The 2025 Champions Trophy final between India and New Zealand will be played on Sunday (March 9) in Dubai - catch all the live updates here, including team news, press conference quotes, weather forecasts, pitch details and more.
India vs New Zealand: Road to Champions Trophy 2025 final
India
India started the tournament against Bangladesh with a comfortable victory riding on Shubman Gill's hundred in the run-chase. They followed it up with another comprehensive performance in the big match against Pakistan, this time with Virat Kohli scoring an unbeaten ton. New Zealand gave them the toughest fight in the group stage, but it wasn't enough to defeat India. In the semi-final, they knocked out Australia to qualify unbeaten for the Champions Trophy final.
vs Bangladesh: won by 6 wickets
vs Pakistan: won by 6 wickets
vs New Zealand: won by 44 runs
vs Australia (semi-final): won by four wickets
New Zealand
New Zealand played the tournament opener against Pakistan and registered a big win. They followed it up with a clinical chase against Bangladesh that marked the return of Rachin Ravindra from injury. Against India, Kane Williamson put up a solo effort in a tough run-chase, but couldn't take them over the line. Ravindra and Williamson then joined hands to each score hundreds in the semi-final against South Africa that helped New Zealand put up a mammoth total well beyond the Proteas' reach.
vs Pakistan: won by 60 runs
vs Bangladesh: won by five wickets
vs India: lost by 44 runs
vs South Africa (semi-final): won by 50 runs
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India vs New Zealand: Live updates
Rohit out after a flurry of dot balls
Did the pressure get to him? After nine dot balls, Rohit is out stumped, trying to go for a big hit
Kohli departs!
New Zealand are back in the game! Kohli falls for 1(2) to Michael Bracewell. Is there a twist?
Gill falls to an absolute stunner
Glenn Phillips, you beaut!
The century is up for Rohit-Gill!
The first century opening partnership of this Champions Trophy.
India are racing towards the title!
86-0 in 14 overs! Rohit Sharma with his sixth 50-plus score in the Champions Trophy. Only Virat Kohli has more...
Captain rises to the occasion
Rohit starts proceedings with a towering six
Another injury setback for New Zealand
What are the highest successful ODI run-chases at the Dubai International Stadium?
The Dubai International Cricket Stadium, one of two ODI venues at the city, has not had a successful chase of 300 in ODIs yet. Sri Lanka's 287-8 (chasing 285) against Pakistan in 2013 remains the record. India will have to pull off the fifth-highest chase here.
India need 252 to win
Have New Zealand got enough on the board?
Is there a retirement loading?
Jadeja finishes off his spell
Concedes just 30 runs in his spell, top bowling!
Varun does it, again!
Wrong 'un, drifting through! Phillips had no idea what to do with that one...
Lots of costly drops for India so far
1 - Shami
1 - Iyer
1 - Rohit
1 - Gill
36 overs done, 156-4
How many can NZ get in the final 14 overs?
Jadeja joins the party!
Tom Latham is out lbw for 14 (30) attempting to sweep Ravindra Jadeja!
India apply the spin-choke
NZ have scored no boundaries since the last 58 deliveries.
KD's googly strikes again!
Kane Williamson is off! Kuldeep gets another. Just chipped back to the bowler, as soft as it gets.
Kuldeep strikes off the first ball!
Called in ahead of Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav strikes to send back the danger-man Rachin Ravindra!
Varun gives India the first breakthrough
Will Young is gone, out lbw!
Two dropped catches now!
After Shami, Iyer shells a running catch off Ravundra again
Shami's dropped one!
He dropped Travis Head and Steve Smith in the semi-final, and Rachin Ravindra in the final now. How costly will this be?
Varun Chakravarthy in already!
With pressure mounting, India bring in Varun CV in the sixth over itself.
It's the first time he has been called in as the first-change bowler
Rachin opens up with a flurry of boundaries
Four boundaries in six deliveries, and NZ are suddenly off!
Quiet start for New Zealand
India's new-ball pairing of Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya has kept things under check.
It's forced NZ to try and go for quick, risky singles.
Find more details on the playing XIs of both sides for the CT 2025 final here.
Nathan Smith replaces Henry
Smith played the first match of the tournament vs Pakistan, registering figures of 1-20 from 2 overs.
No changes for India
India lose record 15th toss in a row!
New Zealand will bat first in the final
Will Henry play?
Weather update
Rain has disrupted the 2025 Champions Trophy (including three no-result outcomes), but not in Dubai.
There is no rain predicted today.
Kohli needs 46 runs
Most runs in Champions Trophy history:
Gayle 791
Kohli 746
Jayawardene 742
Among cricketers in the 2025 edition, the nearest to Kohli are
Root 656
Rohit 585
Williamson 534
Who can replace Henry?
With 10 wickets, Henry is the leading wicket-taker in the 2025 Champions Trophy so far (no one has even 9).
So who will replace Henry? A like-for-like replacement? Or get Coway in to boost the batting? There are quite a few options.
The big Matt Henry update
Well, nothing official yet. Santner did not confirm anything at the press conference.
IND vs NZ: Head-to-head record in ICC ODI events
Matches: 13
India won: 6
New Zealand won: 6
Abandoned: 1
The India-New Zealand rivalry at global ODI events is as tight as it can get!
Which pitch will be used for the IND vs NZ final?
Will India stick with the same combination?
India have won their last two matches in Dubai playing four spinners, including against New Zealand. There's been nothing to suggest that they are going to change things up for the final so far.
Will Matt Henry play?
The senior New Zealand quick injured himself in the semi-final against South Africa. There's no official update yet on whether he'll be fit for the final.
Here are all the weather details for the IND vs NZ summit clash in Dubai, including updates on temperature, dew and rain forecast.
India face New Zealand in a blockbuster final of Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday (March 9) – here’s where you can watch IND vs NZ live across TV and digital.
