IND vs NZ in Champions Trophy today: Winning team will play semi-final against Australia

The last group match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between India and New Zealand today. Both teams have already made it to the semi-finals.

New Delhi: The last group match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between India and New Zealand today. Both teams have already made it to the semi-finals. The winning team will finish the group stage as the table topper and will face Australia in the semi-finals. The losing team will face South Africa.

In this Champions Trophy, India defeated Bangladesh in the first match and Pakistan in the second. New Zealand defeated Pakistan in the first match and Bangladesh in the second. Both the teams will face each other for the second time in the Champions Trophy. Earlier, in the year 2000, New Zealand won the title by defeating India in the final of the tournament.

Match details, 12th match India vs New zealand

Date: March 2

Stadium: Dubai International Cricket Stadium

Time: Toss- 2:00 PM,

Match start- 2:30 PM

India ahead in overall ODIs

118 ODIs have been played between the two teams so far. India won 60 matches and New Zealand won 50. There was no result in 7 matches. While one match was tied.

Gill scored a century in the first match

India’s vice-captain Shubman Gill has scored the most runs for India in this Champions Trophy. He has scored 147 runs in 2 matches. Gill scored a century in the match against Bangladesh. He scored 101 runs in 129 balls. Virat Kohli scored a century against Pakistan. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami is on top in bowling. He has taken 5 wickets in 2 matches.

Pitch and Toss Report

The team batting second in Dubai has a better record of winning. India also won both the previous matches while chasing. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide to field first.

60 ODIs have been played here so far. The team batting first won 22 matches and the team batting second won 36 matches. One match each ended in a draw and a tie. The highest score here is 355/5, which England made against Pakistan in 2015. India has played 8 matches here so far and won 7. One match ended in a tie.

Dubai Weather Report

On Sunday, the day of the match, Dubai will be mostly sunny and the weather will be very hot. The temperature is expected to be around 19 to 25 degrees Celsius. At the same time, the wind will blow at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour.