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Matt Henry’s five-wicket haul helped New Zealand prohibit India to 249/9 within the 2025 Champions Trophy. The winner faces Australia within the semi-final.
Matt Henry took 5 wickets towards India in CT 2025. (AP Photograph)
After limiting India to 249/9 within the 2025 Champions Trophy Group A recreation by choosing his third five-wicket haul in ODIs on Sunday, New Zealand seamer Matt Henry mentioned his group’s key intention was to place strain on the harmful batters within the Rohit Sharma-led facet.
On a sluggish pitch on the Dubai Worldwide Stadium, Henry stood tall but once more to select 5-42 in his eight overs at an economic system fee of 5.2. Henry rocked India within the first power-play by taking out Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli, earlier than dismissing Ravindra Jadeja, Hardik Pandya and Mohammed Shami within the again finish of the innings.
“The best way we got here right here and uncovered the floor early and put India below strain. Proud of the full however huge job to do. There was little bit there with the brand new ball. We created strain and took wickets with the brand new ball. (The plan was to) Put strain on them as a collective group,” mentioned Henry within the mid-innings chat with the broadcasters.
The seamer now has a formidable file towards India in ODIs, taking 21 wickets in 11 matches at an economic system fee of 4.48. Solely three males – Shane Bond, Richard Hadlee, and Trent Boult – have taken extra five-wicket hauls for New Zealand than Henry.
“They’ve some harmful batters up high. To place them below strain was key. There are going to be ebbs and flows on a wicket like these. We have to take up strain, if we try this, we now have an excellent probability,” he added, as New Zealand will now step out to chase 250.
The winner of India-New Zealand Group A conflict will face Australia within the semi-final, whereas the shedding group would tackle South Africa within the different semi-final. South Africa and Australia had certified for the semifinals as first and second positioned groups respectively in Group B.
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)