The National Cricket team, led by Mitchell Santner, locked Horns with the Indian National Cricket team under the leadership of Rohit Sharma in the last group stage of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match on Sunday, March 2.
Black eyelids fought well against the Indian team at the cricket stadium in Dubai, but eventually lost a match with a large 44 ride margin.
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It was a slower wicket than what we came to – Mitchell Santner
New Zealand won the throw and decided the first bowl in the match. Kiwi bowlers reduced India to 30/3 before shreyas iyer and Axar Patel Bound the return. However, they continued to choose Wikets at regular intervals and limited India to 249/9 in 50 additions.
Chasing a target, New Zealand headed to a decent start, and Kane Williamson, with a great fifty, held them in the hunt. However, after his release for 81 in 41th place, things started from the black cap paths, and they folded for 205 in 45.3 additions.
Speaking after the match, Mitchell Santner blamed the dispute of the Dubai terrain for their loss and said that India controlled the middle phase of the match better than them. Mitchell Santner said:
“It was a slower Wickket than what we came. We knew it was entry. India was better controlled by the middle phase. Shreyas played a great knock that Hardik finished well.”
She turned a little more than we thought – Mitchell Santner
Mitchell Santner added that the surface gave more aid to Spinner than they expected, and India had a quality attack to do the job. He said:
“It started a little more than we thought, and they squeezed us well with four quality Spinners. The key to us was getting a Wicket in PowerPlay, and that was good to see.”
As he spoke of his semi -final opponents South Africa, Mitchell Santner said the Pacers would play in that game and were excited about the game. He said:
“Our next game is in Lahore where Henry will be massive. (To deal with South Africa) on that Wickkets with a pace and bounce, they have four good pacera, so we will have to see how we play them. We have to wait and see if it is a used area or fresh.”
How did New Zealand compete in the previous game against India?
New Zealand fought well in his previous game against India during the ICC 2023 World Cup semifinals at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. However, they lost 70 rides and went out to the tournament.
After being invited to Bowl first, New Zealand struggled to find wounds against the dominant Indian team. Tim Southee (3/100) was the only bowler who made an impact, rejecting Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Suryakumar Yadav, but it was too expensive.
Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner, and the other bowlers failed to control the flow of running as Indian bats – Kohli (117), Shreyas Iyer (105) and Shubman Gill (80*) – they took away the game and accumulated a huge 397/4 on the board.
By chasing the total, top of the new Zealand demolished under pressure, Devon Conway And Rachin Ravidra falls early to Mohammed Shamia.
Captain Kane Williamson, 69, tried to stand upstairs, but he also fell on Sham. In the meantime, the pinnacle of hitting new Zealand was Daryl MitchellThe performance as he comprehensively broke the fighter 134 he ran 119 balls to keep Kiwis in the hunt.
Glenn Phillips (41 off 33) provided some support to Mitchell, but their necessary run rate continued to climb and were eventually expelled by 327 in 48.5 addings. Mohammed Shami was the biggest nightmare of New Zealand as he inserted a record record seven Wickket-Haula (7/57).
