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India ended their group-stage of the continuing version of the Champions Trophy unbeaten with a convincing 44-run victory in opposition to New Zealand on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday, March 2. With this victory, it’s set that they are going to play their semi-final in opposition to Australia on the similar venue on Tuesday, March 4.
Rohit Sharma misplaced the toss on one more occasion, his tenth consecutive. His aspect was despatched in to bat first. A top-order meltdown left India struggling at 37/3 on the finish of the powerplay. Shreyas Iyer mixed together with Axar Patel to steer their aspect to calmer waters. Axar departed within the thirtieth over for a well-made 42. Iyer introduced up his twenty second ODI half-century earlier than Axar departed. The brief supply introduced in regards to the undoing of Iyer, who fell for a composed for a 98-ball 79-run knock.
Mitchell Santner secured his first wicket of the afternoon, taking out KL Rahul who nicked behind. Hardik Pandya, who began off sluggish, progressively picked up his strike fee. Overs from 42 and 44 didn’t lead to any boundaries. The defining second arose through the penultimate over of the innings, the place Hardik racked up 15 off Kyle Jamieson’s over. Matt Henry wrapped up the innings by securing a few wickets within the remaining over, ending up along with his first five-wicket haul in opposition to India in his eleventh ODI look.
Coming to New Zealand’s reply, the hazard man, Rachin Ravindra, departed early within the piece by slicing to Axar at deep third. Kane Williamson got here in at No.3, becoming a member of Will Younger in a bid to navigate the run-chase. Younger departed briefly after the top of powerplay. From that time onwards, the spinners put within the squeeze on the Kiwis’ batting unit. Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, and Glenn Phillips all bought begins, however had been unable to make their begins depend.
After Williamson’s dismissal, Santner tried his greatest to take the match shut. Nevertheless, it was a masterful show of bowling from thriller spinner, Varun Chakravarthy, which proved to be the distinction on the finish. Coming in as an experimental substitute within the place of Harshit Rana, the 33-year-old bowled his coronary heart out in simply his second ODI of his profession. He ended up yielding splendid figures of 5/42 on the finish of his 10-over quota. Will O’Rourke was the final individual to fall, with the Black Caps getting bundled over for 205 in 45.3 overs.
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09:54 PM · Mar 02, 2025
Nothing has modified . The identical 4 groups enjoying the semis but it surely’s solely the reverse oppositions #INDvNZ #ChampionsTrophy
09:54 PM · Mar 02, 2025
The unbeaten workforce India..!! 🇮🇳 – Unbeaten in CWC 2023 Group Stage. – Unbeaten in T20I WC 2024. – Unbeaten in CT 2025 Group Stage. #ChampionsTrophy #INDvsNZ #INDvNZ
09:54 PM · Mar 02, 2025
09:54 PM · Mar 02, 2025
Within the final 10 years i’ve by no means seen a extra full Indian odi workforce. Rohit and Virat might not have been of their greatest type however this workforce examine all of the containers for an champion workforce 🔥 #INDvNZ
09:53 PM · Mar 02, 2025
09:54 PM · Mar 02, 2025
India received the match in opposition to New Zealand by 44 runs and can play the semi remaining with Australia on 4th March at Dubai stadium. #INDvNZ #NZvsIND #INDvsAUS #Semifinal
09:54 PM · Mar 02, 2025
09:54 PM · Mar 02, 2025
09:54 PM · Mar 02, 2025
Congratulations Crew INDIA ..🔥🇮🇳 5 wicket haul Varun Chakravarthy 👏🏻👏🏻 Now india will face Australia in a Essential Champion Trophy Semifinal on March 4th ,..!! #INDvNZ #ChampionsTrophy
09:54 PM · Mar 02, 2025
TAKE A BOW, VARUN CHAKRAVARTHY. 🙇 He is enjoying first Match on this Champions Trophy and he picked 5 wicket haul, his bowling determine (42/5) in opposition to New Zealand – What a Bowler. #ChampionsTrophy #INDvsNZ #INDvNZ
09:54 PM · Mar 02, 2025
Congratulations workforce India 🇮🇳 👏 #INDvNZ
09:54 PM · Mar 02, 2025
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