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When the Indian team goes to compete with New Zealand in the Champions Trophy, an old wound will also be fresh. The incident is of the Champions Trophy played in the year 2000. Then New Zealand and India’s teams were face to face in the final. In that match, the Kiwi team captured the title of Champions Trophy by turning water on India’s aspirations. Now India would like that by winning today’s match, it should pay the account of 24 years old.
What happened in the 2000 Champions Trophy final
The final match of the Champions Trophy was played in Nairobi in 2000. Its name was then the ICC Nockout Tournament. At that time, India’s captain was Sourav Ganguly and New Zealand was in the hands of Stephen Fleming. The New Zealand team won the toss and decided to bowl first. Sachin and Ganguly gave a good start while opening for India. Both added 141 runs for the first wicket. But after Sachin’s runout, Team India stumbled. Despite Sourav Ganguly’s century, India could reach a score of 264 for six wickets.
What did Kiwi team do
New Zealand started to chase a target of 265 runs. The Kiwi team got the first blow on the score of just six. After this, by reaching 82 runs, she had lost three of her major batsmen. It seemed that the Indian team would become the champion. But two of her major all -rounders Chris Krens and Chris Harris settled in the ground. Chris Krens played a century of 102 runs while being unbeaten. At the same time, Chris Harris also scored 46 runs. For India, Venkatesh Prasad had three, Anil Kumble two and Sachin Tendulkar had one wicket. Zaheer Khan and Ajit Agarkar did not get any success.
Recent match in ODIs
If we talk about the recent matches of India and New Zealand, then both teams in ODIs clashed in the semi -finals of the 2023 World Cup. India then defeated New Zealand easily. In this match played in Mumbai, the huge score of the Indian team could not achieve the New Zealand team. However, before that, the Kiwi team broke India’s heart in the semi -finals of the ODI World Cup in 2019. The defeat in this match played in England broke India’s desire.