India or New Zealand? Former Pakistan Bowler Wahab Riaz selects his favorite to win champion trophy 2025
India and New Zealand ready to face the long -awaited final Champion trophy 2025. Men blue secured their place in the finals of an exciting victory Australia In the semifinals, while New Zealand performed the dominant performance of the superior South Africa in their clash of knockouts. In her previous match, India became a winning victory of 44 running. However, New Zealand has shown a sense of harassment of subcontinent giants in the knockout stages of the ICC tournament, adding an additional layer of intrigue to this expected finale.
In the midst of accumulation to calculate the prestigious ICC tournament, the former Pakistani crislette Wahab Riaz shared his thoughts about who was set up to him to achieve the desired trophy and surpass the other.
Wahab Riaz selects his favorite side for the finals of The Champions Trophy 2025
India has won all its matches in the tournament so far. However, in the past, they have often failed in key encounters. Although many former players believe that India is holding the advantage, they also admitted that New Zealand cannot be underestimated, and the possibility of another triumpha black captains remains very alive.
Former Pakistan Wahab crisner, especially, believes that New Zealand are currently a terrible side than India, emphasizing their strength and consistency in high pressure situations.
“New Zealand looks stronger than India because they always have a clear game plan. In these conditions, they know how to knock and a bowl. Their dough and bowlers have always been delivered in big games. However, I would still give 60-40 in favor of India, but you cannot exclude the possibility of winning New Zealand,” “ Said Wahab as he commented during the second semi -finals of the champion trophy.
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Highly octane trip of two finalists in the 2025 champion trophy
India: The Indian team began with a victory against Bangladesh in Group A from the 2025 champion trophy. Their next victory followed against the rival Pakistan, followed by a triumph over new Zealand in the final conflict in the group. In the semi -finals of the tournament, they were caused by Australia but an emphasized race Virat Kohli with contributions from Kl Rahul and Hardik Pandya traced the way to enter the team to the finals.
New Zealand: The road to the tournament finals was a bit similar to black caps. After registering a victory over Pakistan and Bangladesh in the group stage conflicts, a disappointing medium -sized representation led to a defeat in their final group stage against India.
However, New Zealand returned strongly to the semifinals against southern Africa by kindness of a century from Rachin Ravidra and Kane Williamson. Black caps recorded about 50 victory over Proteas, overcoming all prospects and secured a place in the tournament final.
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