Champions Trophy 2025: NZ Revenge Match with India

New Zealand booked his place in the Champions Trophy final against India after hundreds of Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson won a 50-run victory over South Africa on Wednesday in the second semi-finals.

New Zealand chose and collected a tournament record 362/6 on the back of a 164-run stand between Ravindra and Williamson. David Miller beat unbeaten 100 balls of 67 balls, while Rassie van der Dussen and Temba Bavuma occurred every six months, but South Africa made 312/9 in response.

Mitchell Santner, who was headed for the first time in a global tournament in New Zealand in a global tournament, used seven bowlers and led an example with a match turning 3/43.

“It's a cool feeling (making the final). We were challenged from a good side, ”said Santner after the running festival in the Gaddafi Stadium. “We were obviously quite satisfied with 360, but we know with the power that South Africa has that it would be a challenge.”

New Zealand Lost Opener will be young in eighth place after Santner decided to the racket. Ravindra and Williamson combined in a Mammut second-windy stand in what looked like how to get together the present and the future of New Zealand Wimper.

The curly-haired Ravindra and the Cool-As-A-Cucumber Williamson achieved a run-a-ball rate to empty South Africa.

Williamson received exhaustion after completing his fifty when Heinrich Klaasen dived on his right, but could not hold on to the catch.

Ravindra was flawless at the other end and ran to a 93-ball hundred before Kagiso Rabada released him for 108, including 13 four and six. All five hundreds of Ravindra in Odis came to ICC events.

Williamson played two ramp shots in Wiaan Mulder's sixth – the first brought up his 15th Odi hundred and the second. Williamsons 102 was occupied with 10 four and two six.

Daryl Mitchell and Glenn Phillips put the 356/5 against England in the past month as the highest team in the history of the tournament in the past month with lively 49 -year -olds.

New Zealand started his defense well, and Kyle Jamieson started with a virgin and Matt Henry became Ryan Rickelton in his third.

Bavuma (56) and van der Dussen (69) revived South Africa with a run-a-ball stand of 105 before Santner hollowed out their middle order. The spinner removed both SET battery and released Heinrich Klaasen to put New Zealand on it.

The player of the game Ravindra released Aiden Markram (31), but Miller would not go under without a fight. He beat four six and 10 fours in his blasty knock, which proved that South Africa could have been better with enough gates in his hand.

Santner said the stand between Ravindra and Williamson had set up their victory. “The platform we could set was of crucial importance because Rachin and Kane did her things,” said Santner.

“It has set up this type of dead phase in which you can probably start a little earlier (acceleration) than you would do if you started losing gates. I think this partnership was massive for us. “

He praised the New Zealand bowling attack because he denied South Africa enough partnerships to get close to the goal.

“The key to the bowler was to always promote with gates,” said the spinner from his left arm.

New Zealand will fly to India to Dubai for the final on Sunday, which prevailed when the pages faced each other in a group game.

Short scores: New Zealand: 362/6 (Ravindra 108, Williamson 102, Mitchell 49, Phillips 49; Ngidi 3/72, Rabada 2/70); South Africa: 312/9 (Miller 100*, van der Dussen 69, Bavuma 56; Santner 3/43, Phillips 2/27, Henry 2/43).