The Kiwis had surprised India in the game where they successfully defended a 126 insignificant total when playing India for only 79.
With India and New Zealand ready to block the horns in the Champions Trophy 2025 final, former BlackCaps coach and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) Mike Hesson revealed an unknown story of a previous clash between the two nations.
The Kiwis had surprised India during the 2016 World Cup in India when they successfully defended a total of 126 of 126 when playing India for only 79.
During that game, the current New Zealand captain, Mitchell Santner, had produced parties winning figures of 4 by 11 in his four overs.
Interestingly, Hesson revealed that before the game, the Groundsman had tried to deceive him stating that the conditions were going to be “hard and fast”, where the field turned out to be a rank change.
Mike Hesson revealed the incident in X (previously Twitter) in response to a user who praised Santner’s performance in the semifinal of Champions Trophy 2025 today against South Africa, where he took 3 by 43 in 10 overs.
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The twin centuries of Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson assured that the Kiwis surpassed the proteases comfortably for 50 races to reserve their bunk in the Trophy 2025 Summit Clash champions against India.
In particular, both countries have gathered in the ICC tournament twice before, with New Zealand winning both occasions.
The match for the most recent title between these two teams occurred during the World ICC 2021 test championship final in Southampton. Under the leadership of Kane Williamson, New Zealand came out victorious, defeating India for eight Wickts in an interrupted rainy game that covered six days.
Before that, India and New Zealand faced each other in a white ball tournament final during the ICC Knockout 2000 Trophy in Nairobi. In that game, the BlackCaps triumphed over India for four WICKETS, claiming their first ICC title.
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