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India faces New Zealand in the final of the Champions Trophy in Dubai on Sunday in what could be a last Hourra for veterans stars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma.
Kohli and Skipper Rohit, 37, 36, entered the 50 -year tournament with swirling speculation when they retire following lean patches in the test cricket.
Maignes of a formidable team from India for more than 15 years, the duo retired from the international T20 after winning the World Cup last year.
This weekend could be the end for them in the ODIs, with the next World Cup of next 50 hours in 2027.
“I am sure that Rohit will lead India to a title. He will soon have another ICC trophy,” said former launcher player Praveen Kumar to Times of India.
“I will only say that Virat and Rohit, give another ICC trophy before retiring,” he added.
India enters the final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium as a favorite and with their confidence Sky-High.
They won their four games during the eight nations tournament, in particular by beating New Zealand by 44 points in the group’s phase, although the two teams have already reached the semi-finals at that time.
The Rohit team played all their matches in Dubai after refusing to visit the Pakistan host champions trophy due to political tensions.
Rohit and Kohli entered the pressure competition.
Master drummer Kohli silenced his criticism with an undefeated 100 against the rivals of Pakistan, then hit 84 against the match against the world champions in the semi-finals.
Rohit’s highest score was 41 in his opening victory against Bangladesh, but the opener was greeted for having returned that the team quickly begins to build total in a place where the striker is difficult.
India, which seeks to win the Champions trophy for a record third time, also has a world -class spin attack.
They unleashed four spinners by beating New Zealand with Varun Chakravarthy, figures with 5-42 return to help play black caps for 205 in their pursuit of 250.
India was unchanged against Australia while the heavy selection of Spin goes up again, but on a field of Dubai which was a little less exhausted.
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In front of them is a New Zealand team in the hope of winning the tournament for the second time, after in 2000 in what was the second edition of a competition compared to a mini-cup in the world.
The Black Caps fed in the final by beating South Africa by 50 points in Lahore.
But the victory came at a price with an injury to punctuate the launcher Matt Henry after having clumsyly landed on his shoulder while taking a catch.
Henry, who took 5-42 against India in the group phase, is in a race to be able to Sunday.
“Always a little unknown at this stage,” said head coach Gary Stead.
“He is obviously quite endolori just by landing on the point of his shoulder. Hopefully he will be fine.”
The drummer Rachin Ravi will hammered 108 in the New Zealand champions trophy record of 362 against South Africa at the Gaddafi stadium adapted to the strikers.
Ravirast made 164 points with the veteran drummer Kane Williamson, who reached 102.
The left-handed left-handed, who also drops the rotation of the left arm, raised 226 three matches after his return from a nasty forehead on the front in a trial match in Pakistan.
The original Ravira of Wellington is of Indian origin with his parents from Bengaluru.
“We don’t really know what the Dubai field looks like,” said Ravira.
“I think we are proud to adapt and play the situation in front of us, so will see what’s going on in the coming days and hope it’s a good cricket window.”
India is perhaps the favorites and will have a large part of the crowd at the Dubai stadium with 25,000 places that will rugle them, but the recent history is in fact with New Zealand.
They recorded a 3-0 surprise brush in India in October and November from last year.
The Black Caps also have a clear advantage over India with nine victories, six defeats and a non-result in world white ball tournaments.
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