Varun Chakravarthy claimed 5 wickets to assist India defeat New Zealand by 44 runs and prime Group A of the Champions Trophy. India will thus face Australia within the semi-finals whereas the shedding staff will meet South Africa. The Black Caps’ prime scorer on the evening was Kane Williamson, who fell for 81 runs as New Zealand chase the goal of 250 within the remaining group stage sport in opposition to India.
Earlier, New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner had received the toss and opted to bowl first on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium on Sunday. Whereas Matt Henry scalped 5 wickets, New Zealand impressed with their fielding, particularly with some spectacular catching from Kane Williamson (to ship residence Ravindra Jadeja) and Glenn Phillips (to dismiss Virat Kohli). Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel had salvaged India’s hopes after the Males in Blue had been lowered to 30/3 by the seventh over, shedding Rohit Sharma (15), Shubman Gill (2) and Virat Kohli (11) cheaply. Shreyas scored 79 off 98 whereas Axar chipped in with 42 earlier than each departed with the rating studying 172/5.
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India have at all times had a subpar report in opposition to New Zealand in world tournaments with the Black Caps profitable 10 occasions versus India’s 5 wins. The Rohit Sharma-led outfit may even be cautious of the Kiwis subcontinent type with New Zealand having defeated Pakistan and South Africa within the Tri-Collection earlier than the Champions Trophy after which happening to win each their matches within the match in opposition to Pakistan and Bangladesh.
The Kiwis had additionally handed India their worst residence sequence loss in current reminiscence once they whitewashed Rohit’s males 3-0 within the Take a look at sequence final yr. However India will discover solace in the truth that the final time these two sides met in a 50-over ICC match, Rohit and Co had defeated the Kiwis within the semifinals of the 2023 ODI World Cup.
Groups:
India (Enjoying XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
New Zealand (Enjoying XI): Will Younger, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke
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Match EndedICC Champions Trophy, 2025 – Match 12
New Zealand
205 (45.3)
vs
India
249/9 (50.0)
Match Ended ( Day – Match 12 )
India beat New Zealand by 44 runs
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