New Zealand has suffered a significant blow before the Champions Trophy 2025 final on Sunday against India.
New Zealand has suffered a great blow before the final of the ICC 2025 champions against India, with the pacemaker Matt Henry doubtful due to a shoulder injury. Henry had suffered the injury during the semifinal against South Africa, which the Kiwis won for 50 races.
‘Unknown at this stage’: coach Gary Stead in the availability of Matt Henry
“Matt obviously landed on his shoulder and Bit was quite uncomfortable. I guess the positive thing from our perspective is that he returned to play, ”said New Zealand chief coach Gary Stead, during a press conference on Friday. India and New Zealand will face them in the Champions Trophy final in Dubai on Sunday. Stead still had the hope of having Henry for the final.
“We are going to give you all the opportunities to play in this game, so it is still a bit unknown at this stage. Obviously he is quite sore just by landing at the point of his shoulder, but yes, I hope he is fine, “calculated the 53 -year -old man.
Matt Henry’s prominent performance against India
Henry is currently the main wickt carrier in the Champions 2025 trophy with 10 four -game chassels. He collected a Tour of Five Wickt (5/42) when the Black Caps met with India in the group of the group stage on March 2. Shubman Gill and Virat Kohli were among the 33 -year -old victims in that game. New Zealand, however, lost that game for 44 races like Spinner Varun Chakravarth (5/42) eclipsed Henry’s efforts to say goodbye to the Kiwis by 205.
New Zealand sought to pursue a 250 goal after India had published 249/9 on the back of Shreyas Iyer’s blow of 79. In the semifinal, Henry ended with 2/43 figures of seven overs.
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New Zealand and India have faced each other in a Champions trophy final only once. That was in 2000, when the tournament was called the CPI knockout cup. Chris Cairns scored an undefeated century (102*) when the Kiwis defeated India for four Wickts in Nairobi to ensure their measure of the Miden ICC.
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