New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner received the toss and opted to bat first within the last of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 last in opposition to India on the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium on Sunday.

On the time of the toss, Santner confirmed that Matt Henry has been dominated out of this sport as he has not recovered from the harm which he received throughout the semi-final conflict in opposition to South Africa. India and New Zealand will vie for the final word glory on the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, assembly within the summit conflict on Sunday, 9 March in Dubai.

India have had a seamless run to the ultimate, remaining unbeaten. They bested Australia within the semi-final to punch their ticket for the ultimate.

Regardless of their loss in opposition to India within the group stage, New Zealand have additionally been spectacular in all departments and arrive within the last on the again of a complete win over South Africa within the last 4.

“We will have a bat first. Seems to be like a fairly good wicket, just like the one we performed India right here every week in the past. Wish to get runs on the board and see what occurs. Clearly anticipated a couple of blue shirts, nice ambiance, nice floor. Going to be barely completely different from what we received in Pakistan. We noticed how India performed and what they received out of it. Hope it slows down a bit later. Totally different guys have stepped up at completely different occasions. You need guys firing from the beginning and we now have completed that, as have India. Sadly Matt Henry has been dominated out, we have got Nathan Smith coming in,” Santner stated after successful the toss.

India skipper Rohit Sharma confirmed on the time of toss that that they’re going with the identical line-up which performed the final match.

“We have been right here sufficient, batted first and bowled first, do not actually thoughts batting second. It hasn’t modified a lot; we have chased and received as properly. It does provide you with a whole lot of confidence and takes the toss away from the sport. On the finish of the day, what issues is how properly you wish to play. That is what we have spoken about within the dressing room, to not fear in regards to the toss and to only play properly, that is what we have completed and we now have to do at present as properly. New Zealand have been an excellent staff over the previous so a few years, they have a tendency to play good cricket in ICC tournaments. The problem for us is to play properly in opposition to them now. Similar staff for us,” Rohit stated.

Groups:

New Zealand (Enjoying XI): Will Younger, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke, Nathan Smith

India (Enjoying XI): Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.