India playing 11 vs New Zealand: Will Rohit again go with 4 spinners? Know here

By Kaif - Mar 08, 2025 01:53 PM
Last updated on Mar 08, 2025 02:57 PM

India playing 11 vs New Zealand: When Team India, captained by Rohit Sharma, will play against New Zealand (IND vs NZ) in the final of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, March 9, it will try to avenge the defeat suffered 25 years ago from the Kiwis. In the year 2000, the final was played between India and New Zealand in the ICC Knockout Tournament, where the Kiwi team won.

The Indian team has reached the final of the Champions Trophy for the third consecutive time. In 2013, while Team India won this trophy for the second time by defeating England, in 2017 India had to face defeat at the hands of Pakistan. But now Team India's eyes are set on lifting this trophy for the third time. Now we will tell you what will be the playing XI of Team India for this match.

India's playing XI against New Zealand

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• In the final match, captain Rohit Sharma and vice-captain Shubman Gill will open the innings. Both have batted brilliantly so far in this tournament. Gill is consistently performing brilliantly. He has scored 157 runs so far in four matches.


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• Virat Kohli's bat at number 3 is also spitting fire. King Kohli has scored 217 runs in 4 matches so far. He has played a century against Pakistan and then a match-winning innings of 84 runs against Australia.


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• In the middle order, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul have so far pulled the team out of every situation. Iyer is consistently scoring half-centuries. He has scored 195 runs so far in four matches while KL Rahul has also played many useful innings for the team. Rahul has played the role of match finisher on many occasions.


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• The role of all-rounders is going to be very important in the final match against New Zealand. In such a situation, apart from Akshar, all-rounders like Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja can take Team India across.
• But Kuldeep Yadav's place seems difficult while Varun Chakravarthy is sure to remain in the playing-11. Varun Chakravarthy took a 5-wicket haul in the last match against New Zealand and his place in the playing XI for this match is also considered certain.

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India's playing 11 for CT 2025 final match

1. Rohit Sharma (Captain)
2. Shubman Gill (Vice-captain)
3. Virat Kohli
4. Shreyas Iyer
5. KL Rahul (wicketkeeper)
6. Hardik Pandya
7. Axar Patel
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Kuldeep Yadav/Harshit Rana
10. Mohammed Shami
11. Varun Chakravarthy

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