Priyanka Tiwari
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After a few days of tough battles at the stadiums in Pakistan and Dubai, everything is prepared for the grand countdown of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, which is a mouth-watering contest between two rival nations: New Zealand and India. It is a clash for the supremacy of the game and the much desired white blazer. This is the first contest in a white ball finals of a tournament since 25 years.
To claim their spots, India beat Australia by 4 wickets while New Zealand bested South Africa by 50 runs. The last time both of this sides met was during the finals of the 2021 ICC World Test Championship in Southampton where Kane Williamson’s New Zealand side edged out India by 8 wickets in an interrupted contest that was heavily impacted by the rain.
India vs New Zealand – Match Information
Date: Sunday, March 9, 2025
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium
Match time: 14:30 IST
TV Broadcast: Star Sports and Network 18 channels
Live Telecast: JioSports app and website
IND vs NZ: Head to head records
India and New Zealand have played 119 ODIs, and India leads against the black caps. Out of these matches, 7 encounters had no result and 1 match was tied adding the the history of rivalry.
Overall Games Played: 119
Matches India Wins: 61
Matches New Zealand Wins: 50
Unresolved Matches: 7
Matches Record A Tie: 1
Kiwis and Indians Clash: Injuries
Team India seems to be in shape and looks ready, likely maintaining the winning combination from the last matches for the ultimate battle.
On the other hand, there is a little bit of doubt regarding the Kiwis as their star pacer Matt Henry hurt his shoulder in their last game which subsequently puts his participation in the much adoring summit clash in Dubai in doubt.
Kiwis and Indians Clash: Squads
Squad India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Varun Chakravarthy, Arshdeep Singh
Squad New Zealand: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (keeper), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (captain), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke, Daryl Mitchell, Nathan Smith, Mark Chapman.
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