Why Is Harshit Rana Not Playing vs New Zealand? (Source: AP)
India are up against New Zealand in the last league game of the ICC Champions Trophy. India and New Zealand have already qualified for the semifinals after winning the first two games and the winner of this match will top Group A and play Australia in the semifinal.
IND vs NZ Live Score:
New Zealand won the toss and opted to bowl. India made one change to the playing XI. The team rested Harshit Rana and included Varun Chakravarthy. Varun was not included in the initial squad for the ICC Champions Trophy but India made last-minute changes after his impressive performance in the T20I series against England. He played one ODI against England but wasn't included in the first two matches in the ICC Champions Trophy. Varun could be effective against teams who often struggle against spinners so there could be a possibility of him getting a shot in the semifinal or the final if he does well against New Zealand today.
What Did Captains' Say At The Toss?
Rohit Sharma: Was anyway looking to bat first, wanted to see what we could do upfront and then challenge our bowlers since we chased on both games. Approach will be very similar to the previous games, just trying to do the same things. One change for us - Harshit has been rested, Varun is playing for us. It is all about bowling in partnerships, in both games we have combined to pick 19 wickets. Our spinners have restricted them well and then the seamers have got the wickets.
Mitch Santner: We'll have a bowl first, looks like a good wicket. Want to put some pressure early and hopefully it skids on well later. We still want to win, we know we are going to be in Lahore later but first task is to do a job here, and challenge ourselves in different conditions. Daryl Mitchell comes in, Conway misses this one.
India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul(w), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakravarthy
New Zealand (Playing XI): Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke
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