IND vs NZ final today in Champions Trophy

The final of the Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between India and New Zealand today. The match will start at 2.30 pm at the International Stadium in Dubai. Here both the teams will face each other for the second time. In the last match, Team India won by 44 runs.

India has not lost a single ODI here so far. The team played 10 matches and won 9. While one match was tied. Spinners can prove to be a game changer on the slow pitch here.

India ahead in overall ODIs

So far 119 ODIs have been played between the two teams. India has won 61 and New Zealand has won 50 matches. Apart from this, there has been no result in 7 matches. While one match was tied. India has won the last 6 ODIs against New Zealand consecutively. Both the teams last clashed in this Champions Trophy, when India won by 44 runs.

Kohli and Shami are on top

India's star batsman Virat Kohli has scored the most runs for India in this Champions Trophy. He has scored 217 runs in 4 matches. Kohli scored a century in the match against Pakistan. He scored an unbeaten 100. Fast bowler Mohammed Shami is on top in bowling. He has taken 8 wickets in 4 matches.

Pitch and toss report

The Dubai pitch is proving to be challenging for the batsmen. So far 4 matches of the Champions Trophy have been played here. Due to the slow pitch, only 1 out of 4 matches have produced a score of 250 plus. Due to the slow pitch, the Indian spinners can get the advantage in the final.

The team batting in the second innings here has a better winning record. India has also won 3 of the last 4 matches while chasing. In such a situation, the team winning the toss can decide to field first.

Possible playing-11 of both teams

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami and Varun Chakraborty.

New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (captain), Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson and William O'Rourke.