India vs New Zealand Live Streaming: How To Watch IND vs NZ Champions Trophy 2025 Final On TV And Online?

Successful in keeping opponents and vitriol at bay so far, India will have to rise above traditional bugbear New Zealand and a rigmarole of emotions surrounding stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma to reclaim the Champions Trophy after 12 years in Dubai on Sunday.

The India vs New Zealand ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match will be played at the Dubai International Stadium from 2:30 p.m. onwards.

India have always found the resilient Kiwis a tall mountain to surmount, as the latter hold a 10-6 lead over their Asian rivals across all the ICC tournaments. If curated further, New Zealand have a 3-1 edge over India in the ICC knockout matches. It's a disturbing loop for them.

A section of the cricketing world has been vilifying them for the whole of last fortnight for having an unfair advantage because of their extended stay in Dubai.

Now, this argument will not have much merit to it because the Kiwis have already tasted the conditions in Dubai. India might still entertain a greater sense of comfort going into the title match, courtesy a spin quartet that showed enough nous to exploit a sluggish DICS deck.

In all probability, India will retain the four spinners and two pacers combination for the championship match.

Meanwhile, New Zealand pacer Matt Henry has been rendered doubtful for the title clash owing to a shoulder niggle but coach Gary Stead was hopeful that the in-form bowler will recover.

Henry leads the tournament's top wicket-takers' list with 10 scalps, including a 5/42 against India in their group match.

However, Kiwis will also be quietly confident that their own set of spinners — skipper Mitchel Santner, Michael Bracewell, Ravindra and Glenn Phillips — can do a similar job like the Indian spinners in Dubai.

The Kiwi spinners had performed the act of destruction against India last year, albeit in a Test series and an encore will be welcomed as they are in search of their first ICC ODI title since 2000.

Head coach Gautam Gambhir earlier this week said India did not have any unfair advantage after being stationed in Dubai, saying his side did not even hold a training session at the venue after arriving in the city for the Champions Trophy.

"I know, there's a lot of debate about the undue advantage. But what is an undue advantage? First of all, this is as much of a neutral venue for us as it is for any other team. I don't remember which tournament we played in this stadium last time," Gambhir said in the post-match press meet after India defeated Australia by four wickets in the semifinals.

"We haven't practiced here even for a day. We practiced in the ICC Academy. The conditions there and here are 180 degrees different. Some people are just perpetual cribbers. So, I feel we didn't have any undue advantage," he added.

Kane Williamson reckons India have "real clarity" on how they want to operate in Dubai, having played all their Champions Trophy games at the same venue but his team will also be reasonably well-prepared for the tournament finale due to its limited past familiarity with conditions.

Williamson did not specifically say that India had an advantage of playing at one venue, choosing to compare it to New Zealand's understanding of conditions in Lahore.

"I suppose having played there on a number of occasions; there's real clarity in how they want to operate," said Williamson when asked if India go into the final with an advantage of knowing the conditions.

"A little bit like our opportunity here, having played a number of times at this venue as well and I think that's part and parcel in cricket," he added.

The list of officials for the IND vs NZ match are as follows:

• On-field Umpires: Paul Reiffel & Richard Illingworth

• Third Umpire: Joel Wilson

• Fourth Umpire: Kumar Dharmasena

• Match Referee: Ranjan Madugalle

The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final between India and New Zealand will be broadcast live on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 2 and Sports18-1.

The India vs New Zealand Champions Trophy 2025 final match will be live-streamed on the JioHotstar app and website.

Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (Wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Varun Chakaravarthy.

Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham (Wk), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (C), Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke, Nathan Smith.

(With PTI inputs)