Ind vs nz champions trophy 2025 final: On March 9, Team India will clash with New Zealand to win the title of the tournament in the final match of the Champions Trophy. Talking about papers and data, Team India is not seen weaker than Kiwis from any corner, but if we scrutinized the history of the last 37 years, then in the final match so far, when Team India has confronted New Zealand in the final match, it has suffered defeat. The last time Team India defeated Ravi Shastri in the final of the 1988 Sharjah Cup. Since then, whenever Team India has confronted New Zealand in the final match, Team India has faced defeat.
India would like to break this unwanted record in any case in the final match on Sunday. By the way, Team India has so far performed in this tournament and has kept the mouth of critics. If this performance of Team India continues in the finals, then this time no one will be able to stop becoming the winner of the Champions Trophy. Since 1988, three such occasions have come to light when Team India had a fight with New Zealand in the title collision. In the final of the Champions Trophy in 2000, Team India faced New Zealand where Kiwis won. After this, in the year 2005, both teams were in the final in the Videocon Tri Series once again, the Kavis also won. After this, the final of the World Championship in the year 2021 is also included in which Kiwis defeated Team India.
The final final of the Sharjah Cup in 1988 when Team India defeated New Zealand
In 1988, Team India defeated New Zealand by 52 runs in Ravi Shastri’s Agn. In this match played on 1 April 1988, Team India won the toss and decided to bat first. In the prescribed 50 overs, Team India scored a score of 250/7. For India, captain Ravi Shastri scored the highest innings of 72 runs. During this, he faced a total of 66 balls and hit 3 sixes and 3 fours. Apart from Ravi Shastri, 58 runs from 75 balls and Kapil Dev had scored a rapid innings of 49 runs from just 26 balls. In this innings, he hit 2 sixes and 3 fours. Apart from Kapil Dev, Navjot Sidhu started 33 off 53 balls, starting the innings. In response, the Kiwi team collapsed for just 198 runs in 45.3 overs. For India, Narendra Hirwani took 4 wickets for 46 runs in 10 overs.
The year 2000 Champions Trophy: Keevis snatched the title from Team India’s jaw
The Champions Trophy tournament was the second time in 2000. This time, India faced New Zealand in the final match. In this match, Team India scored 264 runs at the loss of 6 wickets thanks to captain Sourav Ganguly’s century and Sachin Tendulkar’s half -century in the scheduled 50 overs. Chasing 265 runs in this match, New Zealand was struggling by losing 5 wickets for 132 runs in 23.2 overs. Team India had gripped on the match, but was something else. At the same time, two New Zealand all -rounders Chris Kerns and Chris Harris, who came to bat at the crease, buried their pegs and the two players shared 122 runs in 24.5 overs to snatch the title from Team India’s jaws. Chris Kerns scored 102 runs off 113 balls while Chris Harris scored 46 runs off 72 balls.
Kavio won the 2005 Videocon Tri -series
On 6 September 2005, in the final match of the Videocon Tri -series played at Harare, Zimbabwe, Stephen Fleming once again defeated Team India to capture the title by defeating Team India. This time too, Team India batted first, scoring a total of 276 runs in 49.3 overs with the help of half -centuries of Virender Sehwag and Mohammad Kaif. In response, Kiwis won the match by 6 wickets with the semi -century of captain Stephen Fleming and the century of Nathan Ashley, with 6 wickets with 11 balls remaining. Fleming and Ashley laid the foundation of the victory by shaking 121 runs in 18.1 overs in the first wicket partnership.
This will be a possible team of India and New Zealand:
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: Mitchell Santner (Captain), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Davon Conway, Loki Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Derryl Mitchell, Will O’Rurke, Glenn Philips, Rachin Rabindra, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young, Jacob Duffy.
