Ravindra jadeja: In the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 (Champions Trophy 2025: Ravindra Jadeja), India performed brilliantly against their spin power against New Zealand (IND vs NZ) and won by 44 runs by 44 runs, defending a minor score of 249/9. It was not just a simple victory, but a one -sided match in which the Indian team defeated New Zealand in every department. New Zealand won the toss and invited India to bat first. But the Indian top order completely stumbled. Captain Rohit Sharma (6), Shubman Gill (10) and Virat Kohli (12) quickly returned to the pavilion, making India’s score just 30/3. It seemed that the team would not be able to score a big score, but then Shreyas Iyer and Akshar Patel handled the innings.
Shreyas Iyer scored 79 runs and Akshar Patel shared 98 runs in 61 balls, playing an important innings of 42 runs. The understanding of these two brought India out of crisis. However, as soon as Iyer was out, the Indian innings stumbled once again and KL Rahul (23) was also dismissed on the score of 182. After this, Ravindra Jadeja (16) and Hardik Pandya (45 runs, 45 balls, 4 fours and 2 sixes) shared a 41 -run partnership to bring the team to a respectable score. India scored 249 runs losing 9 wickets in their 50 overs. For New Zealand, Matt Henry took 5 wickets for 42 runs in 8 overs.
Kiwi team stuck in spin trap
Chasing the target of 250 runs, the New Zealand team started poorly and Indian spinners did not give them a chance to make them step. Although Kane Williamson scored a combative innings of 81 runs (7 fours) in 120 balls, he did not get any special support from the other end. Indian spinners weaved a trap that the New Zealand batsmen got trapped one by one. Varun Chakraborty took 5 wickets and showed the magic of his spin. Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets for 56 runs in 9.3 overs. Akshar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja and Hardik Pandya took 1-1 wickets. The special thing is that the spinners took all the wickets except Hardik Pandya.
Simon dolon angry
In the 33rd over, Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Tom Latham lbw. Latham tried to play the reverse sweep, but the ball hit his thigh and Jadeja made a strong appeal. However, the way of his appeal came into controversy. Former New Zealand cricketer and commentator Simon Doll on Ravindra Jadeja expressed displeasure over the celebrations by running from the pitch of Jadeja. He said, ‘This is not the right way. It should get a warning.
Varun Chakraborty’s light and player of the match
Varun Chakraborty’s bowling was memorable in this match. He took 5 wickets for 42 runs and broke the back of New Zealand middle order. This was his second ODI and won the title of ‘Player of the Match’, performing a strong performance. Interestingly, this victory was very special for Varun, as he did not get a single wicket in three matches in Dubai in T20 World Cup 2021. But on this Dubai pitch, he made a great comeback with five wickets in the Champions Trophy.
(With Arindam’s input)
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