New Zealand won the raffle and chose to hit first, since they face India undefeated in the Champions League trophy final in Dubai today (Sunday).
India, who refused to play in Pakistan of the host nation, has produced clinical performances to win their four games in the United Arab Emirates, including a victory in the group stage of 44 races over the black Caps last weekend, although both teams had already reached the semifinals by then.
India are strong favorites to claim a third record of Champions, but Rohit Sharma’s men face a New Zealand team with a lot of fire power in the first grand final of the white ball between the teams in a quarter of a century.
The Men In Blue are about to win consecutive trophies of the International Cricket Council (ICC) after the triumph of the T20 World Cup last year, but they have always found the resistant Kiwis a high mountain to overcome.
New Zealand has a 10-6 advantage over its Asian rivals in all CPI tournaments and, if they cure even more, they have a 3-1 advantage over India in knockout matches.
However, the Black Caps rhythm spearhead, Matt Henry, has been discarded from the final due to an injury, the ICC said in a statement today.
India has played all her games in Dubai after they refused to travel the hosts of Pakistan.
The launches have been very different in the two countries.
Pakistan’s tracks produced total total, in contrast to the slow and rotating covers of the Dubai stadium.
“I think we have to enter with an open mind of how the field will play and then adjust accordingly,” said New Zealand Captain Mitchell Santner to journalists.
Despite his perfect exhibitions in Dubai, India will give nothing for sitting against New Zealand, who defeated them for four WICKETS in the 2000 event final when the ICC Knockout trophy was called.
Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav, the spinning spins of the right and left, have cheated the opponents with Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel by binding the batters in a precision and boredom matrix.
The greatest hope of New Zealand to counteract them will be Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra, the most competent hitters against slow bowling players in their alignment.
The rotating unit capable of New Zealand composed of Captain Mitchell Santner, Michael Bracewell, Glenn Phillips and Ravindra can cause many problems for India, who will aim to advance in Australia in the list of winners of the Champions Trophy. Australia won the event in 2006 and 2009.
New Zealand defeated India 3-0 in a series of tests in his own backyard, a feat never registered before. India lost in Australia. Both losses of the series cost India a place in the final of the World Testing Championship.
Almost 25 years ago, the appropriate century of Chris Cairns in Nairobi promoted New Zealand to India to win the Knock Out trophy, which remains the only limited ICC trophy in the New Zealand cabinet.
The black caps added another in 2021, beating India in the final of the World Testing Championship in Southampton. In the middle, India stopped in its tracks in the semifinal stage of the 2019 Cricket World Cup, losing a two -day semifinal affected by the rain against New Zealand in Manchester.
Equipment
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Kl Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Suandar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammad Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadja, Varun Chakaravarthy.
New Zealand: Mitchell Santner (C), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young, Jacob Duffy.
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