india beat new zealand by 44 runs shreyas iyer varun chakravarthy ind vs aus sf in champions trophy 2025

The Indian team has won an excellent victory in India and New Zealand played at the International Cricket Stadium in Dubai under the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. India continued the hat -trick of its victory at this mega event by defeating New Zealand by 44 runs. Also, India won this match and secured the top position in Group A. Batting first after losing the toss, India scored 249 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. In response, New Zealand team collapsed for 205 runs in 45.3 overs despite Kane Williamson’s innings of 81 runs. At the same time, India will face Australia in the semi -finals, which will be played in Dubai on 4 March.

Talking about the batting of the New Zealand team, the team had a simple start. Hardik Pandya gave India the first success as Rachin Ravindra (6). After this, Varun Chakraborty bowled Will Young (22 runs in 35 balls) in the 12th over. Ravindra Jadeja then lbw Tom Latham on a personal score of 14. Glenn Philips was dismissed by scoring 12 runs in 8 balls and Michael Bracewell two runs. Kane Williamson became the victim of Akshar Patel by scoring 82 off 120 balls. Captain Mitchell Santner was dismissed for 28 runs off 31 balls. Varun Chakraborty took five wickets hall by dismissing Matt Henry. So Kuldeep gave William a big success to the clean bold Indian team.

The Indian team, which came out to bat before this, is not good. The team lost the wickets of both openers within 6 overs. Shubman Gill scored just 2 runs in 7 balls and Rohit Sharma was dismissed for 15 runs in 17 balls. At the same time, Virat Kohli, who went to play his 300th ODI match, could score only 11 runs in 14 balls. Glenn Philips caught her brilliant catch. Shreyas shared an important 98 -run partnership for the fourth wicket with Akshar Petal.

Akshar was dismissed by scoring 42 runs in 61 balls. At the same time, Iyer returned to the pavilion after playing an innings of 79 runs in 98 balls. KL Rahul also could not stand at the crease for long and was dismissed by 23 runs. Ravindra Jadeja contributed 16 runs in 20 balls. Hardik Pandya played a strong and important innings of 45 runs in 45 balls. At the same time, Shami was dismissed for 5 runs. So Matt Henry took five wickets for New Zealand.