🏏ICC Champions Trophy 2025: India vs NZ, Match 12, Group A🏏 - Page 3

India

India may opt to make a couple of changes, though it remains unclear whether they will rest skipper Rohit Sharma. The captain is nursing a hamstring injury, but he appeared to be fine on Friday night after batting for an extended period. Mohammed Shami could make way for Arshdeep Singh, with Varun Chakravarthy potentially coming in for Kuldeep Yadav.

Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy

New Zealand

The already-qualified Black Caps too will be tempted to give players carrying niggles a breather before the knockouts. That said, Daryl Mitchell, is fit again after missing the Bangladesh game with illness. Who he replaces in the XI will be a dilemma for Santner and Stead given the player who replaced Mitchell, Rachin Ravindra, hit a fine hundred. Incidentally, Ravindra, who was injured before his return against Bangladesh, was replaced by Will Young, who also has a century in this tournament.

Playing XI: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William O'Rourke.

Kohli will play his 300th ODI match today

List of other Indian Players who played more than 300 ODIs

Sachin- 468 (Most in the Cricket)

Dhoni-350

Dravid- 344

Azhaudddin- 334

Ganguly-311

Yuvraj-304

Kohli-299*

https://x.com/Musafirr_hu_yar/status/1896053051624227213

Originally posted by: PunnyPotato

Kohli will play his 300th ODI match today

List of other Indian Players who played more than 300 ODIs

Sachin- 468 (Most in the Cricket)

Dhoni-350

Dravid- 344

Azhaudddin- 334

Ganguly-311

Yuvraj-304

Kohli-299*

https://x.com/Musafirr_hu_yar/status/1896053051624227213

He got a century on his 200th one will he get one this time too — after all baat record ki bhi hai aur India ka semi finals ka bhi.

Originally posted by: PunnyPotato

Kohli will play his 300th ODI match today

List of other Indian Players who played more than 300 ODIs

Sachin- 468 (Most in the Cricket)

Dhoni-350

Dravid- 344

Azhaudddin- 334

Ganguly-311

Yuvraj-304

Kohli-299*

https://x.com/Musafirr_hu_yar/status/1896053051624227213

Yeah..Hope he has worked enough on his skill and he is back in form.. Such an icon for youngers .. So many young people look upto him, his resilience and draw inspiration.. May he continue to inspire people..

And just like that, we are onto our final group game of the Champions Trophy. Both India and New Zealand have already qualified, but today's game will decide the standings for Group A. Both Australia and South Africa would be viewing this with a keen eye to see which teams travels over to Dubai to face India, while the other has to stay back in Lahore.

India have had the comfort of playing all their games at the same venue, but they have also augmented that advantage by playing some high quality cricket. Their bowlers got the opposition out for under par scores in both games so far, and then the batters chased things down on a canter. Virat Kohli has found his form once again with a solid century, as most of the top order are firing once again for India. There were some question marks over Rohit Sharma and Mohammad Shami's fitness heading into this game, but KL Rahul clarified in a press conference earlier that both are ready to go. However, with this game of little consequence, it would be interesting to see if India opt to rest some of their big names and give their bench players a chance.

New Zealand have been India's tricky opponents when it comes to ICC events. The last time these two sides met in the Champions Trophy was in the final in 2000 when New Zealand emerged victorious. A lot has been spoken about the spin-heavy squad that India have in this competition. But just have a look at New Zealand's personnel - there's captain Mitchell Santner, the 'beast' Michael Bracewell, and the flying human Glenn Phillips, who also believe they have the resources for conditions in Dubai.

Phani: "Let's face Australia - If we win, good we can face Nz whom we already played against or face SA who will anyways lose a final.If we lose, yeah tough luck and we are used to Head hammering us. Better that comes early than later."

Vandan Modi : "I almost want a replay of the T20 World Cup, so looking to a IND vs SA Final...and to watch SA loose again and crib about the "unfair" advantage India has had!!!"

Rajesh: "Any team is ok. But I would prefer Aus for semis. It could be Ind Nz finals as well."