Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya Cannot Consider After India Teammate’s Pricey Error vs New Zealand In CT 2025

The India vs New Zealand Champions Trophy 2025 noticed Varun Chakravarthy in full movement. The thriller spinner took 5 wickets as India beat New Zealand by 44 runs regardless of setting a low goal of 250. However, certainly one of his fielding errors went viral as he couldn’t cease a ball and it resulted in a 4. It occurred within the third over of the match when Hardik Pandya bowled to Will Young. The Kiwi despatched the ball in direction of mid-on. Varun ran for the catch, missed it after which the ball hit his leg to go previous the boundary lone. Hardik hid his face, whereas different members of the staff like Virat Kohli had been shocked.

Varun Chakravarthy kya kar rahe ho.. 4 runs present.#INDvNZ pic.twitter.com/brTiOaDnec

— Amit (@amit25joshi) March 2, 2025

Virat Kohli, Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja response on Varun Chakravarthy miss fielding. pic.twitter.com/cl84xxNviQ

— Vikas Yadav (@VikasYadav66200) March 2, 2025

Earlier, Seamer Matt Henry stood tall but once more to choose 5-42, third five-for within the 50-over format, as New Zealand restricted India to 249/9 of their 50 overs within the ultimate Group A recreation of the 2025 Champions Trophy on the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. Electing to bowl first, New Zealand used the assistance provided by the black soil pitch to good impact and saved India in verify. Shreyas Iyer rescued India from a top-order collapse by making a positive 79 and acquired the corporate of Axar Patel, who made a strong 42. With New Zealand bowling beautifully within the again finish, Hardik Pandya’s run-a-ball 45 ensured India posted a aggressive complete.

With some assistance on provide for the quick bowlers, Henry and Kyle Jamieson made good use of it by asking powerful inquiries to the Indian batters by way of seam and swing respectively. Though Rohit Sharma clobbered Henry for 4 and 6 respectively, the seamer bounced again by trapping Shubman Gill plumb lbw with a stunning inswinger for simply two.

Jamieson joined in when Rohit mistimed a pull and was caught at midwicket for 15. Virat Kohli acquired going with two edgy boundaries in his landmark three hundredth ODI earlier than he reduce one exhausting off Henry and Glenn Phillips flew to his proper at backward level to take a surprising catch, leaving everybody shellshocked, because the batter fell for 11, with India ending first power-play at 37/3.

With the ball turning loads for New Zealand’s spinners, India went 51 balls with out hitting a boundary until Axar swept off Mitchell Santner within the sixteenth over. After that, Iyer carted William O’Rourke for 3 fours – two coming off pulls whereas the third one got here as a drive over further cowl.

While Iyer continued his good run to get his twenty second ODI fifty in 75 balls, Axar took a liking to Michael Bracewell‘s off-spin by hitting him for 2 fours, earlier than lofting him over further covers for six. The 98-run stand was damaged when Axar tried to drag a down leg supply from Rachin Ravindra, however the prime edge was caught by a backward sq. leg and the batter fell for 42.

With KL Rahul getting off the mark by lofting Ravindra for 4, Iyer acquired the timing proper on his pictures fetching him a six every off the spinner and O’Rourke respectively. But within the thirty seventh over, the quick ball induced Iyer’s downfall as he was rushed into the pull off O’Rourke and prime edge was caught by quick mid-wicket working backwards.

Three overs later, Rahul fell for 23 as he tried to play a skiddy supply from Santner away from his physique, however acquired a thick edge behind to Tom Latham. Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja kickstarted the slog overs part by hitting Bracewell for six and 4 respectively, earlier than the previous pulled O’Rourke for one more boundary.

Hardik stood tall to hit a forehand-like shot for 4 off Henry, who later had Jadeja slicing to backward level with Kane Williamson taking a one-handed diving catch. With New Zealand spot on with their lengths, they managed to maintain Hardik quiet until the all-rounder reduce free within the forty ninth over.

He sliced and lofted Jamieson for back-to-back fours, earlier than following it up by pulling the pacer over long-on for six to take 15 runs off the penultimate over. But Henry dismissed him and Mohammed Shami within the ultimate over to choose a five-fer and maintain India one run wanting 250.

Brief scores: India 249/9 in 50 overs (Shreyas Iyer 79, Hardik Pandya 45; Matt Henry 5-42) towards New Zealand.

With IANS inputs