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Rohit Sharma resists temptation as the name of India Safe Playing XI; New Zealand makes an ‘unfortunate’ change

Rohit Sharma resists temptation as the name of India Safe Playing XI; New Zealand makes an ‘unfortunate’ change




The New Zealand captain, Mitchell Santner, won the raffle and chose to hit first in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 against India at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
At the time of launch, Santner confirmed that Matt Henry has been discarded from this game, since he has not recovered from the injury he received during the semifinals clash against South Africa. India and New Zealand will compete for the final glory at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, gathering in the clash of the summit on Sunday, March 9 in Dubai.

India has had a perfect race to the final, remaining undefeated. They surpassed Australia in the semifinal to hit their ticket for the final.

Despite his loss against India in the group stage, New Zealand has also been impressive in all departments and reached the thorough final of an integral victory over South Africa in the Final Four.

“First we are going to have a bat. It looks like a quite good wickt, similar to the one we played to India here a week ago. I want to run on the board and see what happens. Obviously we expect some blue shirts, a great atmosphere, a great land. Go to a little different from what we obtained in Pakistan. We saw India and what we saw of him. I did that, just like India.

The captain of India, Rohit Sharma, confirmed at the time of launch that they go with the same alignment that played the last game.

“We have been here enough, first and thrown first, you don’t mind hitting in second place. It has not changed much; we have persecuted and won too. It gives you a lot that we have done today and that we have done today and we have done it today and we have done it today and we have done it today and that we have done today and we have done it today and that we have done today and we have done it today and we have done it today and that we have done today and that we have done today and that we have done today and that we have done today and that we have done today and we have done it today.

Teams:

New Zealand (Playing XI): Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (WK), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (C), Kyle Jamieson, William Orourke, Nathan Smith

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (WK), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadaja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.

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