India Meet New Zealand in High-Voltage Champions Trophy Final; Chakravarthy’s Mystery Spin Threatens NZ's Dreams

DUBAI: The much-awaited final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 will see India face off against New Zealand. The match will be played at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.

India have been dominant in the tournament, winning all their four games so far. New Zealand are not far behind, having clinched three of their four matches.

New Zealand coach Gary Stead conceded that Varun Chakravarthy will be a big threat in the final, and the Kiwis will put on their thinking caps  to work on the ways to negate India's mystery spinner.

"We certainly expect him to play after getting 5/42 against us in the last game. He's a class bowler, and showed his skills against us last time and he's a big threat in the game," Stead told reporters.

"So we'll be putting our thinking caps on around how we nullify that and how we can still score runs against him," he added.

In that context, Stead said the Kiwis will look to take some cues from the last Group A match they played in Dubai against India a few days back.

In fact, he refused to read too much into India's familiarity with the conditions in Dubai.

"The decision around that's (the schedule) out of our hands, so it's not something we worry about too much. India have got to play all their games here in Dubai, but we have had a game here and we'll learn very quickly from that experience."

"So when you come to this stage of the tournament, I mean, we've had eight teams at the start, we're down to two now. It's always exciting to be in this situation and from our perspective, it just comes to a one-off game now and if we're good enough to beat India on Sunday, then I will be happy," he explained. Agencies

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