12th Match - India v New Zealand

[James]

India v New Zealand
Sun, 02 Mar '25
Dubai
9:00 am GMT | 1:00 pm Local

 

[Molehill]

I'm still not entirely certain if either team will actually want to win this game, assuming that SA beat England.

 

[SkyBlue]

I'm still not entirely certain if either team will actually want to win this game, assuming that SA beat England.

Assuming SA win, I think India would rather want to play Australia in a semi than in a final.

So winning the last game would be important.

 

[SkyBlue]

Best case scenario from NZ point of view

SA win, they lose to India and play SA in the semis. Let India take care of the Aussies and play India in the final. Gives them a better chance of winning the whole thing. I don't see NZ beating Australia in any knockout scenario.

 

[Red_Ink_Squid]

I'm still not entirely certain if either team will actually want to win this game, assuming that SA beat England.

I don't think the prospect of *this* Australia team would worry either of them, given their third string bowling attack.

 

[King Kane]

Both teams will be resting their best players so you can't read too much into the result, that would probably be Ravindra, Latham and O'Rourke for NZ,

 

[Fuller Pilch]

Both teams will be resting their best players so you can't read too much into the result, that would probably be Ravindra, Latham and O'Rourke for NZ,

Why rest anyone and how are they our best players?

 

[King Kane]

Why rest anyone and how are they our best players?

We shouldn't be resting any of our best players but if Mitchell is fit then some of our batsmen need to be rested along with our best bowler O'Rourke.

 

[Skyliner]

Training in Dubai.

 

[Qlder]

Hope New Zealand smash India so that Australia doesn't have to fly to Dubai

 

[ashley bach]

Momentum is everything so this game is important imo

Both Young and Conway must play. At least if one of them has to be dropped for the semis this game might help provide the answer to who that
should be.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

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Training in Dubai.

Training with a football? What could possibly go wrong?

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Momentum is everything

Lol momentum is fake

 

[Qlder]

So winner plays Australia, loser plays South Africa

 

[Moss]

A definite contender for the best rivalry in world cricket today, even if it isn’t portrayed that way. Another nice continuation of the thread running parallel to the careers of Kohli and Williamson. Bring it on.

I thought the two 2023 WC games between
them were an accurate summary of how the two sides compare in the ODI format today, though NZ’s bowling is a shade better than what it was then. We’ll also get a better idea of where NZ really stands, done pretty much everything right but haven’t been tested well enough either till now.

 

[LangleyburyCCPlayer]

So winner plays Australia, loser plays South Africa

Either way, India or NZ know where they'll be playing their semi, so that's an advantage

 

[Sunil1z]

 

[Skyliner]

Wow, NZ are ‘Choker of Century’.
But we didn’t choke in the inaugural ICC World Test Championship Final, so there’s always that.
#OneForThePurists

 

[RossTaylorsBox]

Another cutting meme from @GemsOfCricket

 

[Sunil1z]

Another cutting meme from @GemsOfCricket

From Reddit to be precise .