IND vs NZ Toss Report & Playing 11, Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma plays, New Zealand win the Toss and Bowl First

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IND vs NZ Toss Report, Playing 11: India and New Zealand are set to lock horns in the final group stage match of the Champions Trophy 2025 on Sunday (March 2) at the Dubai International Stadium.

Both teams have already qualified for the semifinals after winning the first two matches and will now be vying for the top spot in Group A. The winner of the match will play Australia in the semis, while the loser will face South Africa.

India vs New Zealand Toss Report

New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the Toss and elected to Field first.

India vs New Zealand Playing XI

Rohit Sharma, despite the injury scare, is fit to play the match, and that is a massive bonus for the team. On the other hand, Mohammed Shami has also started for India. Harshit Rana missed out while Varun Chakravarthy came in to the side.

Despite losing the toss, Rohit was sure that they anyway wanted to bat first to challenge their batters.

"I was looking to bat first, wanted to see what we could do upfront and then challenge our bowlers since we chased on both games. Our approach will be very similar to the previous games, just trying to do the same things. One change for us - Harshit has been rested, Varun is playing. It's all about bowling in partnerships, in both games we have combined to pick 19 wickets. Our spinners have restricted them well, and then the seamers have got the wickets," Rohit said at toss.

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

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