IND vs NZ Dream11 Prediction, Final, Fantasy Cricket Tips, Playing 11, Injury Updates & Pitch Report for Champions Trophy 2025

India will be keen to do well.

By CricTracker Staff

Updated - 09 Mar 2025, 14:15 IST

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Preview

India will take on New Zealand in the Final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. This match will be played at Dubai International Stadium. Champions Trophy 2025 will be held from 19 February to 9 March 2025 and will be contested by the top eight ranked men's national teams. Group A includes Pakistan, India, Bangladesh and New Zealand. At the same time, Group B includes Australia, England, Afghanistan, and South Africa.

India and New Zealand have been the best teams throughout the competition and richly deserve to be fighting for the silverware. India topped Group A in the league stage and beat Australia in the 1st Semi Final in Dubai by 4 wickets. They chased down a target of 264 set by Australia with a couple of overs to spare. Virat Kohli was the player of the match scoring 84 runs. 

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On the other hand, New Zealand beat South Africa by 50 runs in 2nd Semi Fnal which was played in Lahore. Rachin Ravindra scored his 5th century in ICC events as he helped his side post 362 and then it was easily defended by the bowlers. Ravindra was the player of the match. India and New Zealand have already met in the group stage match wherre India came out on top by 44 runs defending a total of 249. Both sides have plenty of excellent players and this promises to be a thrilling finale. 

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Match Information

India vs New Zealand, Final

ICC Champions Trophy, 9 Mar 2025, Sun, 2:30 PM IST ,Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Live Stream

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Weather Report

Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Clouds

38.1°C

7% (Humidity)

Team Form (Last 5 matches)

India

W
W
W
W
W

New Zealand

W
L
W
W
W

Players Stats in current Series

263 Runs

4 Matches

2

Shreyas Iyer

IND - bat

243 Runs

5 Matches

3

Virat Kohli

IND - bat

218 Runs

5 Matches

4

Tom Latham

NZ - wk

205 Runs

5 Matches

200 Runs

5 Matches

6

Shubman Gill

IND - bat

188 Runs

5 Matches

1

Kyle Jamieson

NZ - bowl

225.00

4 Matches

118.84

5 Matches

114.94

5 Matches

106.48

4 Matches

5

Hardik Pandya

IND - all

106.45

5 Matches

6

Rohit Sharma

IND - bat

100.00

5 Matches

1

Matt Henry

NZ - bowl

10 Wkts

4 Matches

9 Wkts

3 Matches

9 Wkts

5 Matches

4

Mohammed Shami

IND - bowl

9 Wkts

5 Matches

8 Wkts

5 Matches

6

Kuldeep Yadav

IND - bowl

7 Wkts

5 Matches

1

Harshit Rana

IND - bowl

3.98

2 Matches

4.10

5 Matches

3

4.36

5 Matches

4

Axar Patel

IND - all

4.36

5 Matches

4.53

3 Matches

4.67

4 Matches

Probable Playing XI

India

KL Rahul (wk), Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli (C), Shubman Gill, S Iyer, HH Pandya, RA Jadeja, M Shami, Axar Patel, KL Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy

Bench : Rishabh Pant, Washington Sundar, Arshdeep Singh, H Rana

New Zealand

Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, WA Young, Rachin Ravindra, Michael Bracewell, Kane Williamson, DJ Mitchell, Mitchell Santner (C), William O’Rourke, MJ Henry, KA Jamieson

Bench : Devon Conway, MS Chapman, Nathan Smith, JA Duffy

Injury and availability news

will be added when there is an update

Pitch Report

The surface here will be a balanced one with good help for both pacers and spinners. Both teams will prefer chasing at this venue.

50%

Pace Bowling

50%

Spin Bowling

55%

Batting Pitch

266

Average Score

45%

Bowling Pitch

Player Picks

9
C

Virat Kohli IND | BAT

Virat Kohli has amassed 14180 runs in this format at a stunning average of 58. He scored his 51st ODI century earlier in the tournament and will be a good captaincy pick.

9
C

Kane Williamson NZ | BAT

Kane Williamson has amassed 7224 runs in 172 ODI matches. He scored a century in the last game and will be a captaincy pick against this opposition.

8.5

Shubman Gill IND | BAT

Shubman Gill has a stellar record in ODIs with an average of 60 and scored 2 centuries in the previous five matches.

9

Rohit Sharma IND | BAT

Rohit Shama is an aggressive batter at the top of the order and has scored 11092 runs at an average of 49. He will be a top pick.

8.5

Daryl Mitchell NZ | ALL

Daryl Mitchell has scored 1792 runs in 47 ODIs at an average of 49 and can also bowl a few overs of medium pace. He will be keen to do well

8.5

Matt Henry NZ | BOWL

Matt Henry has been bowling well in this format and will be a handy budget pick against this opposition.

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9

Will Young

NZ | BAT

9

KL Rahul

IND | BAT

Last Updated On - Mar 9 2025 2:15 PM

Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

7 : 4

NZ

Credits Left
7/100

Head To Head
Tom Latham

8

Kane Williamson

9

Rohit Sharma

9

Virat Kohli
C

9

Shubman Gill
VC

8.5

Rachin Ravindra

7

Hardik Pandya

9

Axar Patel

9

Matt Henry

8.5

Mohammed Shami

8

Varun Chakravarthy

8

Players
11/11

Team 1

IND

6 : 5

NZ

Credits Left
8/100

Mega League
Tom Latham

8

Kane Williamson
C

9

Daryl Mitchell

8.5

Rohit Sharma
VC

9

Virat Kohli

9

Shreyas Iyer

7

Rachin Ravindra

7

Hardik Pandya

9

Ravindra Jadeja

9

William O’Rourke

8.5

Mohammed Shami

8

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