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CLAIM NOWToss Winner - New Zealand won the toss and choose to bowl first
India won by 44 runs
The top two teams from Group A meet with their places in the semi-final already guaranteed!
We are backing India to win!
Tournament: | ICC Champions Trophy, 2025 |
Format: | odi |
Venue: | Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates |
Toss Prediction: | To Bat |
Weather: | 23.3°C|Sunny |
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Group A has not been overly competitive in this year's Champions Trophy with New Zealand and India winning both of their games at the expense of Pakistan and Bangladesh.
But this game will be an important one as it will decide who finishes top of Group A and at the same time will determine who plays the runners-up from Group B.
Both New Zealand and India have not really been challenged across their two games in this competition but we expect all to change in this fixture with both playing a high standard of cricket.
Defeat for one team will not be the end of the road for this tournament but will certainly burst their invincibility bubble!
It continues to be a surprise that anyone is surprised by how easily New Zealand have negotiated their first two games of this Champions Trophy and it was another comfortable victory for the Black Caps when they beat Bangladesh in their last game on Monday.
That match saw Rachin Ravindra return to the team with Daryl Mitchell missing out through illness but we expect New Zealand to be at full strength for this top of the table clash with India.
With Ravindra taking the Player of the Match award thanks to his 112 runs from 105 balls, it is going to be tough for New Zealand to work out who makes way for Mitchell and we expect one of Will Young or Devon Conway to be left out with Ravindra promoted to open.
With the ball, Matt Henry and Michael Bracewell continue to be the most consistent performers for the Black Caps.
Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Will O'Rourke, Kyle Jamieson
Will Young, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, William O'Rourke, Daryl Mitchell, Michael Bracewell, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson
Pakistan were no match for India last Sunday as Rohit Sharma's team got over the winning line with six wickets in hand and 45 balls remaining. In all, it was a fine team performance from India and they have so far lived up to their tag of pre-tournament favourites.
Wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav was back to his best in the win over their great rivals, returning figures of 3/40 with Hardik Pandya the pick of the pacers. Mohammed Shami had an off day but the team management will not be concerned as he builds up his strength following a long injury lay off.
With the bat, Virat Kohli once again saved a century for a game against Pakistan and the consistent pair of Shubman Gill and Shreyas Iyer both made significant contributions as well.
India continue to have vast depth in both their bowling and batting ranks!
Gill has scores of 46, 101, 112, 60, and 87 in his five ODI matches; he is exceptionally good and consistent in recent times. With 147 runs, he is also the leading run-scorer in the ongoing champions trophy for India. At the moment, given the bowling lineup that New Zealand has, Gill will look to capitalize on his good form and play another match-winning knock. We expect Gill to perform well and score runs against New Zealand.
The run-machine and the fastest to 14,000 ODI runs, Virat Kohli once again proved why he is one of the best batters in ODI cricket with a scintillating hundred against Pakistan. Kohli is in good form and has scored 122 runs in 2 matches. We back Kohli to continue his good run of form against the Kiwis and score over 37 runs.
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav
Virat Kohli, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Lokesh Rahul, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Shreyas Iyer, Varun Chakravarthy
The temperature will be around 24 degrees from start to finish during this game even after sundown. Humidity levels will also be moderate and will not increase as the match progresses.
Pitch Condition
BalancedBatting Conditions
Moderate ScoringPace Bowling
SwingSpin Bowling
Average TurnThe Dubai International Cricket Stadium has good pace and bounce so overall is a good place for batting. Whoever bats first will be looking to post a total of 320+.
India has lost 13 coin tosses in a row and we predict the luck will finally be in favour of India in this game and back them to win the coin toss in the 12th match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
The pitch at Dubai offers a balanced track and the average total match score in the last two ODI's played at this venue is 472. It is a moderate scoring ground where the outfield is a bit slow and boundaries are hard to come by.
Both teams are equally comfortable batting first or bowling first and the conditions look unlikely to change across this match. Therefore, we predict that both captains will want to bat first ahead of this game.
No one should ever underestimate or write off New Zealand but we do think that India have a stronger side. There is not much to choose between the teams with the bat but with the ball India have greater depth in their team so we are predicting another victory for Rohit Sharma's side.
We are backing India to win!
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