perfection and grabs another one-handed stunner with his right hand.
Shubman Gill c Phillips b Santner 31 (50)
Virat Kohli off the mark with a single to deep midwicket.
Rachin to continue. Just three singles from the over. Shubman steps out and pick a big shot through long on, but the timing is just a bit off which allows Will O’Rourke to save the shot.
India now needs 149 runs to win from 32 overs.
Santner to Shubman, tries to go inside out, gets it towards long off instead for one run. Rohit nearly done by an armball, tries to play it off his backfoot rather than off his front, has to get his bat down at the last minute to prevent getting castled. Rohit with a push to long on, one run. Gill ends the over with one run through long on. And that brings up the 100-run partnership for these two.
Rachin for his fourth over. Simple proceedings for the Indian pair. They get four singles in this over.
Santner to Rohit, FOUR! Another opportunity for Rohit to pull, goes over midwicket. Three singles off the over makes it seven runs from it.
Shubman starts with over by driving Rachin to long on for one. Rohit latches onto width and cuts the second, gets two before deep cover cuts this off. Rohit with a punch to long on. SIX! Shubman gets his first boundary with a step down pick up over the long on fence.
Santner to Shubman, two runs, a fraction short from the left-armer, Shubman hoists this over midwicket, Jamieson cuts this from long on. A single on the second to deep cover. Rohit with a soft clip through square leg for another run. Shubman drives the fifth to long off, picks a single.
Ravindra again. Rohit punches the first delivery to long on for one run. Shubman cuts the second through cover-point, this kept low but Shubman gets to it, gets one run. FOUR! Rohit tries to drive through covers, gets an edge, no slip in place and India gets a boundary. BEATEN! Rohit wants to cut, he is on his backfoot but the bounce does him.
Santner for his second over. Rohit gets his fifty with a single to sweeper cover. He gets it in 41 deliveries. Five dots to Shubman, the final delivery tunrs away from his defence. Just one in the over.
Rachin Ravindra to bowl the final over of the PowerPlay. Shubman on strike, rocks on his backfoot to work the second away through the on side, one run. Rohit drives the fourth delivery down to long off for one. Shubman cuts the fourth but Mark Chapman stops a certain boundary and keeps this down to one. Rohit gets a single to finish the over.
Michael Santner into the attack now. After three straight dots, Shubman rocks onto his backfoot, clips through midwicket for one. Santner goes full to Rohit, blocks it off his frontfoot, right in front of his eyes. The final is defended as well. Just one from the over.
SIX more for Rohit! Nathan Smith puts this at a length but there is also width to free his arms, the Indian captain launches this down the ground. FOUR! Rohit puts in a dash of daring too, ramps this over short fine leg. FOUR to finish the over. Rohit cuts this over point. 14 runs from the over.
Jamieson to Shubman, DROPPED! The deputy takes inspiration from his captain, backs himself to step out and heave this through the on side. The pull is slightly mistimed and brings midwicket in the hunt. Mitchell leaps to his right to get a hand to it but sees the ball burst through. FOUR! Rohit shuffles across to get in line and pulls this over midwicket. A dab through point on the final delivery to keep strike.
Nathan Smith into the attack now. He starts the over with an outside-off delivery, Rohit blocks. SIX! It had been three overs without a boundary. So, Rohit decides to step out and smoke this over long on – 92m long. Two singles off the final two deliveries.
Jamieson again. Rohit tries to loft the third on the up through mid wicket, beaten by the bounce and it hits him on the pad. Rohit nudges this nip backer through square leg for one run. Shubman shoulders arms to the fifth. A cut shot on the final but cannot beat the fielder, just one off it.
O’Rourke again. Shubman presses on his front foot, gets an edge through point for two runs. A wide in the over brings India another extra.
We have a break in play as Rohit Sharma has called on the physio. He’s fine after the check.
Shubman steps out to the fourth delivery and pulls it to deep square for two. An lbw appeal on the final delivery but this is going down leg.
Shubman starts this over with a tap down to third man, one run. Rohit attempts another pull but the low bounce ensures the ball creeps under the bat. Beaten! Rohit gives the fourth delivery the charge, by the movement in the air. Two runs for Rohit as he punches this through the on side. Just three off it.
Gill facing Will O’Rourke. A wide down leg. The second attempt at bowling the second ball of the over is also down leg, India steals a bye too this time. FOUR! Rohit flicks off his pads, its in the air but between mid on and midwicket. Another whip through mid wicket, this one not quite timed that well, gets him only two. FOUR! A cracking drive through covers, a hint overpitched and Rohit latches onto this.
Jamieson to Rohit, outside off and beats the batter. SIX! A short ball to follow, Rohit unleashes the pull shot over square leg. Two runs on the third delivery with a flick off his pads. A wide ball in the over makes it nine runs off it.
Shubman Gill and Rohit Sharma walk out for the final time in this Champions Trophy.
Kyle Jamieson to bowl the first over.
Indian spinners maintained a chokehold on New Zealand batters throughout the middle overs. Mitchell scored a rather slow fifty but Michael Bracewell’s 40-ball 53 took the Kiwis past the 250-run mark. A tricky total but not many demons on the pitch might favour India.
Shami for the last over. Wide yorker, Bracewell slashes the ball towards deep third for four. A double off the second ball. Bracewell hits low full toss towards long off for single. Nathan Smith. Single off the fourth ball. Bracewell smartly ramps for a double and gets to his fifty as well! A double off the last ball. New Zealand goes past 250-run mark.
Hardik is back. Length ball and Bracewell smacks the ball over long on for a SIX! He now punches towards cover and a fine effort keeps it down to just a single. Low full toss and Santner gets a double. Bracewell looks for a double off the last ball there’s a run out appeal. Santner falls short of his crease. He falls for 8 off 10 balls. Good throw from the deep midwicket.
Shami. He’s keeping it full outside off. Both Santner, Bracewell unable to find boundaries. Bracewell walks across to ramp, gets an inside edge that goes past fine leg for four. A double to end the over.
Kuldeep is back. A terrific over so far by Kuldeep, isn’t allowing any room. Bracewell goes inside out and gets a double towards deep cover.
Varun goes off the field as soon as he was done with the over to get treatment on his foot.
Shami. Four! Mitchell pulls the short ball in front of midwicket. Another pull and this time he gets a double. Four more! Pulls the ball behind square leg now. Poor bowling by Shami. OUT! Slower ball outside off and Mitchell hits it straight to cover. Mitchell falls for 63 off 101 balls.
Mitchell Santner at the crease. He’s off the mark with a single.
Varun for his final over. 200-up for New Zealand. A good over to end the spell, five runs off the over.
Shami is back. Bracewell is starting to free his arms a bit, hasn’t connected the ball well though. SIX! Bracewell gets one in the slot and slogs it way over midwicket boundary. A double to end the over.
Kuldeep. Slog sweep by Bracewell towards square leg for four! A boundary after 61 balls. Six runs came in that over.
Varun. Mitchell smashes the ball straight towards Varun’s foot. He’s hurt and getting medical treatment. Fifty for Mitchell off 91 balls. Can he finish well for New Zealand?
Kuldeep. An run out opportunity missed as Kuldeep didn’t position himself to collect the throw while the two batters a clashed in the middle of the pitch.
Jadeja. Plenty of singles around the ground. India won’t mind as long as boundaries don’t come. Just four singles off the over.
Kuldeep. Beautiful delivery by Kuldeep. Completely beating Bracewell’s inside edge. A very good over, only three singles off it.
Varun is back. Width outside off, Phillips slaps the towards cover and gets two. Another double, this time hit towards point. OUT! Phillips is gone. Googly, Phillips tried to hit through the cover but is cleaned up. He falls after scoring 34 off 52 balls.
Michael Bracewell in at seven.
Axar continues. Mitchell sweeps towards backward square leg and gets a double. Fifty partnership between the two. Five runs from the over.
Ninth over for Jadeja. Phillips pulls towards deep midwicket. Shubman Gill dives but the ball pops out of his hands. Another not-so-great fielding display by Indians.
Axar got a treatment on his bowling hand in the previous over and he continues with his spell. Slightly short, Mitchell lines up to pull the ball over midwicket. Rohit Sharma there stretches but can only get finger tips to the ball. A tough chance though.
Jadeja continues. Mitchell is looking to hit big but hasn’t found enough timing. Just two singles off the over.
Axar quickly goes through his over, New Zealand takes out four singles off it.
Jadeja. Slightly short and Phillips pulls it towards square leg for four! New Zealand still only manages five runs off the over.
Axar into attack. A good over, just three runs off it including a wide down the leg.
Jadeja. Another partnership building for New Zealand. He strays on the leg side, Mitchell sweeps but doesn’t time well and only gets a double. Four from the over.
Kuldeep. Four! Phillips goes on the backfoot and punches the ball towards the vacant extra cover. Five off the over.
Jadeja. Bowling quick and into the stumps. Phillips cuts towards backward point and takes two. Three runs from the over.
Kuldeep is back. Dot ball pressure continues. Terrific bowling by Kuldeep, not even allowing easy singles. In the slot and Phillips ends the over straight six to make it seven of the over.
Jadeja. Right on the money. Phillips pushes the ball towards long off for a single. Mitchell too takes a single in the same region to make it two runs off the over.
Varun again. Four singles from the over as both batters look to knock the ball down the ground mostly.
Jadeja again. Driven to long-on by Mitchell for a single. OUT! Latham misses the sweep, Jadeja appeals and the umpire lifts his finger straight away. Latham reviews immediately. Three reds, ball-tracking shows hitting off-stump, and Latham has to go back.
In comes Glenn Phillips.
Tom Latham lbw b Ravindra Jadeja 14 (30b)
Varun continues. A couple for Mitchell as he looks to break the shackles with a reverse sweep behind the wicketkeeper. Driven by Mitchell, and mid-off does well to get a hand to it and keep it down to a single.
Jadeja again. Loud LBW appeal off the fourth ball of the over. Not given and Rohit goes upstairs after a discussion with his teammates. Latham will survive as ball-tracking shows this was just going over the stumps. India also loses the review.
Varun comes back for his fifth over. Loud appeal for lbw but was drifting down leg-stump. Not given out and India won’t review it either. Just a single from the over.
Ravindra Jadeja comes into the attack. Hundred up for New Zealand in 19.2 overs. A couple of singles from Jadeja’s first over.
Varun replaces Kuldeep. Latham and Mitchell are happy knocking the Indian spinners around for the one and twos. But the pressure is building on the Kiwis to break the shackles at some point.
Axar continues. Direct-hit at the bowler’s end and Kohli looks very excited. However, Mitchell has easily made his ground, the replays show. Just three singles from the over.
Kuldeep into his fourth over. Beaten! Kuldeep beats Mitchell’s outside edge with one that turns away sharply with the angle.
A paddle sweep to fine-leg fetches Mitchell a couple of runs.
Axar again. Just two singles from the over, as Axar keeps both the batters on a leash with his tight lines.
Kuldeep continues. Just a couple of singles from the over, off the first and last deliveries. Time for a drinks break.
Axar continues. FOUR! A slight top edge on the sweep for Mitchell but he will still collect a one-bounce four at deep square-leg.
Kuldeep continues. OUT! Chipped straight back to the bowler and Williamson has to walk back.
Tom Latham is in next. He is off the mark with a single. Just two runs and a wicket from the over.
Kane Williamson c & b Kuldeep Yadav 11 (14b 1×4)
Here comes Axar Patel. Mitchell gets an inside edge to short fine as he looks to drive the ball through covers. Driven to long-off by Williamson for a single to end the over.
Kuldeep Yadav into the attack. OUT! Bowled him first ball. Googly from Kuldeep and rattles Ravindra’s stumps as he looks to cut the ball off the back foot.
In comes Daryl Mitchell and gets off the mark with a paddle sweep for a single.
Rachin Ravindra b Kuldeep Yadav 37 (29b 4×4 1×6)
Varun again. Beaten! Varun turns this away from Ravindra and beats him outside off-stump. Next ball is full and Ravindra flicks it past mid-on for a single. A couple for Williamson to end the over as he goes back in his crease to tuck the ball through square-leg. Good PowerPlay for NZ comes to an end.
Shami is okay to continue. Dabbed to deep third by Williamson for a single to start the over. One more for Ravindra with a push to point. FOUR! Back foot punch by Williamson through covers and he gets his first boundary. Three dots in a row to end the over.
Shami is off the field.
OUT! Varun continues. Ball was going down leg-side but Ravindra seemed to have got some bat as he looked to sweep this. Given out by the on-field umpire but Ravindra goes upstairs. That was close to the gloves, but nothing on UltraEdge and called a wide by the umpire.
DROPPED! Shreyas Iyer drops a tough chance in the deep next ball, and Ravindra rubs salt into India’s wounds. That was slog-swept high in the air by Ravindra, and Shreyas did well to cover ground to get to the ball in the deep midwicket area, dived with his arms outstretched but couldn’t hold on to the ball.
Loud LBW appeal and this is given out by the umpire. Young has a chat with Ravindra but decides against reviewing the decision.
Kane Williamson comes in next. He is off the mark with a single as the ball goes behind point off the inside half of the bat.
Will Young lbw b Varun Chakaravarthy 15 (23b 2×4)
Shami now comes around the wicket to Ravindra. LBW appeal, but not given! Shami angled this into Ravindra from back-of-a-length, and the left-hander missed swiping across the line. Looked too high.
DROPPED! Shami drops another one off his bowling and Ravindra gets a reprieve. Shami calls on the physio immediately and looks to have hurt his finger.
Play resumes after Shami gets his fingers taped. Young defends solidly after getting behind the line of the ball. FOUR! Short outside off and dragged through midwicket by Young to get a boundary. Fifty up for the Kiwis in seven overs.
Varun Chakaravarthy into the attack. FOUR-WIDES! Going down leg side, beats the keeper and runs away for five extras. Slog-swept by Ravindra towards the deep midwicket boundary but Shreyas keeps it down to a couple with his fielding.
Still Shami. FOUR! Too full on middle stump and Ravindra whips this through midwicket for a boundary. FOUR! Consecutive boundaries for Ravindra! He was lucky on this occasion as Shami induced his outside edge only for the ball to run away to the boundary behind the wicketkeeper. Single behind point for Ravindra next ball. Eleven runs from the over and anothe good one for the Kiwis.
Hardik again. Wide outside off-stump and left alone by Young. Too full and straight and whipped away by Young to deep square-leg for a single. SIX! Smoked over midwicket. Slightly short and Ravindra pulls this off the front foot to belt the ball over midwicket. FOUR! Width outside off now and punched through cover-point by Ravindra to the boundary. Short and this called a wide for height. FOUR! Short and pulled away to the square-leg boundary by Ravindra.
Shami will continue. He comes over the wicket to Ravindra, who pushes the ball through cover, where Virat Kohli fumbles but doesn’t allow a single. Steered by Ravindra to deep third for a single. Whipped by Young behind square-leg for two more. Shami brings the ball back in now and beats Young’s inside edge on this occasion. Pushed to mid-off and another quick one for Young.
Hardik Pandya from the other end. He starts off with a wide down leg-side. Angling across Rachin and the left-hander leaves it alone. Rachin is off the mark with a quick single at cover after facing four dot balls in a row. Tidy start from Hardik.
The Indian team is in the middle. Will Young and Rachin Ravindra will open the batting for the Kiwis. Mohammed Shami with the ball.
Beaten! First-ball moves away a touch to beat Young’s outside edge. Shami on the money right away! Next ball is wider outside off and Young leaves. Full and pushed to mid-off by Young for another dot ball.
FOUR! Boundary to end the over as Young drives through point and Shami offers a bit of width.
The teams are walking out for the national anthems for one last time in this tournament. New Zealand’s anthem is up first.
Mitchell Santner: We’re going to have a bat first. Looks like a pretty good wicket, similar to the one we played India here a week ago. Want to get runs on the board and see what happens. Obviously expected a few blue shirts, great atmosphere, great ground. Going to be slightly different from what we got in Pakistan. We saw how India played and what they got out of it. Hope it [the pitch] slows down a bit later. Different guys have stepped up at different times. You want guys firing from the start and we have done that, as have India. Unfortunately Matt Henry has been ruled out. We’ve got Nathan Smith coming in.
Rohit Sharma: We’ve been here enough, batted first and bowled first. Don’t really mind batting second. It hasn’t changed much. We’ve chased and won as well. It does give you a lot of confidence, takes the toss away from the game. At the end of the day, what matters is how well you want to play. That’s what we’ve spoken about in the dressing room, not to worry about the toss and to just play well, that’s what we’ve done and we have to do today as well.
New Zealand have been a very good team over the past so many years, they tend to play good cricket in ICC tournaments. The challenge for us is to play well against them now. Same team for us.
INDIA: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.
NEW ZEALAND: Rachin Ravindra, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Will O’Rourke, Nathan Smith, Kyle Jamieson.
New Zealand wins the toss and opts to bat against India.
Rohit Sharma has now lost 12 ODI tosses on the bounce. That’s the joint-most in the format, tied with West Indies’ Brian Lara.
New Zealand brings in Nathan Smith in place of an injured Matt Henry. India goes unchanged into the title clash.
ODI World Cup 1983 – beat West Indies by 43 runs (Lord’s)
ICC Knockout 2000 – lost to New Zealand by 4 wickets (Nairobi)
ICC Champions Trophy 2002 – No Result (Colombo)
ODI World Cup 2003 – lost to Australia by 125 runs (Johannesburg)
T20 World Cup 2007 – beat Pakistan by 5 runs (Johannesburg)
ODI World Cup 2011 – beat Sri Lanka by 6 wickets (Mumbai)
ICC Champions Trophy 2013 – beat England by 5 runs (Birmingham)
T20 World Cup 2014 – lost to Sri Lanka by 6 wickets (Mirpur)
ICC Champions Trophy 2017 – lost to Pakistan by 180 runs (The Oval)
ICC World Test Championship 2021 – lost to New Zealand by 8 wickets (Southampton)
ICC World Test Championship 2023 – lost to Australia by 209 runs (The Oval)
ODI World Cup 2023 – lost to Australia by 6 wickets (Ahmedabad)
T20 World Cup 2024 – beat South Africa by 7 runs (Barbados)
2000 – ICC Knockouts – New Zealand beat India by four wickets
2009 – ICC Champions Trophy – Australia beat New Zealand by six wickets
2015 – World Cup – Australia beat New Zealand by seven wickets
2019 – World Cup – England beat New Zealand in super over
2021 – WTC Final – New Zealand beat India by eight wickets
2021 – T20 World Cup – Australia beat New Zealand by eight wickets
T20 World Cup 2022 – Won: 4, Lost: 2 – India lost to England in semifinals
World Test Championship 2021-23 – Won: 7, Lost: 2, Draw: 1 – India lost to Australia in WTC final in 2023
ODI World Cup 2023 – Won: 10, Lost: 1 – India lost to Australia in final
T20 World Cup 2024 – Won: 8 – India won the final after beating South Africa
World Test Championship 2023-25 – Won: 8, Lost: 7, Draw: 2 – India failed to qualify for the final
Matches Played: 6
India won: 3
New Zealand won: 3
Last result: India beat New Zealand by 70 runs (Mumbai; 2023)
Last five results: India won – 2; New Zealand won – 3
2000: New Zealand beat India by 4 wickets (Nairobi)
2025: India beat New Zealand by 44 runs (Dubai)
Matches Played: 119
India won: 61
New Zealand won: 50
Tied: 1
No Result: 7
Last result: India won by 44 runs (Dubai; 2025)
Last five results: India won – 5; New Zealand won – 0
The ICC Champions Trophy Final between India and New Zealand will be telecast live on the Star Sports Network and Sports18 Network. The action will be streamed live on the JioHotstar app and website. Moreover, you can stay tuned to Sportstar’s website and app for all the updates from the match.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill (vc), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami.
New Zealand: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Will O’ Rouke, Jacob Duffy, Kyle Jamieson.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young, Jacob Duffy.
It’s been 25 years since India and NZ last faced in an ODI final. The Kiwis claimed the ICC Knockout title in a nail-biting finish. The neutrals would be hoping for the teams to reprise the contest in Dubai today.
For the partisan fans, meanwhile, on either side today, ICC trophies have been hard to get in the recent years. One today would surely be savoured.
