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India vs New Zealand ODI Live Stream & Tips - Kohli to help India to Champions Trophy victory

Ralph Staniforth

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Last updated: 07 Mar 2025

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Ralph Staniforth 07 Mar 2025

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India are favorites; unbeaten with a 7-game winning streak.
New Zealand won 6 of the last 7 matches; only loss was to India.
Kohli and Williamson expected to top score for their respective teams.

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Virat Kohli to lead India to title (Getty Images)

India vs New Zealand Predictions

India are comfortable favourites as they have looked superb in Dubai thus far. The Black Caps, however, have the ability and quality to cause an upset in this final but much depends on the toss – both sides will want to bat first.

India vs New Zealand Predictions
Head to Head
India Form
India Injuries & Team News
New Zealand Form
New Zealand Injuries & Team News

I am backing Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson to both score runs for their teams.

India have won their last 7 ODI matches.
India have won their last 5 ODI matches against New Zealand.
India’s Virat Kohli scored 84 runs in his last match.
New Zealand have won 6 of their last 7 ODI matches.
New Zealand’s Kane Williamson scored 102 runs in his last match.

Head to Head

India have won their last five ODIs against New Zealand, including their group stage game earlier in the Champions Trophy. On that occasion, India won by 44 runs.

India Form

India are unbeaten at the tournament having won all four games with relative comfort. They also won three against England prior to the series which puts them on a seven-match winning streak.

In the semi-final against Australia, India bowled first, restricting the Aussies to 264 in 50 overs. Not a bad total given the slowness of the pitch.

Virat Kohli anchored the innings with a well-played 84 runs while he was well supported by Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul who both managed 40s. India won the game with 11 balls to spare and four wickets in hand.

India Injuries & Team News

India have played all their games in Dubai, so they know the conditions well. I suspect they will be unchanged.

New Zealand Form

New Zealand have won six of their last seven matches with their only defeat in that run coming against India. That defeat came in the final group game of this tournament.

The Black Caps dominated their semi-final, scoring 362 runs batting first. Rachin Ravindra scored 108 runs while Kane Williamson added 102 off 94 balls.

The spinners then did the trick for New Zealand, holding the Proteas to 312 runs in 50 overs.

New Zealand Injuries & Team News

New Zealand could go into this game unchanged given the slowness of the wicket in Dubai.

Verdict

India v New Zealand

Virat Kohli is backed to top score for India while Kane Williamson can do the same for New Zealand.

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