The Dubai International Stadium is set to organize the Champions Trophy final in 2025. On Sunday, February 9, India and New Zealand will clash against each other in the title matches and one of them will get a tag of 'champion'.
Virat, Gill and Varun Team India have the strength of the tournament. At the same time, the Kiwi team's confidence is on Williamson, Chorekin and Sentner. The Indian team is invincible in the tournament. While New Zealand lost one match, India beat the team by 44 runs.
Strength and Weeks of the team playing the final of the Champions Trophy
3 Strengths of India
The Indian team has played 5 matches so far in the tournament and has won all the matches. The team is performing well in all three departments – batting, bowling and fielding. India beat Kiwis by 44 runs in Group A match.
- Kohli and Gill scored a century, Iyer is in the batting form in the Indian team in excellent form. Virat Kohli and Shubhman Gill have scored a century in the tournament. Shreyas Iyer, Akshar Patel and KL Rahul are playing their role in the middle form. Hardik Pandya has also proved his form against Australia. Virat Kohli is fourth with 217 runs in the top-2 batter. Iyer and Gill have also scored more than 150 runs.
- Shami-Chakravarti took 5-5 wickets, spinners took 21 wickets and Indian team bowlers have taken 37 wickets so far in the tournament. 16 wickets were taken by fast bowlers, while 21 wickets were taken by spinners. Mohammad Shami and Varun Chakraborty have taken 5-5 wickets in one match. Talking about the top 5 bowlers, two bowlers from India are involved. Shami has taken 8 wickets and Varun has taken 7 wickets.
- Benefits of Dubai Condition to India India is liking the pitch of Dubai International Stadium. The team has played all its matches on this field. All players are familiar with the field position. In this case, India can get the benefit of Dubai's slow pitch in the final.
3 wicks of India
Despite Team India won all its matches, the team still needs to improve in many areas. Because Australia fought the Indian team in the first semifinal. The Indian team won the match in the 49th over.
Kiwi spinners took 7 out of 9 wickets against South Africa.
- No experienced fast bowler to support Shami There is no big name for supporting Mohammad Shami in the bowling of the Indian team. In the absence of Bumrah, Harshit Rana, Arshadeep Singh and Hardik Pandya have been included in the squad. But Harshit and Pandya were only able to take 4-4 wickets. Shami is second to the top wicket bowlers with 8 wickets.
3 Strengths of New Zealand
The New Zealand team played 5 matches in the tournament, in which the team won 4 matches and one lost against India. The team is performing well in all departments. The team has also scored more than 300 runs twice. New Zealand scored the highest tournament against South Africa, scoring 362 runs.
- Rachin has scored two centuries; 4 batters scored a total of 5 centuries New Zealand's bat is in a wonderful form. Rachin Ravindra has scored 2 centuries, while Ken Williamson, Tom Latham and Will Young have scored a century. Chrin Ravindra (226 runs) is second on the list of top scorers.
- Matt Henry is the highest 5 wicket bowler against India New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry has taken 10 wickets in the tournament. He is ranked first on the list of top wickets. Matt Henry can put the Indian team in trouble. He took 5 wickets in the league stage match against India.
- The experience of playing against India in Dubai The New Zealand team has experience playing against India on Dubai's pitch. The team lost the last match by 44 runs. In such a case, the team will enter the final with a better strategy.
New Zealand's Weeks
Dubai's pitch in the final will prove to be a major challenge for New Zealand. Indian spinners here can put Kiwi batters in trouble. The team also has to find a solution for Varun-Kuldeep.
- Kivio failed to understand Chakraborty Kiwi has no breakdown of India's mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty. Varun took 5 wickets in the last match against Kiwis, while Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets. His batter could not play against Indian spinners. Spinners took 9 wickets in that match.
Varun Chakraborty has played 3 ODI so far and has taken 8 wickets.
- Middle order broke against India New Zealand's middle order was seen struggling against Indian spinners. In the last match, spinners took 9 wickets. None of their middle order batter could score more than 20 runs. Daril Michelle scored 17, Tom Lathme 14, Glenn Philips 12 and Michael Bracewell scored 2 runs.
- The record in Dubai is not good, the last match lost; Slow Peach Challenge The New Zealand team has not been good at Dubai International Stadium. The team has not won any match here since 2014. The Kiwis played a total of 3 matches and faced 2 defeats. The team also suffered a defeat in the last match. In this case, Dubai's slow pitch can put kiwi batteries in trouble.
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