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The final match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 between India and New Zealand will be played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. While Team India had confirmed their place for the title match with 4 wickets in the semi -final match, the New Zealand team confirmed their place in the finals with 50 runs in the second semi -final match played on the ground in Lahore. The Indian team is also considered to be a strong contender to win the title match, the biggest reason behind which they are still playing in Dubai. However, if Team India’s record against New Zealand in ICC knockout matches, it is not better at all.
Indian team had to face defeat in three out of 4 matches
Team India has so far played in the ICC tournament against New Zealand 4 times in knockout matches, out of which they won only one, while suffering four matches. For the first time between the two teams, the ICC tournament knockout clashed in the final match of the Champions Trophy in 2000, in which the Kiwi team won. At the same time, the match was played between India and New Zealand in the semi -finals of the 2019 ODI World Cup and the Kiwi team managed to win it. New Zealand defeated the Indian team in the final of the ICC World Test Championship held in 2021. After this, Team India defeated the New Zealand team in the semi -finals of the ODI World in 2023, which was also the first win against New Zealand in their ICC knockout matches.
India reaches final for 5th time in Champions Trophy
The Indian team has managed to reach the final for the 5th time in the history of the Champions Trophy, of which in 2000, where they were defeated by New Zealand, Team India was a joint winner in 2002. In 2013, Team India won the Champions Trophy title, winning the final against England under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. In 2017, the Indian team made it to the finals of the Champions Trophy under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, where they had to face defeat against Pakistan.
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