India (249/9) defeat New Zealand (205) by 45 runs to fix a clash with Australia in the first semi-final of ICC Champions Trophy 2025

[Devadwal]

Bracewell highest score is against india

 

[Bhaijaan]

Jadeja has bowled great today.

Another cobra spin beats Williamson

 

[Devadwal]

Kane is going to score a match winning century

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

The wicket of Phillips is huge. Varun will be a trump card for India in the semis. Anyone who hasn't played him will struggle to pick him. Phillips didn't pick him either.

 

[sweep_shot]

NZ lose another wicket.

Looks like we may see India vs South Africa in semi.

 

[Ahmed216]

No way teams are winning the battle against Indian spinners on Dubai surface.
Give them the trophy already

 

[jnaveen1980]

Nobody picks Varun's arm

 

[Bhaijaan]

Out

Varuns get one more.

What a night for him

 

[Local.Dada]

Root, Williamson, Kohli have all played innings worthy of Fab 4, I am sure Smith will show up in knockouts.

 

[globetrotter]

Out … india in full flow … 6th wkts down…

 

[Devadwal]

Kane is going to score a match winning century

I used my Power for kane but Bracewell gone .

 

[jnaveen1980]

Varun bowls at 100 kph. So you can't wait for the ball to do something.

 

[sweep_shot]

No way teams are winning the battle against Indian spinners on Dubai surface.
Give them the trophy already

Wasn't Dubai flat before? Looks like it became a turner recently.

 

[Bhaijaan]

No way teams are winning the battle against Indian spinners on Dubai surface.
Give them the trophy already

Nahi bhai,
Travis Head is waiting to smash us in the semi final lol.

 

[jnaveen1980]

I used my Power for kane but Bracewell gone .

KL Rahul is standing between you and power

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

What did you say earlier ? Missed it lol! Axar looks like what?

His face reminds me of meri class ka sub se bara charsi. From back when I was in uni lol.

 

[Local.Dada]

Santner more dangerous than Williamson in this situation

 

[Bhaijaan]

Santner comes wearing glasses. Khhud ko Vettori smjhta hae

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Kane sank Bracewell lol

 

[Rana]

Kar lo Kane Williamson ko follow!

Guy singlehandedly losing this game for NZ

 

[shariqnoor]

NZ doing a classic Pakistan run chase. At no point did they ever try to take the game on.

 

[batandballbattle]

India well on top now. Too much for KW to do

 

[Bhaijaan]

Our spin quartet is

 

[kron]

His face reminds me of meri class ka sub se bara charsi. From back when I was in uni lol.

Hahahah

 

[jnaveen1980]

Kane sank Bracewell lol

He wants that review for himself just in case lol

 

[Local.Dada]

Kar lo Kane Williamson ko follow!

Guy singlehandedly losing this game for NZ

Is it a protocol to always downplay the only guy fighting?

 

[Devadwal]

No way teams are winning the battle against Indian spinners on Dubai surface.
Give them the trophy already

Wasn't Dubai flat before? Looks like it became a turner recently.

@Rana I told you few hour ago and boy I was right.

pakistan/ bangladesh fans are very predicable when whenever india doing something good

 

[Rana]

Aur karo Powerplay ko under-utilise!

 

[Hellion]

NZ losing this strategically to avoid thrashing at the hands of Aussies

 

[kron]

Kane sank Bracewell lol

The hell was tha
See Aus will always review

 

[batandballbattle]

Wow DRS says missing, that looked pretty plumb!

 

[kron]

Still feel 4 spinners is too much

3 max

 

[Bhaijaan]

Aur karo Powerplay ko under-utilise!

Should have gotten maximum in power play. Definitely wrong attitude against a lightweight pace attack.

This is where Aussies are built different

 

[jnaveen1980]

Most relieved team in order

1) South Africa
2) New zealand
3) India
4) Australia

 

[Bhaijaan]

Williamson playing for century

 

[RahulBose]

Wow DRS says missing, that looked pretty plumb!

Not 100% accurate. That's why we still need Umpires, few more years.

 

[Local.Dada]

Indian team qualified for knockouts otherwise beizzati ho jati- knockouts is anyone’s game so all good.

India beat Bangladesh. Not that they were a threat but just the nuisance value.

India beat Pakistan. Traditional rivals. Weak currently but always unpredictable.

Pakistan successfuly hosted the CT without any incidents.

Satisfactory tournament for me. Don’t care who wins

 

[Bhaijaan]

28/0 in 9 overs


Bapu hasn’t given anything away tonight.

 

[Vikram1989]

Varun and kuldeep against riz must have been an epic battle. 1 of 60 or 70 balls.

 

[jnaveen1980]

Play Sundar in plac eof SHami lol have 5 spinners

 

[Mockingbird]

NZ losing this strategically to avoid thrashing at the hands of Aussies

People were talking about advantage India for playing last, but forgot about NZ having that advantage too.

 

[sweep_shot]

87 are needed from 65 balls.

 

[Aqib_mustafa]

NZ doing a classic Pakistan run chase. At no point did they ever try to take the game on.

You think its easy to bat against spin in dubai are you new to cricket?

 

[Ahmed216]

Wasn't Dubai flat before? Looks like it became a turner recently.

Don't know bro what happened it's gripping a lot and no better attack than India to utilise these conditions

 

[jnaveen1980]

People were talking about advantage India for playing last, but forgot about NZ having that advantage too.

NZ should be fine with both results as tehy are not playing India in the semi final. But on those road pitches SA is better bet givent hat they may choke. Also Australia has wood over NZ in these tournaments

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

NZ need some big overs. They will have to go after someone. The runrate is creeping.

 

[sweep_shot]

Don't know bro what happened it's gripping a lot and no better attack than India to utilise these conditions

If I remember correctly, Dubai was flat before. Pakistan even did 152/0 here. I also remember another high-scoring game between Australia and Pakistan.

Looks like it became a spin track recently. Is it to assist India?

 

[Bhaijaan]

Another Bharat vs Australia knock out on the cards it seems

Federer vs Nadal kind of rivalry this

 

[Mockingbird]

NZ should be fine with both results as tehy are not playing India in the semi final. But on those road pitches SA is better bet givent hat they may choke. Also Australia has wood over NZ in these tournaments

SA might choke, but they also have the power hitters to exploit a road track.

 

[kron]

Another Bharat vs Australia knock out on the cards it seems

Federer vs Nadal kind of rivalry this

We are Nadal I hope
Fed has losing h2h to both nole and Nadal

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

The hell was tha
See Aus will always review

Even to the naked eye it didn't look plumb. No idea what they were thinking.

 

[batandballbattle]

spinners have choked them big time, too much for NZ to do now in the last 10

 

[Ahmed216]

If I remember correctly, Dubai was flat before. Pakistan even did 152/0 here. I also remember another high-scoring game between Australia and Pakistan.

Looks like it became a spin track recently. Is it to assist India?

I don't know for sure

 

[Bhaijaan]

Turns out we got just enough runs on the surface today.

Against Aussies i will prefer some cushion

 

[kron]

NZ should be fine with both results as tehy are not playing India in the semi final. But on those road pitches SA is better bet givent hat they may choke. Also Australia has wood over NZ in these tournaments

Not these tournamnets

Always have wood

Like I said only team that can stop Australia will always be india

England did it once in 2019 and that was in England that’s about it.
Otherwise only India can stop them in Kos

In grand finals only god can save any team

 

[Ahmed216]

Turns out we got just enough runs on the surface today.

Against Aussies i will prefer some cushion

Aus recently got bowled out for 100 twice in SL on turners

 

[Bhaijaan]

All this talk of NZ this NZ that, we are about to beat them with a pace attack of Chachu Shami and Pandya

 

[kron]

If I remember correctly, Dubai was flat before. Pakistan even did 152/0 here. I also remember another high-scoring game between Australia and Pakistan.

Looks like it became a spin track recently. Is it to assist India?

Used pitch bhaiya

That’s why

But India tampered with the pitch after innings break I feel

 

[Vikram1989]

Finally ball landed in kl gloves

 

[jnaveen1980]

All this talk of NZ this NZ that, we are about to beat them with a pace attack of Chachu Shami and Pandya

I still can't believe how things unfolded.

 

[Mesozoic]

Done and dusted.

 

[Bhaijaan]

Out

Bapu gets Williamson on the last ball of his quota

10-32-1

Well done

 

[Mockingbird]

All this talk of NZ this NZ that, we are about to beat them with a pace attack of Chachu Shami and Pandya

First let us win. Second, we are winning due to the 4 spinners, which thankfully is covering up for the injured Shami.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Never doubted you Rahul. @jnaveen1980 bro apology redacted

 

[kron]

Now this game looks a bit sus to sweep shot bhai ?

 

[RedwoodOriginal]

Gotta hand it to India. Their spinners are very hard to negotiate on this surface.

 

[batandballbattle]

game over, enjoy the aussies

 

[Hellion]

Don't know bro what happened it's gripping a lot and no better attack than India to utilise these conditions

So now it's gone from Indian players are average to "pitch is gripping". What a cop out.

 

[Devadwal]

I don't know for sure

If I remember correctly, Dubai was flat before. Pakistan even did 152/0 here. I also remember another high-scoring game between Australia and Pakistan.

Looks like it became a spin track recently. Is it to assist India?

Average 1st Innings Score in dubai ( ODI cricket) is 219

So stop this conspiracy theories if you don't know about the conditions and what is average score.

 

[kron]

First let us win. Second, we are winning due to the 4 spinners, which thankfully is covering up for the injured Shami.

If they knew he was already injured then why play him? Why are they so stupid!

 

[Bhaijaan]

I still can't believe how things unfolded.

250 wasn’t a bad total on this surface. I’m not surprised. Having a pace quartet of 4 match winning spinners in Dubai is a flex.

 

[sweep_shot]

Gotta give it to India. Their spinners are very hard to negotiate on this surface.

Dubai was always flat. Why did it become a turner in this tournament? Is it to assist India?

We may never find out.

 

[Mesozoic]

India would have chase this down 250/4 with 5 overs to go.

Our spinners are just too good.

 

[Bhaijaan]

First let us win. Second, we are winning due to the 4 spinners, which thankfully is covering up for the injured Shami.

We won this match like a couple of overs ago.

 

[kron]

Gotta hand it to India. Their spinners are very hard to negotiate on this surface.

Still feel 4 spinners is overkill

It’s not India or Lanka or bdesh

 

[Shafikapeo]

I thi

If I remember correctly, Dubai was flat before. Pakistan even did 152/0 here. I also remember another high-scoring game between Australia and Pakistan.

Looks like it became a spin track recently. Is it to assist India?

I believe this is the same one used in the Ind vs Ban match, but it appears to have deteriorated even further.

 

[globetrotter]

Australian team boarded dubai flight

 

[Mesozoic]

Dubai was always flat. Why did it become a turner in this tournament? Is it to assist India?

We may never find out.

 

[gani999]

All this talk of NZ this NZ that, we are about to beat them with a pace attack of Chachu Shami and Pandya

It's not over yet. Henry and Santner can still take NZ home.

 

[Josh]

If I remember correctly, Dubai was flat before. Pakistan even did 152/0 here. I also remember another high-scoring game between Australia and Pakistan.

Looks like it became a spin track recently. Is it to assist India?

That was due to a lot of dew on that evening. zimbabar doesn't have the game to do it otherwise.