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Sunday, 9 March 2025

🇮🇳 Vs 🇳🇿 : #CT25 FINAL

🏆 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄 𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐈𝐍! 🇮🇳🔥

𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐡𝐚𝐦𝐩𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐲,

defeating New Zealand by 4 wickets!💪🎉

Player of the Match is Rohit Sharma : 76(83).

Player of the Tournament is Rachin Ravindra for 263 runs and 4 wickets.

As it Happened:

At Dubai International Cricket Stadium:

Champions Trophy FINAL: Updates:

Earlier :

Another toss doesn't go India's way!

A big blow for New Zealand with Matt Henry ruled out. India unchanged:

New Zealand opted Bat:

Target for India is 252 @ 5.04 per over.

Indian Chase :

Rohit Sharma + Shubman Gill start

Rohit Sharma hits 6 on 2nd ball.

5 Ov: 31/0 : Rohit 21* + Shubman 5*.

Rohit dancing down hits 6 off Smith 3rd ball.

Shubman dropped on 6 off Jamieson.

Rohit 3rd six in 8th ov. Off Smith again.

Santner bowls in 9th n Rachin in 10th.

10 Ov: 64/0 : Rohit 49 (40)*+Shubman 10*.

India need 188 more off 40 Ov.

Rohit Sharma 50* off 41 : 3 Sixes n 5 Fours.

Shubman hits six in 14th Ov.

Rohit Sharma looking to play for BIG innings.

15 Ov: 93/0 : Rohit 65(55)*+Shubman 23*.

100/0 : 17 Ov : Rohit 68*,Shubman 27*.

Wow...That man Glenn Phillips again..pulls one out of thin air :

Shubman Gill 31(50) : 105/1 : 18.4 Ov .

Bracewell introduced and gets king Virat lbw on 1st ball on O : 19.1 Ov.

20 Ov : 108/2 : Rohit 70*, Shreyas 1*.

🇮🇳 Need 144 off 30 Ov / 180 balls .

25 Ov : 122/2 : Rohit 76*, Shreyas 9*.

Need 130 more off 150 balls.

Rachin gets BIG FISH:

Rohit St Latham 76 (83) : 122/3 : 26.1.

Shreyas survived on boundary rope : 6.

30 Ov : 134 / 3 : Shreyas 19* + Axar 4*.

India need 114 off 120 balls.

New Zealand spinners have broken the Indian innings momentum..!

153/3 : 32.5, Shreyas 30*.

35 Ov : 161 / 3 : Shreyas 35 * + Axar 13*.

India need 91 off 90 balls.

Partnership crosses 50 with Shreyas 6. Need 77 more And next ball dropped by Jamieson on 44.

38 Ov : 183 / 3 : Shreyas 48 * + Axar 22*.

Wow...Santner got Shreyas on 48 off 62.

183/4 : 38.2 Ov. KL joins Axar.

🇮🇳 Need 69 off 69 balls .

40 Ov : 191/4 : Axar 28 * n KL Rahul 2* .

Need 61 off 60 balls .

New Zealand strikes again:

Axar falls at mid-off: 29 : 203/5 : 41.3 Ov.

Hardik in joins KL 13*.

🇮🇳 Still 49 need more off 51 balls.

45 Ov : 220/5 : KL Rahul 23 *+ Hardik 6*.

🇮🇳 Still need 32 more off 30 balls.

Hardik lifts Rachin for 6 , need 26.

🇮🇳 Need 21 more off 24 balls.

🇮🇳 Need 12 more off 18 balls.

Hardik gone on 18 off 18 : 241/6 : 47.3.

🇮🇳 Need 11 more off 15 balls. Jadeja in.

245/6 : Need 7 off 12.

New Zealand fought well till the end ..

Jadeja pulls it for 4...

India win with 4 wickets in 49 overs.

KL Rahul 34*. Jadeja 9 *.

India lifts the Champions Trophy 2025.

Earlier: 🇳🇿 New Zealand Batting:

1 Ov : 4/0, Shami. : Young + Rachin Ravindra.

2 Ov : 6/0, Hardik.

3 Ov : 10/0, Shami.

4 Ov : 26/0, Hardik.

5 Ov : 37/0, Shami, Rachin 25*.

6 Ov : 46/0, Varun Chakravarthy.

7 Ov : 51/0, Shami : Rachin Ravindra dropped on 28 : Caught & Bowled Chance : 6.3 Ov.

8 Ov : Varun Chakravarty strikes 1st ball:

Rachin Ravindra tries to swing to leg missed , No edge in DRS : It's wide.

Another chance put down : Shreyas drops skier running, at square leg Rachin was on 29. : But Varun Strikes on 5th ball:

Young LBW 15 (23) : Varun C : 57/1 : 7.5 Ov.

Ken Williamson joins Rachin 34*.

9 Ov : 64/1, Shami

10 Ov : 69/1, Varun Chakravarthy.

Rachin Ravindra 37*(28) & Ken Williamson 9*

Wow Kuldeep Yadav strikes 1st ball: Rachin Ravindra Bowled 37 : 69/2: 10.1.

Darrell Mitchell in. 73/2 : 11Ov.

Axar Patel starts 12th : gives 3 runs.

Wow It's KULDEEP YADAV again:75/3 :12.2 Ov.

Ken Williamson Ct n Bowled: Kuldeep: 11(14).

15 Ov : 83/3 : Mitchell + Latham at 1st 🥛.

Jadeja introduced in 20th ov : 100/3 : 19.2.

20 Ov : 101/3 : Mitchell 17*, Latham 12*.

Latham Lbw Jadeja 14(30) : 108/4 : 23.2 Ov.

25 Ov : 114/4 : Mitchell 25*, Phillips 3*.

No boundary for last 81 balls : then 6.

30 Ov : 135/4 : Mitchell 32*, Phillips 17*.

35 Ov : 153/4 : Mitchell 40*, Phillips 26*.

Mitchell on 40 dropped by Shubman off Jadeja. Partnership 50+.

Varun Chakravarty strikes: 165/5 : 37.5 ov.

Glenn Phillips Bowled Varun 34 (52).

40 Ov : 172/5 : Mitchell 48*, Bracewell 3*.

Mitchell 50* off 91 balls.

Boundary hit after 65 balls, by Bracewell.

12 off 44th ov by Shami, Bracewell hit 6.

45 Ov: 201/5 : Mitchell 53*, Bracewell 24*.

After 4 2 4 : Shami got Mitchell on 63 : 211/6.

Santner run out 8 : 239/7 : 49 Ov.

Bracewell excellent 53 * off 40 : 251/7.

Target for India is 252 @ 5.04 per over.

INDIA vs REST OF THE WORLD 😅:

Statistics, prior this match:

After lots of starts, Rohit Sharma has one innings left to make it big 👀

Wednesday, 5 March 2025

New Zealand V South Africa: SF2 :

At Lahore, Pakistan :

New Zealand 🇿🇦💀 :

Centurions : Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson.

Tuesday, 4 March 2025

🇮🇳 V 🇦🇺 : SEMI-FINAL 1 : Dubai

As it happened..in Dubai SF 1 :

In those 98.1 overs :

Will India mange to retaliate for November' 23 : World Cup Final loss at Ahmedabad? Was the question.

SEMI-FINAL 1 :

Australia won the toss and elected to bat first

🇮🇳: No change

🇦🇺: Cooper Connolly, Tanveer Sangha come in for Matthew Short & Spencer Johnson

🇦🇺 Batting:

🇦🇺 Travis Head + Cooper Connolly.

🇮🇳 start with Shami and Hardik .

On second ball Shami dropped Head ...caught and bowled chance in follow through.

2 Ov : 3 Runs : Shami gave 2 & Hardik 1.

Shami strikes in his 2nd over : 4/1 : 3 Ov.

Connolly ct KL Rahul B Shami 0(9).

Smith joins Head on 1* off 9 .

Head hits 11 off Hardik : 17/1 : 4 Ov and 3 boundaries off Shami and rushes to 26* off 20.

31/1 : 5 Ov.

Kuldeep Yadav starts 6th, gave 5.

Hardik gave 11 in 7th.

Head lifts Kuldeep for 6 : 53/1 : 7.2 Ov, rest 5 dot balls.

9th Ov: Wow Varun Chakravarthy strikes BIG Sends back Head back on his first ball to him caught by running in Shubman Gill on 39 off 33 : 54/2 : 8.2 Ov, at Mid-off.

Labuschagne joins Smith.Axar in 10th:5 runs.

10 Ov : 63/2 : Smith 17*, Labuschagne 1*.

Axar Patel bit unlucky in 14th , ball hits the stumps off Smith but bails doesn't come off.

Ravindra Jadeja starts 15th gave 4 : 76/2.

20 Ov : 105/2, Smith 36*,Labuschagne 24*

Shami back in 22nd over dropped Smith in his follow through on 36 : difficult chance.

Labuschagne LBW 29 B Jadeja: 110/3 : 22.3 Ov.

In form Inglis joins captain Smith 37* .

25 Ov : 125/3 : Smith 44*+ Inglis 7*.

Smith gets to 50 off 68.

Wow Jadeja gets Inglis on 11 : 144/4 : 27 Ov.

Left hander Carey in with Smith 59*.

30 Ov : 158/4 : Smith 62*, Carey 11* .

Carey very aggressive right from start, hitting spinners effortlessly.

35 Ov : 186/4 : Smith 71* (94), Carey 29*(26).

Wow...Shami gets BIG Smith , advancing and missing full toss completely bowled on 73 off 96. Maxwell joins Carey 36*.

198/5 : 36.4 Ov.

Maxwell's six off Axar Patel brings 200 and

Wow...Bowled by Axar Patel on next ball 7.

205/6 : 37.3 Ov.

2 wickets in 2 overs of Smith n Maxwell by Shami and Axar pull it bit back for India.

40 Ov : 213/6 : Carey 44* off 40.

Spinners back for India. Kuldeep + Varun.

45 Ov : 239 / 6 Carey 54* off 52.

Varun gets Dwarshuis 19 : 239/7 : 45.2 Ov.

Wow..excellent direct throw by Shreyas Iyer sents back dangerous Carey on 61 off 51.

249/8 : 47.1 Ov.

Shami gets his 3rd on his last ball:262/9:49 Ov.

Hardik Pandya wraps it with Zampa bowled.

264 all down : 49.3 Overs.

Target for India is 265. Good total considering Semi-final pressure for chase.

Labuschagne and Head and Maxwell.

Champions Trophy and CWC23 Catching.

Indian chase:

Rohit Sharma hits 7 off 1st over .

Hits 6 in second over and almost gets out at point next ball. Dropped on 13.

And again on 14 at mid-off 17/0 : 3 Ov.

Shubman Gill drags one on stumps 8(11).

5 Ov : 30/1. Virat joins Rohit 21* off 19.

Connolly - spinner starts at 42/1: 7 ov and strikes 5th ball :

Rohit gone lbw 28 of 29 : Mistimed sweep to a full length ball: 43/2: 7.2.

Shreyas Iyer in..Virat 5* off 7.

Shreyas edges one through slip.

10 Ov : 55/2 : Virat 9*, Shreyas 8*.

Adam Zampa introduced in 11th.

15 Ov : 75/2 : Virat 18*, Shreyas 19*.

20 Ov : 103/2 : Virat 34 *, Shreyas 31*.

Partnership 50 plus.

India need 162 more in 30 overs.

25 Ov: 131/2 : Virat 50* n Shreyas 43*.

India comfortable against inexperienced Australian attack , at present.

Kohli dropped on 51 by Maxwell off Connolly: 3rd catch dropped of this innings.

But Adam Zampa gets breakthrough: Shreyas Iyer bowled on 45 (62) : 134/3 : 26.2 Ov.

Axar joins Virat 51* off 56 .

30 Ov : 150/3 : Virat 59*, Axar 8*.

India need 115 off 120 balls.

35 Ov : 178 / 4 : Virat 68* n Axar bowled on 27 (30) by Ellis.

Need 87 off 90 balls. K L Rahul in.

Super fit Virat 50 singles in 78* off 88.

40 Ov : 200 / 4 : Virat 80* , KL Rahul 10*.

Need 65 from 60 balls.

KL breaking free. Charging 6 off Zampa...

but in same over Virat falls on 84 off 98 to mid-on : 225/5 : 42.4 ov. Falls at wrong time.

Hardik joins KL Rahul 31* off 26 .

Need 39 off 42. Australia desperate.

Inexperienced Australian bowlers taking it to the end...!

Hardly allowed Indian Batters to break free.

Hardik lifts Sangha for 6 after 4 dots.

45 Ov : 237/5 : Need 28 off 30 balls.

Just 1 off Ellis to Hardik in 46th over.

Need 27 off 24 now . Zampa in his 10th.

Hardik under pressure 12 off 18 so far and lifts Zampa straight for 6 and followed with a even bigger six..so he is 24 off 20 now. India need 12 off 18 .

4 off Ellis next over..Need 6 more and Hardik falls at long on 28 off 24 with 3 big sixes : 259/6 : 47.5 .

Need 4 off last 12 balls ...Almost there.

KL Rahul seals it with 6 over long on...42* off 34.

India do it with 4 wickets win n 11 balls to spare.

Bit consolation over November '23 World Cup Final loss to Australia.