India vs New Zealand, Champions Trophy 2025: The group round of Champions Trophy 2025 is about to end. After the 11 matches played so far in the tournament, it has been decided which four teams will play the semi-final matches. But which team will play against whom, when and where is yet to be decided and this will be decided on Sunday 2nd March, when India and New Zealand will face each other in the last match of the group round. India and New Zealand were the first to confirm their place in the semi-finals.

Both India and New Zealand have strong batting line-ups and skilled spinners, which makes for a close contest. However, New Zealand's fast bowling attack may pose a tough challenge for the Indian batsmen compared to the bowling options available to Rohit Sharma.

IND vs NZ Head-to-Head Records in ODI

The first ODI match between Team India and New Zealand was played in the year 1975. So far 118 ODI matches have been played between the two. During this time Team India has had the upper hand. Team India has won 60 matches. New Zealand team has won 50 matches. 1 match was tied and 7 matches had no result. For the first time in the history of ODI International cricket, both the teams will face each other at the Dubai Cricket Stadium.

India Squads for Champions Trophy: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohd. Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy.

New Zealand Squads for Champions Trophy: Mitchell Santner (c), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young, Jacob Duffy.

Dubai Pitch Report

In both the matches played in Dubai so far, no team has touched the 250 mark. While Bangladesh had given a target of 229 runs to India, Pakistan had given a target of 242 runs and both times India easily won the match by six wickets, the figures are enough to tell that the Dubai pitch is slow and spin friendly. On the other hand, New Zealand was playing on Pakistan's Pata pitch till now where they played two matches of this tournament and three matches of the triangular series before that. In such a situation, they may have to face problems on this slow pitch. However, we should not forget that they also have a spin trio in the form of Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell and Glenn Phillips who can use these pitches very well. Anyway, this is the same team which has created history by defeating India 3-0 in Tests on Indian pitches a few months ago.

Broadcast and Streaming Details

ICC Champions Trophy match between India and New Zealand will be telecast live on the  Star Sports Network and  Sports18 Network. The action will be streamed live on the  JioHotstar app and website.