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The final of the Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between India and New Zealand today. The match will begin at 2.30 pm at the International Stadium in Dubai. Here both teams will face each other for the second time. In the last match, Team India won by 44 runs.
India has not lost a single ODI here so far. The team played 10 matches and won 9. There was a match tie. Spinners on the slow pitch here can prove to be game Chanceser.
Match details, final match Ind vs NZ date: 9 March Stadium: Dubai International Cricket Stadium Time: Toss- 2:00 PM, Match Start- 2:30 PM
India ahead in overall ODI So far 119 ODIs have been played between the two teams. In this, India has won 61 and New Zealand has won 50 matches. In addition, 7 matches have not been results. While a match was a tie. India has won the last 6 ODIs against New Zealand. The two teams last clashed in the same Champions Trophy, when India won by 44 runs.
Kohli players the most runs for India India’s star batter Virat Kohli has scored the most runs for India in this Champions Trophy. He has scored 217 runs in 4 matches. Kohli scored a century in the match against Pakistan. He made 100 unbeaten. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami is at the top in bowling. He has taken 8 wickets in 4 matches.
Henry tournament top wicket Rachin Ravindra is New Zealand’s top scorer in this tournament. He has scored 226 runs in 3 matches. He scored a century against South Africa in the semi -finals and in the sixth match against Bangladesh. The bowling stars the top wickets of both the Matt Henry team and the tournament. He has taken 10 wickets in 4 matches.
Pitch and toss report Dubai’s pitch is proving challenging for batteries. The Champions Trophy matches have been held here so far. Due to a slow pitch, 250 plus scores have been scored in 1 out of 4 matches. Due to the pitch slow, the Indian spinner can benefit from this in the final.
Here the record of winning the team batting in the second innings is better. India has also won 3 out of the last 4 matches. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide the first fielding.
So far 62 ODIs have been played here. The first batting team won 23 matches in the second innings and 37 matches in the second innings. At the same time, each match was inconclusive and tie. The highest score here is 355/5, which England made against Pakistan in 2015.
Weather report of Dubai On the final match on Sunday, most of the sun will be sunny in Dubai and there will be some clouds. The weather will be very hot. The temperature is expected to be around 24 to 33 ° C. At the same time, the air will run at a speed of 17 kilometers per hour.
Possible playing-11 of both teams India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami and Varun Chakraborty.
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (Captain), Will Young, Rachin Rabindra, Kane Williamson, Derryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wicket -keeper), Glenn Philips, Michael Bracewell, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamison and William Orrok.