The final of the ICC Champions Trophy is being played between India and New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday. New Zealand, batting first in the Champions Trophy final, have scored 251 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 50 overs. Daryl Mitchell scored the highest 61 runs for New Zealand. Apart from him, Rachin scored 37 and Bracewell scored 41 runs. Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav took 2-2 wickets for the Indian team. India needs 252 runs to become champion for the third time.
The final of the Champions Trophy 2025 is being played between India and New Zealand on Sunday (March 9) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. India got a target of 252 runs. Daryl Mitchell and Michael Bracewell hit half-centuries. Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy took 2-2 wickets for India. Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya proved to be very expensive. Both conceded 104 runs in 12 overs.
New Zealand scored 251 runs for 7 wickets in 50 overs. Daryl Mitchell scored 63 runs off 101 balls. Michael Bracewell scored 53 runs in 40 balls. Rachin Ravindra scored 37 runs. Glenn Phillips scored 34 runs. Will Young scored 15 and Tom Latham scored 14 runs. Kane Williamson scored 11 runs. Mitchell Santner scored 8 runs. Nathan Smith remained unbeaten without opening the account.
For India, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy took 2-2 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja took 1 and Mohammed Shami took 1 wicket. Shami gave 74 runs in 9 overs. Hardik Pandya gave 30 runs in 3 overs. There was 1 change in New Zealand’s playing 11. Nathan Smith got a chance in place of Matt Henry. There was no change in India’s playing 11.
India’s Playing 11: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, and Varun Chakaravarthy.
New Zealand’s Playing 11: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (captain), Kyle Jamieson, William O’Rourke, and Nathan Smith.
The Indian team would like to end the 11-year drought. They have not won an ICC tournament in ODIs since the Champions Trophy in 2013. Rohit Sharma is the first captain to reach the finals of all four ICC tournaments WTC Final 2023, ODI World Cup 2023, T20 World Cup 2024 and Champions Trophy 2025. And last year, he has won the ICC T20 World Cup 2024 and ended the 17 year Trophy drought by winning the 2nd T20 title for his team since 2007.
Under the leadership of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team has lost only 2 matches in these 4 tournaments. Both matches were in knockouts. India lost the WTC final and the ODI World Cup final to Australia. New Zealand has a 3-1 record in ICC knockout matches against India. It has won the Champions Trophy final in 2000, the 2019 World Cup semi-final and the WTC final in 2023. India’s only win came in the 2023 World Cup semi-final.