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Mitchell Santner won the toss and decided that New Zealand would bowl first with Daryl Mitchell comming in place of Devon Conway.
Champions Trophy 2025, IND vs NZ: India skipper Rohit Sharma and New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner at the toss (X/BCCI)
New Zealand skipper Mitch Santner won the toss and opted to field first against Rohit Sharma’s India in the final Group B encounter of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
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New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner said the pitch looks like a pretty good wicket and they have seen a couple of games in Dubai. Explaining his decision to bowl first, said New Zealand want to put pressure early on with their bowling and then want to chase it.
Santner adds that New Zealand have made just one change with Daryl Mitchell coming in place of Devon Conway.
“We’ll have a bowl first, looks like a good wicket. Want to put some pressure early and hopefully it skids on well later. We still want to win, we know we are going to be in Lahore later but first task is to do a job here, and challenge ourselves in different conditions. Daryl Mitchell comes in, Conway misses this one,” Mitch Santner said after winning the toss.
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Indian captain Rohit Sharma said that losing the toss did not matter as they wanted to bat first anyway as having batted second in the past two games, they wanted to bat first and give their bowlers a chance to challenge themselves under lights.
Rohit added that he and his team are looking to keep things simple and that it is all about bowling in partnerships and their seamers and spinners have complemented each other nicely.
The Indian men’s cricket team captain revealed that there is one change with Varun Chakaravarthy replacing Harshit Rana.
“Was anyway looking to bat first, wanted to see what we could do upfront and then challenge our bowlers since we chased on both games. Approach will be very similar to the previous games, just trying to do the same things. One change for us – Harshit has been rested, Varun is playing for us. It is all about bowling in partnerships, in both games we have combined to pick 19 wickets. Our spinners have restricted them well and then the seamers have got the wickets,” Rohit Sharma said at the toss.
IND vs NZ – Playing XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.
New Zealand: Rachin Ravindra, Will Young, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(WK), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(C), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Will O’Rourke.
- Location :
Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
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