Indian Kikacija Rohit Sharma and Indian Indian Indian and Mitchell Santner Novi Zealand National Cirket Sekaci locked horns with each other in the last group stage of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match on Sunday, March 2.
The Indian National Cricket team beat the new Zealand national team for the cricket at the International Crown Stadium in Dubai in a compressive 44 ride to finish its campaign at the top.
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We have quality in our bowling to defend that total number – Rohit Sharma
Losing throwing and hitting first, India recorded a rating of 249 for 9, thanks to a sensational performance from Shreyas Iyer (79 run 98 balls).
While defending their total, Indian bowlers tortured Kiwi star Kane Williamson, but constantly choosing Wikets at regular intervals and dropped the opposition in 45.3 additions for 205 runs.
Speaking after the match, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma expressed his satisfaction with the end of the campaign without lost the match. He praised New Zealand as a good side and was happy that his team played the perfect cricket against them. Furthermore, Rohit Sharma spoke about the partnership between Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel and specified:
“It is important to finish at a high level. The NZ are a good team that plays a good cricket. It is very important that we achieve a good result, we played the perfect game.
“It was important at that stage (after 30/3) to build a partnership and I thought we came up with a good total number. We have quality in our bowling over to defend that total number.”
Has something different in it – Rohit Sharma on Varun Chakravarthy
Rohit Sharma was powerful impressed with the performance of the mysterious Spinner Varuna Chakravarthy, who was inserted by Fifer. He said:
“(At Chakravarthy) he has something different in him, so he wanted to try to see what he could offer. We didn’t think much about the next game, but a good headache. It’s critical to win in every game and do everything in a short tournament. It is important to quickly correct the mistakes, and that is where we know if your team goes or descends.
In the end, Rohit Sharma spoke about Indian semi-final opponents in Australia and said they had a rich history of good treatment at ICC competitions. He stated:
“It will be a good game, Australia has a rich history of playing the ICC tournament well, but he talks about us and what we want to do a good day. It will be a great competition, looking forward to it.”
How did India compete in the previous game against New Zealand?
India performed an impeccable appearance against New Zealand in the previous game during the ICC 2023 World Cup semifinals to insert a dominant victory of 70 running.
While first hit, India decimated on New Zealand bowlers to register a record 397/4 in total. Rohit Sharma put New Zealand early on his back leg with his aggressive stumbling (47 off 29), and Shubman Gill also played a great 80* run.
However, it was the show who stole the show Virat Kohli, which made him the first shot in the history that achieved the 50th century. The stellar dough shreyas iyer played a fiery hit of 105 runs of 70 balls to speed up the Indian killers, while the rapid 39* running KL Rahul in the last few accessories ensured that India ended with a large total number.
While defending the total, Veteran Pacer Mohammed Shami dismantled the hit unit to hit New Zealand with his magical seven -year draw (7/57).
Hit in his initial addition to remove Devon Conway and Rachin Ravradra. Pacer later returned that he quickly rejected Kane Williamson and Tom Latham before removal Daryl MitchellTim Southee and Lockie Ferguson in the last 5 additions to finish 7-fe.
Shami has been provided with key support from Jasprit Bumrah and Kuldeep Yadav as India continued the amazing victory. For New Zealand, Daryl Mitchell played the courage of 134 driving, but his urges went in vain.
