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The last group match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between India and New Zealand today. Both teams have already made it to the semi -finals. The winning team will finish the group stage while being a table topper and will take on Australia in the semi -finals. The losing team will take on South Africa.
In this Champions Trophy, India defeated Bangladesh in the first match and Pakistan in the second. At the same time, New Zealand defeated Pakistan in the first match and Bangladesh in the second. Both teams will be face to face for the second time in the Champions Trophy. Earlier, New Zealand won the title by defeating India in the final of the tournament in 2000.
Match details, 12th match Ind vs NZ date: 2 March Stadium: Dubai International Cricket Stadium Time: Toss- 2:00 PM, Match Start- 2:30 PM
India ahead in overall ODI So far 118 ODIs have been played between the two teams. India won 60 and New Zealand won 50 matches. 7 matches did not result. While a match was a tie.
Gill scored a century in the first match Shubman Gill, vice -captain of India, has scored the most runs for India in this Champions Trophy. He has scored 147 runs in 2 matches. Gill scored a century in the match against Bangladesh. He scored 101 runs on 129 balls. Virat Kohli had a century against Pakistan. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami is at the top in bowling. He has taken 5 wickets in 2 matches.
Latham Kiwi team’s top scorer Tom Latham is New Zealand’s top scorer in this tournament. He has scored 173 runs in 2 matches. He scored 55 against Bangladesh in the last match and 118 not out against Pakistan in the first match. Michael Bracewell is at the top in bowling. He has taken 5 wickets in 2 matches.
Pitch and toss report The victory of the team batting in the second innings in Dubai is more good. India also won both the previous matches by chasing. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide the first fielding.
So far 60 ODIs have been played here. The first batting team won 22 matches and the team batting in the second innings won 36 matches. At the same time, each match was inconclusive and tie. The highest score here is 355/5, which England made against Pakistan in 2015. India played 8 matches here so far and won in 7. While there was also a match tie.
Weather report of Dubai On Sunday, on the day of the match, most of the sun will be sunny in Dubai and the weather will be very hot. The temperature is expected to be around 19 to 25 ° C. At the same time, the air will run at a speed of 20 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 Harshit Rana.
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (Captain), Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Rabindra, Tom Latham, Glenn Philips, Michael Bracewell, Kyle Jaimison, Matt Henry and William Arok.