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India vs New Zealand Final Highlights: The Indian cricket team takes on New Zealand in the Champions Trophy 2025 final on Sunday (9 March) at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in UAE. The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team is in terrific form, having won all their matches so far in Champions Trophy 2025, however, New Zealand are no easy opponent. Besides losing just one match in the tournament so far, New Zealand also have a superior record against India in ICC finals.
New Zealand have won both ICC finals against India so far, the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy final and 2021 World Test Championship final. They also have experience of playing one match in Dubai against India in the ongoing tournament. And even though they lost that match by 44 runs, the Kiwis are well aware of the slow and sluggish nature of the Dubai track.
New Zealand also have good players of spin in their team – Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson – who can pose problems to India. Nonetheless, Team India mustn’t fret much as they have outclassed four teams so far in four Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai and are well-suited to the pitches. This makes them overwhelming favourites for the Champions Trophy final.
IND vs NZ: Dubai weather forecast and cricket stadium pitch report
There’s a 1% chance of rain on Sunday (9 March) in Dubai, as per AccuWeather. The rain should not play any role in the Champions Trophy final and we are set to have a full game. The temperatures will be around 31-25 degrees Celsius.
The pitch for the Champions Trophy final between India and New Zealand will be the same that was used in the India vs Pakistan match. In that match, the average score was 243. We should expect another sluggish wicket, which will assist spinners. The team batting first may bat first as chasing on a slow pitch becomes very difficult.
IND vs NZ final predicted XIs
India predicted XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami and Varun Chakaravarthy.
New Zealand predicted XI: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham (wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke, Matt Henry/Nathan Smith.
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