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India vs new zealand final: Till now, the Indian team, which has managed to marginalize their rivals and critics, will have to be able to overcome a strong team like New Zealand to win the Champions Trophy after twelve years, but at the same time, you will also have to avoid getting excited about veterans like Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
New Zealand has always proved to be a tough challenge for India and New Zealand’s victory against him in ICC tournaments 10. Is 6. New Zealand has won three out of four matches against India in the ICC knockout phase.
A section of the cricket world is constantly criticizing India for taking unfair advantage of playing all the matches in Dubai. But now this argument does not have the strength because the New Zealand team has also played here. The confidence of the Indian team has also increased because its spin quartet has been very successful on the flat pitch of Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
It seems that the Indian team will come down with a combination of four spinners and two fast bowlers. Right -handed spinner Varun Chakraborty and left -handed wrist spinner Kuldeep Yadav have kept the opposing batsmen upset throughout the tournament. Ravindra Jadeja and Akshar Patel have strengthened the Indian bowling attack. His accuracy forced the batsmen to play irresponsible shots.
If the final is played on the same pitch where the match between India and Pakistan was held, then these four bowlers can trap the Kiwi team badly in the trap of Firki. The biggest hope for New Zealand will be Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra who mastered playing spin. New Zealand also has a quartet of spinners in the form of captain Mitchell St.ner, Michael Bracewell, Ravindra and Glenn Philips that can do the same thing for them.
In the Test series last year, New Zealand spinners had troubled India and once again they would like to repeat that performance in an attempt to win the ICC ODI title for the first time after 2000. Twenty -five years ago, New Zealand won the knockout tournament by defeating India in the final in Nairobi. On the other hand, the Indian team, which has won the T20 World Cup last year, will try not to let this happen. For this, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma will have to play a big role. The last stop of his career now seems to be near the match by match.
It cannot be said whether this will be the last tournament of the two Dhurandars, which has been serving Indian cricket for so long,. If it happens, both would like to leave with the title. Rohit, who has been looking satisfied by scoring twenty thirty runs for some time, will have to change the attitude and last longer at the crease. This will reduce the pressure on the middle order batsmen. He will also feel relieved by the injury of Matt Henry as this fast bowler has troubled him in the past.
Rohit will be expected to contribute a big contribution while Kohli has been doing so. In the last five innings, he has brought back memories of the old days by scoring a century and two half -centuries. Apart from Kohli and Rohit, vice -captain Shubman Gill, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya will also have expectations of useful contribution. Gill and Shreyas have performed well in pieces while Rahul and Pandya also did their job in the semi -finals against Australia.
Now all of them will have to give the title to India by performing well as a unit. Anyway, the land of Arabia is also known for fairy tales.
Teams
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Akshar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Harshit Rana, Rishabh Pant, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakraborty.
New Zealand: Michelle Santner (Captain), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Deril Michelle, Will O’Rurke, Glen Philips, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Ken Williamson, Will Young, Jacob Dfe.
Match time: From 2.30 pm.
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