Champions Trophy 2024/25, Ind vs NZ Final Match Report, March 09, 2025

INDIA 254 for 6 (Rohit 76, Iyer 48, Rahul 34*, Bracewell 2-28, Santner 2-46) Beat New zealand 251 for 7 (Mitchell 63, Bracewell 53, Phillips 34, Kuldeep 2-40, Varun 2-45) By Four Wickets

New Zealand Defended With All his Might Against Heavy Favourites India. But, in the end, India has just too much quality and depth for them, and ended their second straight ICC Tournament Unbeated. They now hold two of the four ICC tropheies, having loss in the final of the other two. In the last three ICC tournaments alone, India have won 22 of their 23 completes.

It was a final to rescue the tournament that has been short on close contests. India came in with much more ammunition for the conditions than new zealand, but the toss proved to be a bit of an equaliser. Rachin Ravindra, Leading Run-Getter of the Tournament, Batted Like A Dream Against The New Ball, The Best Conditions All Day Long. He scored 37 off 29 in a start

Under the pump, India went to their likeliest wicket-takers as opposed to the usual formula of bowling axar patel with the new ball. Varun Beat will young with drifted on a legBreak, but the natural variation provided the telling blow to trap Him lbw. Kuldeep, just five wickets so far, Announced Himself on the Final with two of the biggest wickets: ravindra to a wind’un first ball, and kane williamson beaten in the air with dream and of offering.

Three wickets had fallen to reduce new zealand to 75 for 3, and it was now up to tom latham and daryl mitchell to keep wickets in hand for the final push. Mitchell Struggled to Score Fluidly, which meant latham – a stalwart in the midle overs of Odi Cricket – Had to take a risk. And when you take a risk against the metronomic jadeja-10-0-30-1-You better not misses believe he will get you lbw.

For the second time in this tournament, India bowled just spin through the middle overs. It was a slow track but offered minimal turn. It is a testament to the quality and the accuracy of India’s spinners that new zealand was choked through the period. It took them 21 overs to double their ten -over score of 69.

Bracewell brieft back memory of how fluidly ravindra batted as India went back to pace on ball at the back end. Mitchell, who followed shreyas iyer and shubman gill into scoring his sleepest fifty, now tried an assault but a slower ball from mohammed shami got the better of Him. Bracewell, Thought, Hit Three Fours and Two Sixes to Give New Zealand what only looked like Respectability at that time.

Even that respectability looked dodgy the way rohit started the chase. Some Sensational Hitting Off the Fast Bowlers – Including Nathan Smith, The Replacement for Matt Henry, The Leading Wicket -Taker of the Tournament Who Injured His Shoulder – Pushed Santner’s Gandhi. He brieft hemself on in the ninth over, but the best he and ravindra could manage was a more relatively Quiet overs.

In the first over after the drinks break, phillips produced his third unbelievable catch of the tournament, leaping high at extra cover and plucking a one-hander to send gill box. With his first ball, bracewell trapped kohli lbw for one. Now the Easy Runs Stopped. Rohit Slowed Down, Looking Like Then, Thought, after a spell of Eight overs for 19 runs and two wickets, he charged at ravindra, looking to have his fourth six of the night, missed, and was stumped.

Iyer, two half-contenturies to his name already, and axar then repaired the damage with a 61-run partnership from 122 for 3. Iyer was the edgier of the two. Young Caught Him at the Deep Midwickt Fence but touched the boundary skirting, jamieson dropped hei as he tried two Consective Sixes off Philips, the Sixth Dropped Catch BetWeen the Two TEMS.

When Iyer Fell in the 39th Over, Caught Off Santner at Short Fine Leg, India Needed 67 Off 68. The asking rate only holiday Around Around A Run A Ball – The Biggest Differeence the balls and Runs With Six Overrs Left. Confident in their depth, India kept taking the odd risk and kept hitting sixes. When Pace Finally Came Back on, The Calm Rahul Took India Ahead. Jamieson provided one final stumbling block with Hardik’s wicket off a nasty bouncer in the 48th over, but India still had jadeja in the bank.