New Zealand's first innings in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final against India, based on the information available:
* Toss and Decision:
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium.
* Early Innings:
* New Zealand's innings began cautiously, with Indian spinners applying pressure early on.
* India's Varun Chakaravarthy provided a crucial breakthrough, dismissing Will Young.
* Kuldeep Yadav then quickly took the wicket of Rachin Ravindra.
* Indian spin bowlers took control of the middle part of the innings, and slowed the New Zealand scoring rate.
* Middle and Later Innings:
* Daryl Mitchell played a key role, scoring a half-century, but at a slow pace, as Indian spinners restricted the scoring.
* Michael Bracewell provided a late innings boost, scoring an important unbeaten half century.
* New Zealand managed to reach a total of 251/7 in their 50 overs.
* Bowling Performance:
* India's bowling attack, particularly the spinners Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav, performed strongly.
* Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja also contributed with wickets.
* Target:
* New Zealand set India a target of 252 runs to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Key performers for New Zealand were Daryl Mitchell and Michael Bracewell, and for India, the key bowlers were Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav.