ICC Champions Trophy 2025: IND vs NZ Dream11 Top Captain And Vice-captain Choices

We have reached the last game of the group stage in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, as the India vs New Zealand Group A match has been scheduled on Sunday (March 2) at Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.

Both teams have already qualified for the Semi-finals of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. New Zealand started the tournament with a 60-run win against the hosts and the defending champions Pakistan in Karachi during the tournament opener. Meanwhile, India beat Bangladesh by six wickets in their first game of the competition in Dubai.

Later, New Zealand beat Bangladesh by five wickets in Lahore. Meanwhile, India claimed another six-wicket victory against the arch-rivals Pakistan in Dubai.

So, the winners of India vs New Zealand will finish on top of Group A, while the losers will stay in second place. In the case of no result, New Zealand will finish on top due to better net run rate. The Super Overs will play the decider role if the match ends in a tie.

In the Semi-finals of the tournament, where India will play on March 4 in Dubai and New Zealand will play on March 5 in Lahore, the Group A champions will face Group B runners-up Australia, and the Group A runners-up will face Group B champions South Africa.

ICC Champions Trophy 2025: India vs New Zealand (Group A) – Probable XIs

India Predicted XI: KL Rahul, Shubman Gill (Captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Rishabh Pant (wk), Ravindra Jadeja/Washington Sundar, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav/Varun Chakravarthy

New Zealand Predicted XI: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (Captain), Kyle Jamieson, Matt Henry, Will O'Rourke