India and New Zealand are scheduled to play against each other in the Champions Trophy final again after 25 years. The two will play a title match in Dubai on March 9. New Zealand won the final on the grounds of Nairobi in 2000 by 4 wickets in the last over.
New Zealand have put India the most trouble in the knockout match of the ICC tournament. Team India also lost the 2019 ODI World Cup semifinal and 2021 World Test Championship final.
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Chris wins New Zealand because of the century of Carnes
New Zealand has the only ICC title trophy of Limited Overs Cricket. In the year 2000, India defeated Kenya, Australia and South Africa and made it to the final. There, New Zealand beat Zimbabwe and Pakistan.
New Zealand won the toss in the final played at Nairobi and chose to field. Captain Sourav Ganguly scored 117 and Sachin Tendulkar 69 from India. Apart from these two, no batter could perform anything special and the team could only score 264 runs after losing 6 wickets.
New Zealand lost 5 wickets for 132 runs. Here Chris Cernes took over the innings with Chris Harris. The two shared 122 for the sixth wicket and threw India out of the match. Kernes scored a century and leading his team to victory, with 2 balls remaining. The Cernes Player of the Match also remained.
The Champions will clash for the third time in the trophy
In the 27-year history of the Champions Trophy, the two teams will have the third time. This year, both teams also clashed against each other in the group stage, while India beat New Zealand by 44 runs on the same ground in Dubai. Now on March 9, the two will once again face each other in Dubai.
New Zealand beat India in 63% matches in ICC
There are 16 matches between India and New Zealand in all ICC tournaments. New Zealand won 10 and Team India won only 6. However, both have won the same number of matches in the ICC ODI tournament. The Champions Trophy and the ODI World Cup played 12 matches between the two, with New Zealand won 6 and India won 6.
New Zealand won 75% of the matches in the knockout phase
New Zealand shows its dominance not only in the ICC group stage match against India, but also in the knockout stage. There were 4 knockout matches between the two, in which New Zealand won 3 and India only won 1.
Before 2023, New Zealand defeated India in all three knockout matches. The defeat came to the 2000 Champions Trophy Final, 2019 ODI World Cup semifinal and 2021 World Test Championships. India broke the trend in the 2023 ODI World Cup semifinal and beat New Zealand by 70 runs.
India beat New Zealand in 66% ODI
Team India has dominated New Zealand in ODI cricket overall. 95 matches were played between the two, of which India won 63 and New Zealand only 30 matches. That is, India's success rate was 66%. Both also played 1 tie and 1 undisclosed match.
India lost 85% ODIs in the last 10 years
In the last 10 years, India has become more dominated by New Zealand. Since 2016, 20 ODIs have been played between the two, of which India have won 17 and New Zealand only 3 matches. However, one of New Zealand's 3 wins came into the knockout phase of the ICC tournament.
Kohli's 6 century against New Zealand
Virat Kohli from India is actively scoring the highest run against New Zealand. He has scored 1656 runs against the Kiwi team with 6 centuries in 32 ODIs. Rohit Sharma has scored 997 against New Zealand. Shubhman Gill has scored 592 runs in just 11 matches at an average of 74.
Mohammad Shami is the most active Indian wicket bowler against New Zealand. He has 37 wickets in 15 ODIs. Shami took 7 wickets against the team in the 2023 ODI World Cup semifinal. Kuldeep Yadav has taken 22 wickets against New Zealand and Hardik Pandya took 16 wickets.
Matt Henry creates trouble for India
Ken Williamson is the highest scorer in Kiwi Better against India. He has scored 1228 runs in 30 ODIs with 1 century. Matt Henry is the top bowler with 21 wickets. He also took 5 wickets in the last match.
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India and New Zealand confront the final of the Champions Trophy
The Champions Trophy final will be played between India and New Zealand. The two teams will face each other after 25 years in the title match of this tournament. In the year 2000, New Zealand won the title by beating India in the final. Read the whole news …
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