India defeated New Zealand and qualified for the semi-finals by topping their group. Batting first in this match played in Dubai, India scored 249 runs for the loss of nine wickets. In response, the New Zealand team could only score 205 runs. However, as long as Kane Williamson was at the crease, the fear remained. Wickets were falling from one end and Williamson was frozen at the other end. He played an innings of 81 runs with the help of seven fours in 120 balls and was dismissed in the 41st over as the seventh wicket. He was dismissed by Axar Patel. After the match, Virat Kohli was seen touching Axar's feet. Its video is becoming very viral on social media.
Axar had Williamson stumped in the 41st over. In an attempt to hit a big shot on Axar's ball, Williamson came out very far from the crease, but the ball missed his bat and went into the gloves of wicketkeeper Rahul and Rahul scattered the stumps. This proved to be the turning point of the match and after this India bowled out New Zealand for 205 runs in 45.3 overs. After the match, Virat Kohli walked towards Akshar and almost touched his feet. Akshar then picked up Virat and both sat down on the field joking and laughing. After this, the rest of the players also reached there and took part in this joke.
India beat New Zealand.
With the strong performance of spinner Varun Chakraborty, India defeated New Zealand by 44 runs in the last match of Group A. India's unbeaten campaign continued in the group stage and the team finished this stage at the top of Group A by winning all three matches. India will now face Australia in the semi-finals on March 4 in Dubai. Australia's team finished second in Group B. At the same time, in another semi-final, New Zealand will face South Africa in Lahore on March 5.
Batting first, India scored 249 runs for nine wickets in 50 overs based on Shreyas Iyer's half-century. While chasing the target, Kane Williamson scored 81 runs, but New Zealand were all out for 205 runs in 45.3 overs. Varun performed brilliantly for India and took five wickets for 42 runs in 10 overs. This was Varun's first match in the Champions Trophy and he was successful in shining. Apart from Varun, Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets, while Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, and Ravindra Jadeja got one wicket each.
Interestingly, India had entered the match with four spinners and two fast bowlers. The Indian team got the benefit of fielding four spinners because spinners took nine wickets from New Zealand. Apart from Williamson, no batsman from New Zealand could perform well. For the Kiwi team, captain Mitchell Santner scored 28 runs, Tom Latham scored 14, Daryl Mitchell scored 17, Will Young scored 22, Rachin Ravindra scored 6, Glenn Phillips scored 12 and Matt Henry scored two runs. Kyle Jamieson remained unbeaten after scoring nine runs.
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