The last group match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between India and New Zealand today. Both teams have already entered the semifinals. The winning team will end as a table topper in the group stage and clash against Australia in the semifinals. The losing team will face South Africa.
India defeated Bangladesh in the first match and Pakistan in the second match in the Champions Trophy. However, New Zealand defeated Pakistan in the first match and Bangladesh in the second match. Both teams will face the second time in the Champions Trophy. Earlier, in the year 2000, New Zealand won the title by beating India in the final of the tournament.
Match Details, 12th Match India against New Zealand Date: 2 March Stadium: Dubai International Cricket Stadium Time: Toss – 2:00 pm, Match starts – 2:30 pm
India overall in ODI So far 118 ODIs have been played between the two teams. India won 60 matches and New Zealand won 50 matches. There were no results in 7 matches. While there was a match tie.
Gill scored a century in the first match India's sub-captain Shubhman Gill scored the highest run for India in this Champions Trophy. He has scored 147 runs in 2 games. Gill scored a century in the match against Bangladesh. He scored 101 off 129 balls. Virat Kohli scored a century against Pakistan. Fast bowler Mohammad Shami is at the top of the bowling. He has taken 5 wickets in 2 matches.
Latham Kiwi is the top scorer of the team Tom Latham is New Zealand's top scorer in this tournament. He has scored 173 runs in 2 games. He scored two runs against Bangladesh in the last match and 118 not out against Pakistan in the first match. Michael Bracelwell is at the top of the bowling. He has taken 5 wickets in 2 matches.
Pitch and Toss Report In the second innings in Dubai, the batting team's win is better. India also won the last two matches while chasing the target. In such a case, the toss winning team may decide to field first.
60 ODIs have been played here so far. The first batting team won 22 matches and the batting team in the second innings won 36 matches. At the same time, one match remained inconclusive and a tie remained. The highest score here is 355/5, which England scored against Pakistan in 2015. India have played 8 matches so far and have won 7 matches. While a match was also a tie.
Dubai weather report On the day of the match on Sunday, Dubai will have a lot of thunderstorms and there will be a lot of heat. The temperature is expected to be around 19 to 25 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the wind will blow at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.
Possible Playing-11 of both teams: Rohit Sharma (Captain), Shubhman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammad Shami and Harshit Rana.
New Zealand: Mitchell Sentner (Captain), Will Young, Devon Conway, Ken Williamson, Chorekin Ravindra, Tom Latham, Glenn Philips, Michael Bracewell, Kyle Jemison, Matt Henry and William O'Rork.
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