Month: March 2025

India vs New Zealand ICC CT 2025 Final Highlights 9th March

India won the Champions Trophy for the third time by defeating New Zealand by 4 wickets in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

In this match held at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bat and the New Zealand team scored 251 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. India achieved the target for the loss of 6 wickets in the 49th over.

The Kiwi team had to suffer its first loss in the form of Will Young for 57 runs, who was returned to the pavilion by Varun Chakravarthy, while opener Rachan Ravindra fell victim to spinner Kuldeep Yadav on 69 runs, while Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Kane Williamson for the team’s total score of 75.

The Kiwi team suffered its fourth loss in the form of Tom Latham, who was dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja. New Zealand’s fifth wicket against India fell for 165 runs when Glenn Phillips was dismissed for 34 runs by Varun Chakravarthy.

New Zealand’s sixth wicket against India fell for 211 runs when Daryl Mitchell played an innings of 63 runs and was dismissed by Mohammed Shami.

New Zealand’s seventh wicket against India fell for 239 runs and captain Mitchell Santner was run out for 8 runs.

In pursuit of the target, India had a solid start and openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill put on a 105-run partnership. Shubman Gill was dismissed for 31 runs, Rohit Sharma played an innings of 76 runs.

India became the winner of the Champions Trophy for the third time by defeating New Zealand
Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell took 2 wickets each, Photo: ICC
Virat Kohli was dismissed for one run, Hardik Pandya scored 18 and Axar Patel scored 29 runs, Shreyas Iyer scored 48 runs. KL Rahul was not out with 34 runs.

Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell took 2 wickets each for New Zealand.

Rohit Sharma was declared the Player of the Match for his brilliant batting, Rohit Sharma played an innings of 76 runs, which included 3 sixes and 7 fours.

New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra was declared the Player of the Tournament, Rachin Ravindra scored 263 runs in 4 matches and took 3 wickets.

India has become the winner of the ICC Champions Trophy for the third time. Earlier, in 2002, India was the joint champion with Sri Lanka, while in 2013, it defeated England.

It should be noted that today, India and New Zealand were competing in the final of the Champions Trophy after 25 years. 25 years ago, in the final of the second edition of the ICC Champions Trophy played in Nairobi, New Zealand defeated India by 4 wickets thanks to a brilliant century by Chris Keynes.


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South Africa vs New Zealand ICC CT 2025 2nd Semifinal Highlights 5th March

In the second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy, New Zealand defeated South Africa by 50 runs to reach the final. The final of the mega event will be between New Zealand and India in Dubai on March 9.

In the match played at Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, New Zealand, batting first, scored 362 runs for the loss of 6 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs thanks to the brilliant centuries of Rachan Ravindra and Kane Williamson.

In the chase of the target, other batsmen from South Africa, except for David Miller, could not show sufficient performance. Thanks to David Miller’s century, the Proteas scored 312 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs.

It should be noted that the record of making the highest total in the tournament was broken for the third time in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.

The 21-year-old Champions Trophy record was broken in the match between Australia and England when England gave Australia a target of 352 runs to win, but Australia achieved this target in the same match and set a new record.

South Africa batting
Chasing the biggest target of the Champions Trophy, South Africa’s first wicket fell for 20 runs when Ryan Rickleton was dismissed after scoring 17 runs.

Captain Timba Bavuma and Ross van der Dussen put on a 105-run partnership, during which both players completed their half-centuries but neither could extend their innings.

Captain Timba was dismissed after scoring 56 runs and Dussen’s innings ended at 69 runs, after which Aiden Markram came to bat but he could only score 31 runs.

South African player Henrik Klaasen was in good form in the One Day International and the team was also hoping that he would make the match interesting to some extent but unfortunately he proved to be a guest of only 3 runs.

Among other players, Wayne Mulder scored 8, Marco Johnson 3, Keshav Maharaj 1, Kagiso Rabada 16 runs, David Miller remained on the wicket till the end and completed his century on the last ball, he managed to score 100 runs in 67 balls, which included 4 sixes and 10 fours.

From New Zealand, Mitchell Santner 3, Matt Henry and Glenn Phillips 2, 2 while Michael Bracewell and Rachan Ravindra managed to take one wicket each.

New Zealand batting
Except for Will Young and Tom Latham, who opened the innings for the Kiwis, all the batsmen showed excellent batting, Will Young was out for 21 and Tom Latham for 4 runs.

Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson put on a crucial 164-run partnership for the second wicket, with both batsmen first completing their half-centuries and then centuries.

Rachin Ravindra was out after scoring 108 runs off 101 balls with the help of a six and 13 fours, while Kane Williamson played an innings of 102 runs off 94 balls, which included 2 sixes and 10 fours.

Daryl Mitchell played an innings of 49 runs off 37 balls and Glenn Phillips also played an aggressive innings of 49 runs off 27 balls, which included a six and 6 fours.

For South Africa, Lanky Ngidi took 3 wickets, Kagiso Rabada took 2 wickets and Wayne Milder took one wicket.

New Zealand playing XI
Mitchell Santner (captain), Will Young, Rachan Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Will O’Rourke

South Africa playing XI
Tumba Bavuma (captain), Ryan Rickleton, Rassie van der Dussen, Aiden Markram, Heinrich Klaasen, David Miller, Wayne Milder, Marco Johnson, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Langi Ngidi

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India vs Australia ICC CT 2025 Semi Final Match Highlights 4th March

The Australian team set the Indian team a target of 265 runs to win.

Australian captain Steve Smith scored 73 runs, Alex Carey scored 61 runs and opener Travis Head scored 39 runs.

On the other hand, India’s Mohammed Shami took 3 wickets, Jadeja and Varun Chakraborty took 2 wickets each.

Indian team captain Rohit Sharma scored 28 runs, Shubman Gill scored eight, Shreyas Iyer scored 45, Akshar Patel scored 27, Hardik Pandya scored 28 runs and Virat Kohli scored 84 runs.

The second semi-final of the tournament will be played between New Zealand and South Africa on March 5 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, while the final will be played on Sunday, March 9, 2025.

Along with this, the first semi-final will be played tomorrow in Dubai between India and Australia, while the second will be played tomorrow in Lahore between South Africa and New Zealand. In the match played in Dubai, India batted first and set a target of 250 runs for New Zealand to win, in pursuit of which the entire New Zealand team was bowled out for 205 runs in 45.3 overs. Earlier, India’s first three wickets fell for a total score of 30 runs, Shubman Gill 2, Rohit Sharma 15, Virat Kohli 11 returned to the pavilion. A partnership of 98 runs was established between Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer for the fourth wicket. Axar Patel was dismissed for 42 runs while Shreyas Iyer lost his wicket for 79 runs. KL Rahul 23, Hardik Pandya 45, Ravindra Jadeja 16, Mohammed Shami 5 and Kuldeep Yadav were dismissed for one run. Matt Henry took 5 wickets for New Zealand. Chasing a target of 250 runs, New Zealand’s Ravindra 6, Will Young 22, Mitchell Starc 17, Tom Latham 14, Glenn Phillips 12, Mitchell Bracewell 2, Kane Williamson 81 were dismissed. India’s Varun Chakraborty was declared the man of the match after taking five wickets.


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India vs New Zealand ICC CT 2025 12th Match Highlights 2nd March

Chasing a target of 250 runs at the Dubai Stadium, New Zealand lost their tenth wicket for 245 runs in the 46th over. India won the match by 44 runs and topped the Group A points table. Now the first semi-final will be between India and Australia. This match will be held at the Dubai Stadium on March 4.

The second semi-final will be held at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore on March 5. In this semi-final, New Zealand, who lost today, will play the top team of Group B, South Africa.

In the India-New Zealand match being played at the Dubai Stadium hosted by Pakistan, Santner hit Varun Chakraborty for the 99th six of the mega event. This was the 44th over, and this six raised hopes that Santner and Matt Henry would together take the match to victory.

The 424th boundary of the mega event was also hit by Santner, in front of him was bowler Kuldeep Yadav. But in the next over, Santner fell victim to Varun Chakravarthy.

The Kiwis scored 197 runs at the end of 44 overs. They needed to score 56 runs from 36 balls. Santner was bowled clean by Warun. This was Warun’s fourth wicket in this over. On the fourth ball of the same over, New Zealand’s Matt Henry was also caught by Varun Chakravarthy’s ball. This was Chakravarthy’s fifth wicket.

Batting first, the Indian team scored 249 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. India’s top order struggled against New Zealand and three players of the Indian team returned to the pavilion for just 30 runs, Shubman Gill 2, Rohit Sharma 15 and Virat Kohli 11 runs.

India’s Shreyas Iyer top-scored with 79 runs, Hardik Pandya scored 45 runs with the help of 2 sixes and 4 fours, while Amit Patel scored 42 runs.

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