Champions Trophy 2025: India vs New Zealand, Final: Stats Preview of player records and approaching milestones

Match Overview

India (IND) and New Zealand (NZ) will take each other on in the final of ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Both teams have had slightly contrasting paths to the final. India are unbeaten in the tournament so far while New Zealand have lost just one match. 

This match will also hold heavier stakes than the group stage encounter between the teams in this tournament which was effectively a dead rubber. 

India's performance in the semi-final 

India were given the toughest fight they got all tournament in their semifinal against Australia. Australia started strongly during the field restrictions, but India clawed their way back in with timely strikes. Steve Smith's half century kept the Kangaroos in the hunt throughout the middle overs, and Alex Carey made a blitzed half century to keep the Aussie charge going. India eventually got the strikes at the death to keep Australia to a low total.

Rohit Sharma charged hard and fast, but India ended up losing two wickets in the powerplay. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer then stitched an important partnership that kept India going in the chase one single at a time. Even though the asking rate seemed to be increasing, Kohli's partnerships with Axar Patel and KL Rahul gave India the perfect platform to close out the match in the death overs with Hardik Pandya launching his trademark sixes at the end. 

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New Zealand's performance in the semi-final 

New Zealand were as comprehensive as they have been all tournament in brushing South Africa aside. Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson made hundreds that set it up for Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips to make a strong finish that led New Zealand to the highest team total in the Champions Trophy. 

South Africa were hampered by a slowdown that eventually let their chase down. Temba Bavuma and Rassie van der Dussen put up a partnership, but once Mitchell Santner broke that stand, the rest of the Protea line-up fell like ninepins. David Miller then unleashed his monster mode and even though he knew he was fighting a lost battle, ended up with the fastest century in the Champions Trophy off the last ball of the innings. 

India and New Zealand's group stage encounter

India and New Zealand also faced each other in the last group stage encounter of the tourrnament where India blew away the Kiwis. India had started poorly even being 30/3 at one point, before Shreyas Iyer lifted India to what looked like a competitive total in the company of Axar Patel and later Hardik Pandya. Matt Henry's fifer made sure India did not get away with too much. 

New Zealand's start in the powerplay was mostly quiet, but once India's spinners took over in the middle overs, it was curtains. Varun Chakravarthy's fifer neutralised Kane Williamson's 81 as the Kiwi batters found themselves unable to cope with the ever-increasing asking rate.

Here are some important stats for India vs New Zealand Champions Trophy 2025 clash: 

Indian Players' Approaching Milestones: 

• Virat Kohli: Needs 95 runs to become India's highest run-getter in ODIs against New Zealand. 
• Virat Kohli: Needs 74 runs to complete 3,000 runs against New Zealand in international cricket. 
• Virat Kohli: Needs 46 runs to become the highest run scorer in Champions Trophy history. 
• Virat Kohli: Needs 55 runs to become the second-highet run getter in ODIs ever.
• Rohit Sharma: Needs 3 runs to complete 1,000 ODI runs against New Zealand. 
• Shreyas Iyer: Needs 10 runs to complete 1,000 international runs against New Zealand. 
• KL Rahul: Needs 81 runs to score 1,000 runs in ICC ODI events. 

New Zealand Players' Approaching Milestones: 

• Daryl Mitchell: Needs 19 runs to complete 1,000 runs in ICC limited-over tournaments.

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