The match between India versus New Zealand was a bowlers’ friendly game. Team India ended the innings at 249 and the impressive bowling performance of Varun Chakravarthy helped the team to register a victory over Men in Black. So let’s get into the article to look back to the game between India versus New Zealand.
A look back to the game between India versus New Zealand
Team India came out to bat and the captain Rohit Sharma started a firework by smashing a six and a boundary, but he ended his innings at 15 while Shubman Gill was dismissed for 2, and Virat Kohli went back to the pavilion for just 11.
However, Shreyas Iyer played well by smashing 79 and Axar Patel contributed 42, it was a really helpful for the team India to post a decent score on the board. KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya contributed 23 and 45 respectively. Ravindra Jadeja added 16 to the total while Mohammed Shami added 5 and Kuldeep Yadav added 1. The team India finished the innings at 249 with the loss of 9 wickets.
In the reply, the bowling unit of team India responded really well especially Varun Chakravarthy performed really well. New Zealand lost Will Young went back to the pavilion after scoring 22 while Rachin Ravindra added 6 and Kane Williamson showcased character by smashing 81. Daryl Mitchell contributed 17 while Tom Latham added 14 and Glenn Phillips contributed 12.
Michael Bracewell was dismissed for 2 while the captain of the side Mitchell Santner added 28, Matt Henry scored 2, Kyle Jamieson added 9 and Will O’Rourke was dismissed for 1. New Zealand was all out at 205 in 45.3 overs and the impressive bowling performance of Varun Chakravarthy was the pillar in the victory over New Zealand. India will face Australia in the semi final round of the Champions Trophy 2025.
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