India will take on their ICC tournament bogey team New Zealand when the two teams face off in Dubai on Sunday. With both teams into the semifinal, this match will be to see which side finishes on top of Group A. If India finish second, they’ll face South Africa who is the topper of Group B and if India finish first, they get Australia. Quite an unenviable position for the Men in Blue.
With rumblings in the Indian team about skipper Rohit Sharma’s fitness, India might opt to rest the skipper. But on Saturday, Rohit was seen batting in the nets which might indicate that he’ll be playing. Still, India might opt to make a few changes in the Playing XI to keep all the players on their toes.
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The young Punjab pacer Arshdeep hasn’t had a sniff of Champions Trophy action with India preferring to go with the veteran Shami and Harshit Rana in their pace department. With the pressure somewhat off in Sunday’s match, India might opt to give Arshdeep a go while resting Shami in order to manage his workload. With Shami rested, Arshdeep and Rana will spearhead the India pace attack along with allrounder Hardik Pandya.
Like Arshdeep in the pace department, India have opted to go with Kuldeep, Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja as their three spinners. So, in the match against New Zealand on Sunday, expect the think tank to give Varun a whirl. The mystery spinner was in hot form in the England series at home so it’ll be interesting to see if he is given a chance to showcase his skills in Dubai.
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakaravarthy
New Zealand: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William O’Rourke.
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