India and New Zealand will contest the Champions Trophy 2025 final in Dubai. Both teams won their previous game in the semifinal.
India defeated Australia in their last encounter at the same venue. Batting first, they restricted Australia to a decent total and chased it down with four wickets to spare.
Meanwhile, New Zealand defeated South Africa by 50 runs in a high-scoring clash. They posted a big first-innings total and defended it with a terrific bowling show to storm into the final.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy.
New Zealand: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Lathan (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William O’Rourke.
The track in Dubai will again be slightly on the slower side, with spinners having more assistance. The batting will be easier to bat in the first innings. The team winning the toss might elect to bat first, with a total of around 270 being a fighting one.
A temperature of around 29°C, with mostly cloudy, is forecast.
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India are more suited to the conditions in Dubai and have a better bowling attack. While New Zealand have a quality squad, they might not adjust as well as India. Expect India to lift the cup.
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