India Vs New Zealand Champions Trophy 2025 Highlights: Varun's five-for helps India win by 51 runs

Here are the fixtures for the Champions Trophy semi-finals that take place on Tuesday and Wednesday:

Tuesday: India vs Australia in Dubai (2.30 pm)

Wednesday: South Africa vs New Zealand in Lahore (2.30 pm)

Kuldeep Yadav grabs the final wicket as Will O’Rourke is deceived by a googly from the left-arm wrist spinner, getting his stumps rattled as a result!

With that, India finish on top of Group A with a hat-trick of wins and face Australia, who are without captain Pat Cummins and fellow senior pacers Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood, in the first semi-final at the same venue on Tuesday! NZ 205 all out in 45.3 overs!

The wily leg-spinner ends New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner’s cameo that briefly revives his team’s hopes by uprooting his off stump in the second delivery of his final over.

One wicket leads to another as Will O’Rourke sends the ball high up in the night sky just two balls later, resulting in a simple catch for Virat Kohli. India are one wicket away from finishing on top of Group A! NZ 198/9 after 45; need 52 off 30

Jadeja nearly has two wickets in as many overs as Williamson gets an outside edge while attempting to go inside-out to a flat delivery from the left-arm spinner. Rahul isn’t quick enough to react, and the ball brushes past his glove, allowing the Kiwi batting great to collect a single.

How costly will that be for the Men in Blue tonight? Drinks brought to the field at the end of the 35th. NZ currently are 144/4, needing another 106 off 90.

Latham misses the ball completely while attempting a reverse-sweep as Jadeja breaks the fourth-wicket stand that was starting to tilt the balance of the game in the Black Caps’ favour. He doesn’t bother reviewing it and sets off right away.

It is the presence of Kane Williamson, who’s batting on 65 at the moment, however that will continue to worry the Men in Blue. NZ 133/4 after 32.2

The left-arm wrist spinner concedes a boundary in his second delivery with Williamson pulls a short delivery through square leg. Varun leaps to his right but fails to grab what was a tough chance, even if it was at a catchable height.

The Black Caps reach 80/2 at the end of the 20th over, with the third-wicket stand currently worth 31. At the same stage, India were 78/3.

Williamson makes a quick dash towards the non-striker’s end first ball after the drinks break, and just about makes it him despite challenging himself against Axar, one of the better fielders in the Indian team.

Axar, meanwhile, makes another error in the following over, straying down the leg stump that allows Daryl Mitchell to collect an easy boundary by simply tickling the ball towards the fine leg fence. NZ 73/2 after 19

Leg-spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who replaces Harshit Rana in the XI today, is off to an expensive start as Kane Williamson welcomes him with a boundary. Williamson drives the ball down the ground, and Shreyas Iyer initially appears to have saved a run for the Indians with a slide near long off. The umpires, however, have another look and notice his leg touching the advertising cushion at the time of collecting the ball.

Couple of LBW appeals by Chakravarthy later in the over, and Rohit decides against opting for a review on both occasions.

It’s not just the Kiwis who are collecting stunning catches in Dubai today as Axar Patel puts in a slide near third man to ensure the in-form Rachin Ravindra (6 off 12) – who had struck a match-winning ton against Bangladesh – departs early.

Good recovery by the Indians after Pandya bowls a front-foot no-ball in the second delivery that is followed by a misfield by Varun Chakravarthy near long on that allows the ball to roll away for a four.  NZ 17/1 after 4

New Zealand currently appear favourites to complete a hat-trick of wins in the group stage and face Australia in the semi-finals after restricting India to under 250. India, however, have four spinners in their attack today, which could come in handy on what is a slow Dubai wicket.

The Men in Blue certainly can unsettle the Black Caps if they can collect a couple of wickets in the first 10.

India’s hopes of breaching the 260-mark are over after Hardik Pandya departs for a run-a-ball 45 in the third delivery, getting a thick top-edge while attempting to pull Matt Henry out of the park the results in a simple catch for Rachin Ravindra near the backward square leg boundary.

Henry later completes his five-for as Mohammed Shami sends the ball high in the air while attempting to smash the ball out of the park, with Glenn Phillips settling under the ball and completing a fine catch near deep midwicket. Shami, meanwhile, is struck on his right shoulder in the over while dashing back for a second run, coming in the way of a throw from long off.