Dubai International Cricket Stadium (Dubai) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the last game of the group stage in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday (March 2), which will be the Group A match India vs New Zealand. Both teams have already qualified for the Semi-finals by winning both their first two matches of the group stage. The Sunday fixture will decide who will face which Group B teams in the Semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Article Contents:
Match Overview
Head-to-Head
Weather Forecast
Pitch Report
Predicted XIs
In-form Players
Dream11 Team Prediction #1
Dream11 Team Prediction #2
Dream11 Team Top 4 Backups
IND vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Match Overview
Tournament: ICC Champions Trophy 2025
Format: ODI
Tournament Stage: League (Group A)
Match: India vs New Zealand (IND vs NZ)
Tournament Match No: 12
Match Date: 2 March 2025 (Sunday)
Official Toss Time: 12:30 local time (14:00 IST)
Official Starting Time: 13:00 local time (14:30 IST)
Venue: Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Live Broadcasting and Streaming (only in India): Star Sports network, Sports18 Network, JioHotstar
IND vs NZ Head-To-Head
Details | Matches | India Won | New Zealand Won | Tied | No Result |
Overall ODI | 118 | 60 | 50 | 1 | 7 |
In UAE | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
At Dubai International Cricket Stadium | —- | —- | —- | —- | —- |
In the ICC Champions Trophy | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Last 5 ODIs | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
IND vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Weather Forecast
The game-time temperatures can be between 35°C and 27°C. There is no rain threat for this match.
IND vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Pitch Report
Dubai International Cricket Stadium brings slow pitches for recent ODIs, however, the ODI venue has a recent record of successful chases.
Average innings score (in last 5 ODIs): 207.90
Average 1st batting score (in last 5 ODIs): 207.80
Last 5 ODIs results: 1st batting win – 1; 2nd batting win – 4
Highest ODI total (in last 5 ODIs): 244/4 by India vs Pakistan on 23 February 2024
Lowest ODI total (in last 5 ODIs): 132 by UAE vs Scotland on 3 March 2024
Toss prediction: Win the toss and bowl first
IND vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Predicted XIs
India Predicted XI: Shubman Gill (Captain), KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav
New Zealand Predicted XI: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Mark Chapman, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (Captain), Matt Henry, Will O’Rourke
IND vs NZ In-form Players (Since 2024)
Batters
Team | Player | Runs | Average/Strike Rate | 100s/50s |
India | Shubman Gill | 463 | 66.14/88.35 | 2/2 |
Rohit Sharma | 340 | 42.50/130.26 | 1/2 | |
Shreyas Iyer | 290 | 36.25/107.40 | 0/3 | |
New Zealand | Will Young | 371 | 41.22/86.88 | 0/2 |
Glenn Phillips | 282 | 56.40/112.80 | 1/1 | |
Rachin Ravindra | 262 | 52.40/114.91 | 1/1 |
Bowlers
Team | Player | Wickets | Average/Economy Rate | 4wks/5wks |
India | Axar Patel | 10 | 29.60/4.39 | 0/0 |
Harshit Rana | 10 | 20.70/5.69 | 0/0 | |
Kuldeep Yadav | 9 | 30.66/4.14 | 0/0 | |
New Zealand | Matt Henry | 17 | 16.88/4.69 | 2/0 |
Michael Bracewell | 16 | 21.25/4.35 | 2/0 | |
Will O’Rourke | 14 | 28.14/5.56 | 1/0 |
IND vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Dream11 Team Prediction #1:
Wicketkeeper(s): T Laham
Batters: V Kohli, W Young, R Ravindra, S Gill (C)
All-rounder(s): A Patel, M Bracewell (vc), M Santner, H Pandya, G Phillips
Bowlers: W O’Rourke
IND vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Dream11 Team Prediction #2:
Wicketkeeper(s): T Laham, D Conway
Batters: K Williamson, R Ravindra, S Gill
All-rounder(s): R Jadeja, A Patel (C), M Bracewell, H Pandya
Bowlers: M Henry, K Yadav
IND vs NZ ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Dream11 Team Top 4 Backups:
R Pant, R Sharma, K Jamieson, A Singh
