IND vs NZ: Statistical preview ahead of Champions Trophy final
What's the story
India will take on New Zealand in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. The match will be played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday.
Team India, under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, has been in phenomenal form and would look to keep their winning streak intact.
Meanwhile, New Zealand would look to continue their success in this year's tournament.
Here we look at the statistical preview.
Rivalry
A look at the head-to-head record
As per ESPNcricinfo, the two teams have played 119 ODIs between them, and India have an edge here. The Men in Blue have won 61 matches in comparison to NZ's 50 victories (Tie: 1, NR: 7).
Before the ongoing tourney, the two teams met only once in the Champions Trophy - during the final of the 2000 edition, where New Zealand triumphed over India.
Meanwhile, India beat NZ by 44 runs in the league stage of the ongoing tourney.
Information
India's dominance in Asia
India have dominated the Kiwis in their ODI meetings held in Asia. The two teams have clashed 54 times in the continent with India emerging winners on 39 occasions. While NZ triumphed 12 times, three games got abandoned.
Key players
Top performers in India-New Zealand ODIs
Among active players, Virat Kohli is the leading run-scorer in India vs New Zealand ODIs with 1,656 runs at 57.10.
He is followed by Kane Williamson (1,228 at 45.48) and Rohit Sharma (997 at 36.92).
Mohammed Shami leads the bowling department as the top wicket-taker with 37 wickets at 19.72 against New Zealand.
Kuldeep Yadav (22 at 26.90) and Matt Henry (21 at 21) follow him on this list.
Journey
Journey of the two teams
India reached the Champions Trophy semi-final after beating Bangladesh, arch-rivals Pakistan, and NZ in the league stage.
They then beat Australia to qualify for the summit game.
Notably, India are playing all their games in Dubai as they refused to travel to Pakistan amid political tensions.
New Zealand's route to the semi-final featured wins over Bangladesh and Pakistan. Their only loss came against India, in the league stage.
They got the better of South Africa in the semi-final.
Stats
Here are India's key performers
Shreyas Iyer has been in spectacular form for India as his last seven ODI scores read 78, 44, 59, 15, 56, 79, and 45.
Meanwhile, Shubman Gill has four 50-plus scores in his last seven outings. This includes two tons.
Varun Chakravarthy and Mohammed Shami have claimed fifers for India in this tourney.
With 217 runs at 72.33, Virat Kohli is India's leading run-getter in the tourney.
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Here are NZ's key performers
Will Young, Tom Latham, Rachin Ravindra, and Kane Williamson are NZ's centurions in this competition. Notably, Rachin has smoked twin tons.
Williamson breached the 80-run mark in his last two outings. Matt Henry, the highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 10 scalps, will be a key factor in the final.
In the earlier encounter against India, he took five wickets.
Meanwhile, William O'Rourke took four wickets against Bangladesh.