In the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the Indian team is going to play their last group match against New Zealand today (2 March). This match will be held at Dubai International Cricket Stadium from 2.30 pm Indian time. Team India has reached the semi -finals by winning two consecutive matches. In the first match, the Indian team defeated Bangladesh by 6 wickets. Then the Indian team also won by 6 wickets against arch-rivals Pakistan.
Who will the Indian team clash in the semi -finals?
Apart from Group-A to India, New Zealand has also entered the final-four with two consecutive wins. Meanwhile, Australia and South Africa entered the semi-finals from Group B. Although the Indian team will clash in the semi -finals, it has not been cleared yet. After today, the whole picture will be clear. If the Indian team wins the match with New Zealand, then it will be on top in their group. In such a situation, he will face Australia in the semi-finals, which finished second in Group B.
If the Indian team loses the match with New Zealand, then they will face South Africa in the semi -finals. New Zealand will take on Australia in the second semi -finals. South Africa stood first in its group. Even if the India-New Zealand match is washed away, the Indian team will face South Africa in the semi-finals.
Whatever the results in the match against New Zealand, India will play the first semi -final in Dubai on March 4 (Tuesday). At the same time, the New Zealand team will play the second semi -finals at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on 5 March (Wednesday). According to the ICC rules, the team, which is number one in Group-A, has to play semi-finals from the second place team in Group B. At the same time, the second place team in Group-A has to face the topper team of Group B.
India, New Zealand, Bangladesh and Pakistan have been placed in Group A of the Champions Trophy 2025. New Zealand team is at number one with two wins in two matches in this group. Kiwi team’s net runrate is 0.863. On the other hand, the Indian team is currently in second place with two wins in two matches. India has 4 points and its net runrate is 0.647. India can remain on top in this group only when it defeated New Zealand. In this group, Bangladesh stood at number three, while Pakistan stood at number four.
At the same time, teams from Afghanistan, South Africa, England and Australia were involved in Group-B. South Africa scored 5 points in three matches and finished first. South Africa won against Afghanistan and England, while it was inconclusive with Australia. The Australian team, who was second, also scored 4 points in 3 matches. While the Afghanistan team, who lived at number three, got 3 points in 3 matches. The group was at number four in this group, whose account did not open.
The rest of the Champions Trophy matches:
March 2- New Zealand vs India, Dubai
March 4- semi-final-1, India vs Australia/South Africa Dubai
March 5- Semi-2, New Zealand vs Australia/South Africa, Lahore
March 9- Final, Lahore (will be played in Dubai when India reaches final)
March 10- Reserve Day