India are unbeaten in the tournament so far while New Zealand's only loss came against the Men in Blue. The India vs New Zealand Champions Trophy 2025 final starts on 2:30 PM IST.

The Rohit Sharma-led Team India will be in action against the Mitchell Santner-led New Zealand at the UAE's Dubai International Stadium.

India ended an 11-year global title drought when they won the Twenty20 World Cup in West Indies last year under Rohit Sharma's captaincy.

The much-anticipated Champions Trophy 2025 final is set to kick off on Sunday, March 9th, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. This crucial match will decide the champion of the ICC event, featuring an exciting clash between two strong teams with a history of memorable encounters in ICC tournaments.

Click here to check the first look of the pitch at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium which will host the Champions Trophy 2025 final on Sunday, March 9 between India and New Zealand.

Pakistan is hosting their first major cricket event in almost three decades, but a compromise of the Champions Trophy has meant that the final will be played in Dubai.

India will take on New Zealand in the final of the 2025 Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday (March 9). India have never lost an ODI in Dubai. They enter the final after an undefeated run in the tournament.

New Zealand beat India 3-0 in a test series in its own backyard, a feat never registered before. India went on to lose in Australia. Both series defeats cost India a spot in the World Test Championship final. It has only gained little redemption in reaching the Champions Trophy final here.

India's Shubman Gill on Saturday said the team will look to win the Champions Trophy final against New Zealand to get over their 2023 ODI World Cup title defeat. India went down to Australia in the 50-over World Cup final in November 2023 on home soil in Ahmedabad in a heartbreaking defeat for the team,

Shubman Gill says India are hungry for another major title to add to the T20 World Cup they won last year. That thrilling win over South Africa in the final Barbados in 2024 was their first in an ICC global event for 11 years.