Champions Trophy 2025: Bangladesh vs New Zealand Match Preview, Champions Trophy 2025

6th ODI • Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium • Rawalpindi

Bangladesh

236/9 (50)

New Zealand

240/5 (46.1)

NZ won by 5 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Table

Date & Time

24 Feb, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

Star Sports

Match

6th ODI,

ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Rod Tucker (Australia, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

New Zealand elected to bowl

Pitch Report

From the pavilion end, the distance down the ground is 80m, one side is 71m long and the other is 65m. And this pitch is an absolute belter! There are a few cracks, but they should be coming into play later on. Of course, the seamers will try and hit the good length area to bring those cracks into play. 270 isn't a safe total. Win the toss and have a bowl, is what we say.

1st Innings

242Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

85.39Avg SR

2nd Innings

213Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

80.94Avg SR

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Points Table

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

BAN

1- 9

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

Bangladesh

New Zealand

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Tom Latham

NZ . WK

118 Runs

1 Match

Will Young

NZ . BAT

107 Runs

1 Match

Towhid Hridoy

BAN . BAT

100 Runs

1 Match

Top Bowlers

William O'Rourke

NZ . BOWL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Mitchell Santner

NZ . ALL

3 Wkts

1 Match

Rishad Hossain

BAN . ALL

2 Wkts

1 Match

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Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

W Young

M Hasan

Expert Team 2

D Conway

K Williamson

Venue Details

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

1st Innings

242Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

85.39Avg SR

2nd Innings

213Avg Runs

6Avg Wkts

80.94Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

58%Bat First Bowl First42%

Team Batting First

46%Wins Losses54%

Recent Matches on venue

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Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

Bangladesh

New Zealand

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

BAN

1- 9

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

248

Average Score

226

321/5

Highest Score

330/6

143/10

Lowest Score

98/10

Player of the Match Michael Bracewell

11(13)

4/26

BAN

Info

Bangladesh

236/9 (50)

Batters

Tanzid Hasan

100.00

c K Williamson b MG Bracewell

Najmul Hossain Shanto

(C)

110

70.00

c MG Bracewell b WO Rourke

Mehidy Hasan Miraz

92.86

c M Santner b WO Rourke

Towhid Hridoy

29.17

c K Williamson b MG Bracewell

Mushfiqur Rahim

40.00

c R Ravindra b MG Bracewell

Mahmudullah

28.57

c WO Rourke b MG Bracewell

Jaker Ali Anik

81.82

runout (T Latham)

Rishad Hossain

104.00

c M Santner b M Henry

Taskin Ahmed

50.00

c D Conway b KA Jamieson

Mustafizur Rahman

60.00

Not out

Nahid Rana

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 22)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 4.72)

236/9

Bowlers

EXT

6.33

5.33

2.60

4.80

4.40

5.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Tanzid Hasan

c K Williamson b MG Bracewell

1-45

8.2

Mehidy Hasan Miraz

c M Santner b WO Rourke

2-64

11.6

Towhid Hridoy

c K Williamson b MG Bracewell

3-97

20.3

Mushfiqur Rahim

c R Ravindra b MG Bracewell

4-106

22.5

Mahmudullah

c WO Rourke b MG Bracewell

5-118

26.1

Najmul Hossain Shanto

c MG Bracewell b WO Rourke

6-163

37.2

Rishad Hossain

c M Santner b M Henry

7-196

43.1

Jaker Ali Anik

runout (T Latham)

8-231

48.1

Taskin Ahmed

c D Conway b KA Jamieson

9-236

49.2

New Zealand

240/5 (46.1)

Batters

Will Young

0.00

b T Ahmed

Devon Conway

66.67

b M Rahman

Kane Williamson

125.00

c M Rahim b N Rana

Rachin Ravindra

112

105

106.67

c (sub PH Emon) b MR Hossain

Tom Latham

72.37

runout (M Mahmudullah)

Glenn Phillips

75.00

Not out

Michael Bracewell *

84.62

Not out

Extras

(B: 4, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 2)

TOTAL

(46.1 Ov, RR: 5.2)

240/5

Did not Bat

Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William O'Rourke

Bowlers

EXT

4.00

4.78

5.30

4.20

9.1

6.33

Najmul Hossain Shanto

12.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Will Young

b T Ahmed

1-0

0.6

Kane Williamson

c M Rahim b N Rana

2-15

3.3

Devon Conway

b M Rahman

3-72

15.4

Rachin Ravindra

c (sub PH Emon) b MR Hossain

4-201

38.2

Tom Latham

runout (M Mahmudullah)

5-214

41.4

Match Info

Date & Time

24 Feb, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

Star Sports

Match

6th ODI,

ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Ahsan Raza (Pakistan), Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka), Rod Tucker (Australia, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Toss

New Zealand elected to bowl

0 1 0 0 0 4

Over 44

Runs: 5

2 0 0 0 0 1

Over 45

Runs: 3

1 0 0 0 0 4

Over 46

Runs: 5

Over 47

Runs: 4

All Overs

Player of the Match Michael Bracewell

11(13)

4/26

Commentary

A convincing win for New Zealand as they cruise into the semi-finals alongside India, knocking Bangladesh and Pakistan out of the tournament. Rachin Ravindra’s century and Bracewell’s brilliance with the ball sealed the deal. This is Meeth Agrawal and Lavil Saldanha signing off. See you next time!

Mitchell Santner (New Zealand captain): Yeah, it's nice. We knew it would be tough against Bangladesh on this wicket. Proud of the way we pulled things back in the middle overs. Bracewell was outstanding. I mean, he is a quality bowler with the way he changed his pace while bowling to right-handers. He took wickets in the middle phase. The wicket was a belter. There was a little bit of dew. It was a bit more two-paced than I thought. Rachin loves ICC events. Looks like he never left the game. He wasn't as fluent as he would have liked, but when he gets goings, it's tough to stop him. We are traveling to Dubai tomorrow morning. It will be a different challenge on a different wicket. Could be a bit on the slower side, I guess.

Najmul Hossain Shanto (Bangladesh captain): We didn't bat properly. Lost too many wickets in the powerplay. It was a good wicket to but. We needed two good partnerships but pretty disappointing. Nahid is brilliant and happy with the way he bowled. The bowling unit has done well in the last two years but we should have batted well in the first 10 overs. We need to improve a lot. I think it's an important game. If we finish off nicely, it will be good for our confidence. We will need to bat and field well.

Michael Bracewell (Player of the Match, New Zealand): Awesome to contribute to the win. The main focus was to win and qualify for the semi-finals. Keeping the stumps in play, if you give guys width they will cash in and score runs. It reminded me of bowling in Wellington, a fair bit of wind blowing. Trying to play what is ahead of us. I was hoping not to get the pads on but always good to be in the middle and finish the game. The guys set it up nicely for us. Great to see Rachin going from strength to strength in these ICC events

[9:38 PM Local Time, 10:08 PM IST]: New Zealand won by 5 wickets.

Rachin Ravindra - 112 (105) | Michael Bracewell - 4/26
Najmul Hossain Shanto - 77 (110) | Taskin Ahmed - 1/28

New Zealand march into the semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025! A dominant performance sees them register back-to-back wins, and with this, India also confirms their spot in the final four from Group A!

But the bigger story here - Bangladesh and hosts Pakistan are officially OUT of the tournament! A massive disappointment for Pakistan, who were hosting an ICC event after so many years, only to become the first team, along with Bangladesh, to bow out. A bitter end to their campaign, and surely, the scrutiny will be intense.

The chase didn’t begin well for New Zealand, as Will Young fell for a duck in the very first over, cleaned up by Taskin Ahmed. Then, young speedster Nahid Rana, making his ICC event debut, rattled Kane Williamson with his pace, dismissing him for cheap. At 15/2, Bangladesh had their tails up, and an upset looked on the cards.

However, the Tigers couldn't maintain the pressure. A solid 55-run partnership between Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra steadied the innings before Mustafizur Rahman struck against the run of play. But the moment belonged to Ravindra, who, coming off an injury and making his CT debut, played a spectacular knock. He survived a couple of dropped chances and went on to score a magnificent century, his fourth in ICC events, the most by any Kiwi batter.

He stitched a crucial 129-run stand with Tom Latham, who notched up a fifty, following up on his century against Pakistan. With the game firmly in their grasp, Glenn Phillips and Michael Bracewell, who earlier took four wickets and a stunning catch, finished the chase with ease.

Earlier in the first innings, Bangladesh posted 236, courtesy of a well-compiled 77 from skipper Najmul Hossain Shanto. But the Kiwis were exceptional in the field, with Bracewell leading the attack with four wickets. In contrast, Bangladesh’s sloppy fielding cost them dearly, and they paid the price.

New Zealand and India march ahead, while Bangladesh and Pakistan bow out. Time for the presentations!

46.1 Rishad Hossain to Michael Bracewell, FOUR! NEW ZEALAND WIN! Length delivery outside the off stump, Bracwell gets on the backfoot and punches that one towards deep extra cover as the ball races away to the fence for a boundary. New Zealand win by five wickets and qualify for the semi finals. Bangladesh and hosts Pakistan will not be moving ahead after the group stages of the tournament

The Kiwis are on the brink of a semi-final place. Just one more run needed now.

overs

236 /5 score

runs

Glenn Phillips *

21 (28)

Michael Bracewell

7 (12)

Taskin Ahmed

1 /28

45.6 Taskin Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, FOUR! SCORES LEVEL! Back of a length delivery outside the off stump, Phillips picks that one up nicely and plays that one towards deep midwicket for a cracking boundary. New Zealand need only a run from 24 deliveries

45.5 Taskin Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, waist-high full toss from Taskin Ahmed. Phillips hits it down the ground to mid-on. Phillips appeals for the same but the review shows it 4 centimeters below the waist

45.4 Taskin Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, full and on the off stump. Phillips hits that one on the boot and it goes up in the air with short extra cover taking the catch. Huge appeal for a catch but it is a bump ball!

45.3 Taskin Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, length delivery on the line of the off stump. Phillips blocks it back to the bowler, no run

45.2 Taskin Ahmed to Glenn Phillips, length delivery on the middle and leg stump. Phillips knocks it back to the bowler, no run

45.1 Taskin Ahmed to Michael Bracewell, length delivery outside the off stump. Bracewell gets an inside edge towards deep fine leg for a single

There's some issue with the LED screen at the sight screen that has caused some delay in the play. Kumar Dharmasena is convincing Phillips to continue. Just six runs needed now.

Taskin Ahmed [6.0-2-23-1] comes back into the attack

New Zealand are one big hit away from a win!

overs

231 /5 score