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.
The final will be played at Dubai International Stadium on March 9. India played all its matches on the field and won all. New Zealand, on the other hand, faced the only defeat in the tournament against India. The defeat was faced with the group stage on the grounds of Dubai.
We will know the journey of both teams in the tournament in this story …
India won the opening two matches by 6 wickets
- Team India started its campaign on February 20 with a match against Bangladesh. Bangladesh was able to score only 228 runs before batting first. India won the match in the 47th over on the basis of Shubhman Gill's century.
- India played their second match against Pakistan on March 23. Pakistan was able to score only 241 runs in the first bat. Based on Virat Kohli's century, India won the match in the 43rd over. Kohli also became Player of the Match.
The semifinals also shone a great deal
India's semifinal contest was against Australia on March 4. Australia scored 264 runs first. Steve Smith and Alex Kerry scored a fifty. India lost 2 wickets in the powerplay, where Virat Kohli, along with Shreyas Iyer, took over the innings.
Virat batted cautiously and scored 84 runs with 56 singles and 5 fours. He shared a 91 -run partnership with Shreyas. Finally, Akshar Patel, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya played important innings to win the team in the 49th over.
New Zealand beat Pakistan in the first match
- New Zealand launched its campaign in the opening match against host Pakistan. With the help of Tom Latham's century, the team lost 5 wickets and scored 320 runs. In reply, Pakistan was all out for 260 runs.
- The second match of the Kiwi team was against Bangladesh in Rawalpindi. Bangladesh lost 9 wickets and scored 236 runs. Michael Bracewell took 4 wickets for just 26 runs. New Zealand chased the target in the 47th over with the help of Chrin Ravindra's century. The team just lost 5 wickets.
Beat South Africa in the semifinals
New Zealand played a semifinal against South Africa in Lahore. The team won the toss and batted first. With the help of Chrin Ravindra and Ken Williamson centuries, the team lost 6 wickets and scored 362 runs. Finally, Glenn Philips and Daril Mitchell played 49-49 innings.
South Africa, chasing the big target, started carefully. Captain Tamba Bawuma and Rasi van der Dussein scored a fifty. The team broke as soon as they were out. David Miller holds one end, but he got no support from the other end. He scored a century, but the team could only score 312 runs.
India beat New Zealand at Group Stage
India and New Zealand will clash for the second time in this Champions Trophy. Prior to this, the two faced each other in Dubai on March 2. India scored 249 runs first. Shreyas Iyer scored 79 and Hardik Pandya scored 45. Matt Henry took 5 wickets.
Ken Williamson of New Zealand scored 81 on a slow pitch, chasing the target of 250 runs. He did not get any batters from the other end. Varun Chakraborty took 5 wickets and the team was all out for 205 in 45.3 overs. Now both teams will once again hit the title in Dubai.
2 Indian bowlers with top 3 wickets bowlers
New Zealand's Matt Henry is the highest wicket -taker in the tournament. He took 2 wickets in the semifinals. He took 5 wickets against India. India's Mohammad Shami is second with 8 wickets and Varun Chakraborty is third with 7 wickets.
The battle to be the top batters between Kohli and Chachin
England's Ben Ducket is at the top with 227 runs. New Zealand's Chrin Ravindra has scored 226 runs for 2 centuries. It is second. Virat Kohli of India is fourth with 217 runs. In the final, there will be a battle between these two batters to become the top batter.
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