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The Dubai International Stadium Champions Trophy is set to host the 2025 final. On Sunday, February 9, India and New Zealand will face face-to-face in the title match. But, only one of them will get the tag of ‘Champion’.
Team India’s strengths in the tournament remain Virat, Gill and Varun. At the same time, Kiwi team trusts on Williamson, Rachin and Santner. The Indian team is invincible in the tournament. At the same time, New Zealand has lost a match, India defeated the team by 44 runs.
The strength and weeks of teams playing the final of Champions Trophy
India’s 3 Strength
The Indian team played 5 matches in the tournament so far and won all. Team batting, bowling and fielding are performing well in the three departments. India defeated Kiwis by 44 runs in Group-A.
- Kohli-Gill’s century, Iyer is in a spectacular form in the batting rhythm of the Indian team. Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill have scored one century each in the tournament. Shreyas Iyer, Akshar Patel and KL Rahul are playing their role in the middle order. Hardik Pandya has also proved the form against Australia. Virat Kohli is fourth in the top-5 batters with 217 runs. Iyer and Gill have also scored more than 150 runs.
- Shami-Chakravarti, who has taken 5-5 wickets, has so far taken 37 wickets in the Indian team’s bowlers in this tournament. Among them, 16 wickets were taken by fast bowlers, while 21 wickets have come to the spinners’ account. Mohammed Shami and Varun Chakraborty have taken 5-5 wickets in a match. Talking about the top-5 bowlers, it consists of two India bowlers. Shami 8 and Varun have taken 7 wickets.
- India benefits Dubai’s conditions India is getting the pitch of Dubai International Stadium. The team has played all their matches at this ground. All the players are familiar with the field conditions. In such a situation, India can get the benefit of Dubai’s slow pitch in the final.
India’s 3 weeks
Team India may have won all their matches, but the team still remains to improve many fields. Because, Australia gave a tough fight to the Indian team in the first semi -finals. The Indian team won that match in the 49th over.
- Rohit could not put fifty in the tournament Indian captain Rohit Sharma is playing the role of opener, but he has not been able to play any big innings in this tournament. They could not do the entire over batting in the first powerplay in any match. His highest score in this tournament is 41 runs. He has been able to score 104 runs in 4 matches at an average of 26.00. In such a situation, Rohit Sharma will have to play a big innings in the title match.
- New Zealand spinners can bother New Zealand spinners may bother Indian batters. Captain Mitchell Santner’s Spin Quartet took 7 wickets in the second semi -final against South Africa. The team spinners have taken 17 wickets in the tournament so far.
Kiwi spinners took 7 out of 9 wickets against South Africa.
- No experienced pacer to support Shami There is no big name to support Mohammed Shami in the bowling of the Indian team. Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh and Hardik Pandya have been kept in the team in the absence of Bumrah. However, Harshit-Pandya has been able to take only 4-4 wickets. Shami is second in the top wicket Tackers with 8 wickets.
New Zealand’s 3 strength
The New Zealand team played 5 matches in the tournament, the team won 4, while a defeat was faced against India. The team is doing well in all the departments. The team has also scored more than 300 runs twice. New Zealand scored 362 runs of the tournament against South Africa.
- Rachin has scored two centuries; 4 batters scored a total of 5 centuries New Zealand’s batting is in amazing form. Rachin Ravindra has scored 2 centuries, while Kane Williamson, Tom Latham and Will Young have one century each. Rachin Ravindra (226 runs) is at number-2 in the top scorer.
- Matt Henry Top Wicket Taker, taking 5 wickets against India New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry has taken 10 wickets in the tournament. He is at number one in the list of top wicket Tackers. Matt Henry can disturb the Indian team. He took 5 wickets in the league stage match against India.
- Experience of playing against India in Dubai The New Zealand team has experience playing against India on a Dubai pitch. The team lost by 44 runs in the last match. In such a situation, the team will enter the final with a better strategy.
New Zealand’s Weekness
Dubai’s pitch in the final will prove to be a big challenge for New Zealand. Here Indian spinners can bother kiwi batsmen. The team will also have to break the break of Varun-Kuldeep.
- Kiwi failed to understand Chakravarti Kiwis do not break India’s mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty. Varun took 5 wickets in the last match against Kiwis, while Chinaman Kuldeep Yadav got 2 wickets. His batters could not play India’s spinners. The spinners took 9 wickets in that match.
Varun Chakraborty has so far played 3 ODIs and took 8 wickets.
- Middle order scattered against India New Zealand’s middle order was seen struggling in front of Indian spinners. In the last match, spinners took 9 wickets. No batsman of his middle order could score more than 20 runs. Deril Michen scored 17, Tom Latham 14, Glenn Philips 12 and Michael Bracewell scored 2 runs.
- Records not good in Dubai, lost the previous match; Slow pitch challenge The New Zealand team’s record at Dubai International Stadium has not been good. The team could not win any match since 2014. Kiwis played a total of 3 matches here and lost 2. The team also had to face defeat in the last match. In such a situation, Dubai’s slow pitch can disturb the kiwi batters.