Why is Harshit Rana not playing against New Zealand?

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IND vs NZ Match: The Champions Trophy 2025 being organized by the International Cricket Council is now moving towards its end and its last group stage match is being played between India and New Zealand. This match is being organized at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai. As soon as India's playing 11 was released in this match, everyone was surprised. Actually Harshit Rana has not been given a place in the playing 11 of the team. Varun Chakraborty has been given a chance in place of Harshit. Let us know what could be the reason behind this.

Harshit Rana performed brilliantly in the first match of the Champions Trophy 2025. Harshit took 3 wickets in this match and troubled the batsmen with many brilliant balls. However, in the match against Pakistan, he could not do anything special and was able to take only 1 wicket. In such a situation, the team has dropped him from the playing 11 in this match.

Why is Harshit Rana not playing against New Zealand?: Indian team's fast bowler Harshit Rana has been rested for this match. The main reason behind his exclusion is Varun Chakraborty, whom Team India wants to try once before the semi-finals and see how he performs on the Dubai pitches. Chakraborty has been in great form recently and is constantly doing wonders with the ball. He can do wonders on the slow pitches of Dubai.

India's playing 11 against New Zealand

1. Rohit Sharma(C)
2. Shubman Gill
3. Virat Kohli
4. Shreyas Iyer
5. Axar Patel
6. Lokesh Rahul(WK)
7. Hardik Pandya
8. Ravindra Jadeja
9. Varun Chakravarthy
10. Mohammed Shami
11. Kuldeep Yadav

Also Read: India vs New Zealand Live Score

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