The battle of Champions Trophy 2025 has reached its final stage. The final match between India and New Zealand will be played on 9 March at Dubai International Cricket Stadium. In the current tournament, India is still undefeated and has not lost a single match. On the other hand, New Zealand has lost only one match against India. A tough competition can be seen between the two teams. Let’s check out how has been the record of both the teams in the Champions Trophy.
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India was defeated in the ICC Champions Trophy Final 2000
The first ICC final between the two teams was played in the year 2000. Then this match was the final match of Champions Trophy 2000, in which Sourav Ganguly scored a century for India. But Chris Cairns played a strong innings for New Zealand and spoiled Ganguly’s century. Then the Kiwi team won the final match by four wickets.
India was also defeated in World Test Championship Final 2021
The second ICC final between India and New Zealand was played in the ICC World Test Championship 2021 in which New Zealand won by 8 wickets. Kyle Jamieson proved to be the biggest hero for New Zealand in this match. Then he took a total of 7 wickets in the match and broke the backbone of the Indian batting order.
Head to Head Record of Both Teams in the Champions Trophy
Both India and New Zealand teams have an army of star players, who are great masters of ODI cricket. The command of the Indian team for the current Champions Trophy is in the hands of Rohit Sharma. At the same time, the captain of New Zealand is Mitchell Santner. So far, only two matches have been played between India and New Zealand in the Champions Trophy, out of which India has won one and in one, the New Zealand team has been successful in winning the match.
India has won the ICC Champions Trophy Twice
India has won the Champions Trophy title twice so far. Once in 2002 under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly (joint winner) and once in 2013 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. On the other hand, the New Zealand team has won the Champions Trophy title only once so far. The Kiwi team won the Champions Trophy 2000 title under the captaincy of Stephen Fleming. India and New Zealand teams will face each other in the final of Champions Trophy 2025 once again.