NZ vs IND Today's Match Expert Fantasy Tips & Player Stats, Champions Trophy 2025

Final • Dubai International Cricket Stadium • Dubai

New Zealand

251/7 (50)

India

254/6 (49)

IND won by 4 wickets

Info

Fantasy

Live

Scorecard

Stats

Playing XI

Date & Time

09 Mar, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

Star Sports

Match

Final,

ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Paul Reiffel(Australia), Richard Illingworth(England), Joel Wilson(West Indies, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle(Sri Lanka)

Toss

New Zealand elected to bat

Pitch Report

It's getting warmer but it's not that bad right now. Bit of a cloud cover, hardly any chance of rain. 66 meters square on either side of the wicket, 76 meters straight. Borne dry surface. Same pitch as the one used for the India-Pakistan game. Win the toss, bat first and get runs. It could get harder and harder to bat on as the game goes on. No dew expected.

1st Innings

222Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

76.86Avg SR

2nd Innings

196Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

78.93Avg SR

Playing XILineups Out

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

IND

6- 2

Team Form (Recent 5 Matches, Latest First)

India

New Zealand

Players to Watch

Top Batters

Rachin Ravindra

NZ . ALL

226 Runs

3 Matches

Virat Kohli

IND . BAT

217 Runs

4 Matches

Shreyas Iyer

IND . BAT

195 Runs

4 Matches

Top Bowlers

Mohammed Shami

IND . BOWL

8 Wkts

4 Matches

Varun Chakravarthy

IND . BOWL

7 Wkts

2 Matches

Mitchell Santner

NZ . ALL

7 Wkts

4 Matches

Playing XILineups Out

Fantasy Top Picks

Expert Team 1

R Sharma

S Gill

Expert Team 2

S Gill

V Chakravarthy

Venue Details

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

1st Innings

222Avg Runs

8Avg Wkts

76.86Avg SR

2nd Innings

196Avg Runs

7Avg Wkts

78.93Avg SR

Toss winners opt to

51%Bat First Bowl First49%

Team Batting First

41%Wins Losses59%

Recent Matches on venue

1st Semi-Final • Mar 4 • ICC Champions Trophy

IND 267/6 (48.1)

AUS 264/10 (49.3)

IND won by 4 wickets

vs live score

12th Match, Group A • Mar 2 • ICC Champions Trophy

NZ 205/10 (45.3)

IND 249/9 (50)

IND won by 44 runs

vs live score

5th Match, Group A • Feb 23 • ICC Champions Trophy

PAK 241/10 (49.4)

IND 244/4 (42.3)

IND won by 6 wickets

vs live score

2nd Match, Group A • Feb 20 • ICC Champions Trophy

BAN 228/10 (49.4)

IND 231/4 (46.3)

IND won by 6 wickets

vs live score

Final • Sep 28 • Asia Cup

BAN 222/10 (48.3)

IND 223/7 (50)

IND won by 3 wickets

vs live score

5th Match, Super Four • Sep 25 • Asia Cup

AFG 252/8 (50)

IND 252/10 (49.5)

Match tied

vs live score

3rd Match, Super Four • Sep 23 • Asia Cup

IND 238/1 (39.3)

PAK 237/7 (50)

IND won by 9 wkts (63b rem)

vs live score

1st Match, Super Four • Sep 21 • Asia Cup

BAN 173/10 (49.1)

IND 174/3 (36.2)

IND won by 7 wickets

vs live score

5th Match, Group A • Sep 19 • Asia Cup

IND 164/2 (29)

PAK 162/10 (43.1)

IND won by 8 wickets

vs live score

4th Match, Group A • Sep 18 • Asia Cup

HKG 259/8 (50)

IND 285/7 (50)

IND won by 26 runs

vs live score

Team Form (Last 5 Matches, Most recent first)

Team Form (Last 5 Matches)

India

New Zealand

Head To Head (Last 10 Matches)

IND

6- 2

Team Comparison (Last 10 Matches)

Matches Played

Matches Won

250

Average Score

259

356/10

Highest Score

362/6

138/10

Lowest Score

150/10

Player of the Match Rohit Sharma

76(83)

IND

Info

New Zealand

251/7 (50)

Batters

Will Young

65.22

lbw b V Chakravarthy

Rachin Ravindra

127.59

b K Yadav

Kane Williamson

78.57

c & b K Yadav

Daryl Mitchell

101

62.38

c R Sharma b M Shami

Tom Latham

46.67

lbw b R Jadeja

Glenn Phillips

65.38

b V Chakravarthy

Michael Bracewell

132.50

Not out

Mitchell Santner

(C)

80.00

runout (KL Rahul / V Kohli)

Nathan Smith

0.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 3, NB: 0, W: 13)

TOTAL

(50 Ov, RR: 5.02)

251/7

Did not Bat

Kyle Jamieson, William O'Rourke

Bowlers

EXT

8.22

10.00

4.50

4.00

3.63

3.00

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Will Young

lbw b V Chakravarthy

1-57

7.5

Rachin Ravindra

b K Yadav

2-69

10.1

Kane Williamson

c & b K Yadav

3-75

12.2

Tom Latham

lbw b R Jadeja

4-108

23.2

Glenn Phillips

b V Chakravarthy

5-165

37.5

Daryl Mitchell

c R Sharma b M Shami

6-211

45.4

Mitchell Santner

runout (KL Rahul / V Kohli)

7-239

48.6

India

254/6 (49)

Batters

Rohit Sharma

(C)

91.57

st T Latham b R Ravindra

Shubman Gill

62.00

c G Phillips b M Santner

Virat Kohli

50.00

lbw b MG Bracewell

Shreyas Iyer

77.42

c R Ravindra b M Santner

Axar Patel

72.50

c WO Rourke b MG Bracewell

KL Rahul *

103.03

Not out

Hardik Pandya

100.00

c & b KA Jamieson

Ravindra Jadeja

150.00

Not out

Extras

(B: 0, LB: 0, NB: 0, W: 8)

TOTAL

(49 Ov, RR: 5.18)

254/6

Did not Bat

Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy

Bowlers

EXT

4.80

8.00

11.00

4.60

4.70

2.80

6.20

Fall Of Wickets

SCORE

OVER

Shubman Gill

c G Phillips b M Santner

1-105

18.4

Virat Kohli

lbw b MG Bracewell

2-106

19.1

Rohit Sharma

st T Latham b R Ravindra

3-122

26.1

Shreyas Iyer

c R Ravindra b M Santner

4-183

38.4

Axar Patel

c WO Rourke b MG Bracewell

5-203

41.3

Hardik Pandya

c & b KA Jamieson

6-241

47.3

Match Info

Date & Time

09 Mar, 02:30 PM IST

Venue

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

TV/Streaming

Star Sports

Match

Final,

ICC Champions Trophy 2025

Points Table

Schedule

Stats

Umpires

Paul Reiffel(Australia), Richard Illingworth(England), Joel Wilson(West Indies, TV)

Referee

Ranjan Madugalle(Sri Lanka)

Toss

New Zealand elected to bat

6 0 1 0 1 2wd 1

Over 46

Runs: 11

1 0 4 1 2 1

Over 47

Runs: 9

1 0 W 2 2 0

Over 48

Runs: 5

2 1 0 1 1 4

Over 49

Runs: 9

All Overs

Player of the Match Rohit Sharma

76(83)

Commentary

India have won their second ICC title in just eight months and what a resounding performance it was. They didn't break a sweat to be honest while winning these five matches. They were tested at times and the conditions in Dubai certainly helped them in certain times but you can't take anything away from what they have achieved with relative ease in the end. They didn't have to travel to different places but that doesn't take away the ruthlessness with which they have performed. A massive win for the Men in Blue and hopefully both Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma will continue to play in ODIs. For New Zealand, they should be very proud of what they managed to achieve in the tournament. India was always going to be difficult to conquer given their clinical performance all through the tournament. What a moment for India, it's about celebrating now for the Indian players and all the Indian fans around the world. It was a privilege covering the Champions Trophy final from the commentary box.

The tension was palpable not only in the ground but here in the comm box as well but the viewers made it easy for us with beautiful comments all through the match. It's time to bid adieu from the commentary. Let's soak it in folks. India are the Champions. This is myself (Arya Sekhar Chakraborty) signing off on behalf of my fellow commentators Pradeep and Sooryanarayanan Sesha. Good night nd see you again!

Most of the team members are now posing with the trophy on the pitch. The photographs will keep getting clicked and none of the players will be tired today. The players have started dancing led by Shreyas Iyer. Remember Virat Kohli did the Gangnam Style after winning the 2013 CT. Now it's time for Shreyas Iyer and co. They are posing for the photographs with the champions hoarding infront of them.

It's time for Jay Shah to hand over the Champions Trophy to Rohit Sharma. The celebrations have begun and the champagnes go out. The celebrations will go on till late night. The players will now take turns to lift the trophy. What an achievement. What a moment for Team India. They broke the jink with the T20 World Cup in 2024 and now they have added one more in less than eight months.

The Indian players will now be presented with the white jackets which is a significant of the hard work India have put in all through the tournament. It started with Varun Chakravarthy and ends with the Indian captain Rohit Sharma. A massive moment for all the Indian cricket fans. This is a moment which the country which rejoice for a while.

Rohit Sharma (India captain): Firstly I want to appreciate everyone who came in and supported us. It's not our home ground but they made it our home ground. To get that result in the end was very satisfying. Not just this game but right from the beginning, our spinners from the start stuck to their plans. We do understand their strengths and played that to our advantage. In terms of bowling we were very consistent. Look again KL has a solid mind and doesn't get overawed. With his experience and class we want him to finish the game. He plays the right shot at the right time which allows the other batters to come and bat freely just like Hardik did. The way our batters played was quite brilliant through the tournament. Varun has got something different about him. When we are playing on a pitch like this, we want batters to force on him. He didn't start off but when he played against New Zealand and got five wickets we wanted to maximize his talent. He has great quality and luckily for us it came good at different times. Absolutely very very grateful, we really appreciate the support and getting behind the team. It may not be seen as useful as the game we played, they made it feel like home so it was great.

It's now time for the victorious Indian team to receive their medals.

Mitchell Santner (New Zealand captain): Yeah it's been a good tournament. It's been a challenge but we have grown as a group. We were beaten by a good side today but guys stepped up at different times and that is all you can ask from your players in a big tournament like this. It was good bowling. We lost a couple of wickets after powerplay and then they got the squeeze on. Credit to their spinners for how they bowled. All world class spinners. We had a total and we fought for it in the end. Phillips keeps doing this. The way Ro and Gill went about put us on the backfoot. Rohit just turned the game around but we chipped with some wickets to be in the game. I think we have seen how Rachin steps up in these major events. With the ball as well he has been brilliant. He has a massive future and even today, he put the pressure back on India and scored at run a ball with ease. It's been very enjoyable, made easier by the group. Different guys stepped up at different times which made my job easier. What they have put in the tournament is great. So close but it's been a superb tournament.

Time for the runners up to collect their memorabilia. They will collect the runners-up medal Roger Twose, a former New Zealand player and the Director of New Zealand cricket currently.

Time for the match officials to be presented with their mementoes. The match referee followed by the umpires.

Former Australian captain Aaron Finch walks out with the Champions Trophy and places it on the podium.

Time for the post match presentation ceremony with Ian Bishop.

Rachin Ravindra is the Player of the Tournament! Here's what he has to say: Obviously it is a bitter sweet, great final. We've played some good cricket leading into the finals, but congratulations to India. Have been part of a great team. We got to play good wickets, I enjoyed the tournament cricket. Proud of my past, got to thank a lot of people for that. Would've been icing on the cake had we won it, but it is what it is. I've got to bowl more from here on. All members of the fifteen have a part to play, there's nothing like establish player, try and contribute and help the team.

Of course, this man was at it again. And it was a freakish one-handed catch from Glenn Phillips that brought New Zealand back into the game. Here's how fans on Twitterati reacted to the same in awe!👇

"Glenn Phillips is not a human" - Fans react to New Zealand all-rounder's outlandish flying catch in IND vs NZ 2025 Champions Trophy final

Rohit Sharma, India's captain, has been declared the Player of the Match. Here's what he has to say: We've played some really good cricket through the tournament. To come out here having the result our way is a great feeling. Very very happy. (On his approach) It's obviously not natural to me but it is something I really wanted to do and when you're trying to do something different you need the backing of the team and the management. They were right through with me. In the ODI World Cup as well with Rahul (Dravid) bhai, this is what I spoke to him and he was very much okay with it and now Gauti bhai as well. It was all about getting that backing and it was something I really wanted to do. I've played all these years in a different style but I wanted to try and see if we could play differently and get the results we were looking for. (On stepping out to the pacers) Having played here on a few occasions you understand the nature of the pitch, what it does upfront with the new ball. Using my feet is something I've been doing for a long time now. It's just about being clear in your mind and I was very clear on how I wanted to execute in the first few overs. I've gotten out as well but I was clear. As long as it serves the purpose of what we're trying to do, I'm happy. It (batting depth) certainly helps. That's why I've said before we wanted to bat as deep as possible. Having Jadeja coming in at 8 gives you the confidence to go hard against the new ball. If it comes off it comes off. If it doesn't, so be it.

8:37 PM local time, 10:07 PM IST: Scenes of euphoria all around India. Visuals on the live broadcast show fans going berserk in celebration. They've so often come close without crossing the finish line but within the span of nine months, they've now won two world titles. This will surely taste sweet for the team and billions back in India!

Virat Kohli: It's been amazing, we wanted to bounce back after the tough Australia tour, we wanted to win. Feels good to be part of the such young talent, we're happy to help, try to make an impact whenever there's a chance. These are the things, you look forward to situation under pressure. Teams stepped up different situation, everyone have put up hand at different times, such impactful knocks, spells. Only collective effort can win you titles. We've had great time as a team, amazing tournament. As Shubman said, I try to speak to them as much as possible of how I've been able to play for so long. When you leave, you want to leave the place in a better position, that's what you're striving for. We have a squad to take on the world for the next 8 to 10 years. The game awareness has been great with all the players, we're in good hands. We've always been in awe of what they can do with minimum resources they have, you know they come at you with set plans. Bowlers are accurate, they're the most consistent team in the last two years, they believe themselves. Huge shout out to the them, they continue to display why they're one of the top teams in the world.

Shubman Gill: Felt amazing, for the most of the time, I was sitting back and enjoyed Rohit bhai's batting. We kept talking, doesn't matter what the scorecard is, we need to play till the end. Very satisfying, we missed out on the last time in 2023. Winning eight ODI's back to back, amazing feeling. Watching him on TV and then playing alongside him feels great. He gives inputs always and that's phenomenal. New Zealand are consistent team, they come up with plans. Playing against them is always a challenge, be it batting, fielding or bowling. We saw that today, they made it hard towards the end.

Kuldeep Yadav: Luckily (I didn't have to bat). Credit goes to KL bhai and Jaddu bhai for finishing the game. Expectations are a lot when you play very good cricket. You go into the tournaments as favorites but I don't believe in that tag. We've been playing very good cricket in the last few years. I want to dedicate this win on our behalf to our fans. It's very tough to manage and it's easy to say there are four spinners in a team. But it's very difficult to manage four spinners on the field. The way Rohit bhai managed them was outstanding. Reading the batters, knowing who will bat at what point, who should bowl - it's a lot of planning, not two or three days of planning. We should party and the whole of India will party today.

Varun Chakravarthy: [on earrings like Iyer] I do have, no I'll get a new one. It was a sudden inclusion, didn't expected to turn up like this, dream come true. The first innings, the spin was less, we had to stick to the stumps, be disciplined.