India and New Zealand are face to face in Dubai in the last league match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. By winning the toss, New Zealand invited India to bat first. Where flop batting was seen from India. However, only Shrey Iyer played a half -century innings for India. So Matt Henry took the most 5 wickets for New Zealand.
In fact, India had lost three wickets for 30 runs in the first seven overs, but Iyer played a 79 -run innings with the help of four fours and two sixes in a 98 -ball innings, besides Akshar Patel (42), a 98 -ball partnership for the fourth wicket with Akshar Patel (42), and the team was overcome from a bad start. He also shared a 44 -run partnership in 42 balls with Lokesh Rahul (23). Akshar hit three fours and a six in a 61 -ball innings. In the last over, Hardik Pandya scored 45 runs with the help of four fours and two sixes in 45 balls to take the team close to 250 runs.
On receiving the first batting, Rohit Sharma hit a four and six against Matt Henry in an aggressive manner, but this fast bowler gave Shubman Gill (two) to India’s first blow. Rohit (15) returned to the pavilion by catching Rohit (15) Will Young in an attempt to play a big shot against Jail Jeemison.
Virat Kohli, who scored an unbeaten century against Pakistan, also failed to play a big innings. In the direction of the point off Henry’s ball, Glenn Philips ended his 11 -run innings in 14 balls. After losing three wickets for 30 runs in the seventh over, Shreyas Iyer and Akshar Patel batted vigilantly and took the team’s score to 46 runs. Akshar ended the drought of 52 balls of the boundary by hitting a four against the centner. In the next over, Iyer tried to bring the rungi back on track by putting three fours against O’Rauki. The team completed its century in the 25th over, which Iyer celebrated with a brilliant fours against Bracewell.
Iyer and Akshar were now not having any problem in stealing runs against New Zealand spinners. Iyer completed his half -century in 75 balls with a run against Rachin Ravindra, which is the slowest Pachasa of his ODI career. Akshar hit a brilliant six off the Bracewell ball but failed to reconcile with Rachin’s excess bounce and the ball went into Williamson’s hands with the upper edge of his bat. In the next over, Rahul opened his hand against the bowler with fours, while Iyer hit sixes against Ravindra and O’Rauki. O’Reurki, however, gave India a big blow by dismissing Iyer in the 37th over. Rahul once again failed to turn a good start into a big innings.
Ravindra Jadeja shouted against Bracewell in the 41st over, while the same Hardik Pandya took the six -run team close to 200 runs, but Williamson diverted a six -hand in Henry’s ball to hold a brilliant catch with a left hand and put a break on Jadeja’s 20 balls in 20 balls. Pandya scored 15 runs from the over by hitting two fours and sixs against Jamison in the 49th over, but in the last over, he returned to the pavilion by catching Ravindra on Henry’s slow bouncer. Henry completed his five wickets by dismissing Shami (05) on the last ball of the innings.
