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Mitchell Santner gained the toss and determined that New Zealand would bowl first with Daryl Mitchell comming rather than Devon Conway.
Champions Trophy 2025, IND vs NZ: India skipper Rohit Sharma and New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner on the toss (X/BCCI)
New Zealand skipper Mitch Santner gained the toss and opted to discipline first towards Rohit Sharma’s India within the last Group B encounter of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
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New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner mentioned the pitch appears to be like like a fairly good wicket they usually have seen a few video games in Dubai. Explaining his determination to bowl first, mentioned New Zealand wish to put strain early on with their bowling after which wish to chase it.
Santner provides that New Zealand have made only one change with Daryl Mitchell coming rather than Devon Conway.
“We’ll have a bowl first, appears to be like like a very good wicket. Need to put some strain early and hopefully it skids on effectively later. We nonetheless wish to win, we all know we’re going to be in Lahore later however first activity is to do a job right here, and problem ourselves in numerous circumstances. Daryl Mitchell is available in, Conway misses this one,” Mitch Santner mentioned after successful the toss.
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Indian captain Rohit Sharma mentioned that shedding the toss didn’t matter as they needed to bat first anyway as having batted second prior to now two video games, they needed to bat first and provides their bowlers an opportunity to problem themselves underneath lights.
Rohit added that he and his crew wish to hold issues easy and that it’s all about bowling in partnerships and their seamers and spinners have complemented one another properly.
The Indian males’s cricket crew captain revealed that there’s one change with Varun Chakaravarthy changing Harshit Rana.
“Was anyway seeking to bat first, needed to see what we may do upfront after which problem our bowlers since we chased on each video games. Strategy can be similar to the earlier video games, simply attempting to do the identical issues. One change for us – Harshit has been rested, Varun is taking part in for us. It’s all about bowling in partnerships, in each video games now we have mixed to choose 19 wickets. Our spinners have restricted them effectively after which the seamers have gotten the wickets,” Rohit Sharma mentioned on the toss.
IND vs NZ – Enjoying 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 Younger, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(WK), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(C), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, Will O’Rourke.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)