Champions Trophy: The final match of the Champions Trophy is to be played between India and New Zealand on Sunday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. This time the toss will play an important role in the scorching heat of Dubai. With the temperature expected to hover around 32 degrees Celsius, both captains will have a tough call at the toss as teams prefer to chase in the afternoon sun.
The weather pattern will remain like this
There is no chance of rain in the final match between India and New Zealand on Sunday. The match is expected to start at 2.30 pm Indian time and the temperature is expected to be 34 degrees Celsius then. The temperature is expected to drop as the day progresses. However, some cloud cover is expected in Dubai from 3pm onwards. The temperature is expected to drop to 28 degrees Celsius (82.4 degrees Fahrenheit) in the evening.
This is the pitch report
The Dubai pitch has been helpful for the bowlers so far. Here the batsmen have to struggle to score runs because the ball stops on the bat. The good thing for Team India is that India has won all its four matches here. A group stage match was also played between India and New Zealand on this ground, where India won by 44 runs.
Probable playing XI of Indian team- Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty, Mohammed Shami.
Probable playing XI of New Zealand- Mitchell Santner (captain), Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Tom Latham, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson, Will O’Rourke, Jacob Duffy.
Full squad of Indian team- Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill (vice-captain), Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh and Varun Chakraborty.