India vs New Zealand Final Predicted Playing 11, Champions Trophy 2025: IND to field unchanged XI; NZ sweat over Matt Henry’s fitness

India overcame one of their toughest obstacles in ICC events knockouts when they handily defeated Australia in the semifinal with Virat Kohli scoring a century. New Zealand, meanwhile, scored the highest team total in Champions Trophy history in the second semifinal as they put down a game South Africa

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Kuldeep Yadav set to retain place

With Kuldeep Yadav not having the best Champions Trophy, especially in the last two matches, India might have opted for another pacer in Harshit Rana or Arshdeep Singh in his place. But with familiarity with the conditions and Yadav being a proven match-winner, the Rohit Sharma-led team will likely not tamper with a winning XI.

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Matt Henry might still make it

New Zealand might still get the services of pacer Matt Henry who is nursing a shoulder niggle but skipper Mitchell Santner hasn’t completely ruled him out. With reports of the bowler recovering well, NZ might opt to go with Henry. If he still can’t make it, New Zealand have Nathan Smith or Jacob Duffy waiting in the wings.

Predicted XI

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami and Varun Chakaravarthy

New Zealand: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham(wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke, Matt Henry/Nathan Smith