India Vs New Zealand Champions Trophy Final: Matt Henry breaks down after missing out on the Champions Trophy final | Cricket News

Matt Henry earlier than the begin of the Champions Trophy final towards India. (Video seize)

DUBAI: Sportspersons are typically fired up for the large video games of their careers. They can be emotional. As quickly as he learnt that he wouldn’t have the ability to play in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy final towards India at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday resulting from a shoulder niggle – he failed the health check on the morning of the summit conflict – New Zealand pacer Matt Henry, unable to manage his disappointment of missing out on the large sport, broke down, failing to carry again his tears.
Even as Henry was enduring the heartbreak of missing out on the event, the information of his absence was expectedly met with loud cheers from the crowd, a majority of the 25,000-spectators being Indians.
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At the toss, the Black Caps captain Mitchell Santner knowledgeable that, having been unable to recuperate in time from his shoulder harm that he suffered whereas taking a catch in the semifinal towards South Africa at Lahore on Wednesday, Henry had been dominated out and changed by allrounder Nathan Smith.
The in-form Henry is the Kiwis’ most skilled tempo bowler and, going into the final the event’s main wicket-taker. The 33-year-old jarred his proper shoulder whereas taking a catch to dismiss Heinrich Klaasen in the twenty ninth over, however after going again to the dressing room, the quick bowler returned to bowl two extra overs in the Kiwis’ semifinal win towards South Africa at Lahore on Wednesday.

Henry’s absence should’ve been music to India’s ears. The quick bowler took 10 wickets in New Zealand’s 4 matches @16.70 at the Champions Trophy, along with his greatest being 5 for 42 in eight overs towards India at the DICS.
Naturally, former New Zealand pacer-turned commentator Simon Doull termed Henry’s absence as a “big blow” for the Black Caps in the summit conflict. Henry has broken India in the previous. In the 2019 ODI World Cup semifinal at Old Trafford in Manchester, he took three for 37 in 10 overs – shifting the ball round menacingly in useful situations to scalp the key wickets of openers Rohit Sharma (1), KL Rahul (1) and Dinesh Karthik (6). Left limping by Henry and Trent Boult’s early strikes, the Black Caps bowled out India for 221 in 49.3 overs to march into the final with an 18-run win.
Smith performed the opening match of the 2025 Champions Trophy towards Pakistan and Lahore and took two for 20 in two overs.
Rohit loses twelfth toss in a row, equals Lara’s undesirable, all-time report
Even earlier than a ball was bowled in the large final, Rohit Sharma made an undesirable, weird report. Another unsuitable name by the Indian captain meant that he misplaced his twelfth consecutive toss in a row, thus equaling the report held by West Indies legend Brian Lara, who endured an identical streak between October 1998 and May 1999. Across codecs, this marked the fifteenth consecutive toss defeat for Rohit and India.

Rohit’s streak of unhealthy luck at the toss started with the 2023 ODI World Cup final towards Australia in Ahmedabad.
Having just about given up on profitable the toss, the Indian captain gestured at the dressing room, questioning at the futility of even going to the center for the formality. Rohit’s response even left former India batter Abhinav Mukund, presenter on Star Sports, amused, “Rohit be like why go for a toss. This is the 12 consecutive times he has lost the toss. I wonder if there is a probability for this,” Rayudu stated.
The final time Rohit gained a toss was in the semifinal of the 2019 World Cup towards New Zealand.
Before the final, India’s vice-captain Shubman Gill had spoken about Rohit’s luck with the toss in his press convention on Saturday and stated that the workforce was equally assured about batting first or chasing. After dropping one more toss, Rohit stated that he did not thoughts batting second. The Indian captain was assured of his workforce’s expertise at chasing effectively.
“We’ve been here enough, batted first and bowled first, don’t really mind batting second. It hasn’t changed much, we’ve chased and won as well. It does give you a lot of confidence, takes the toss away from the game. At the end of the day, what matters is how well you want to play. That’s what we’ve spoken about in the dressing room, not to worry about the toss and to just play well, that’s what we’ve done and we have to do today as well,” stated Rohit.

‘Satisfactory’ ranking for Dubai pitch
Meanwhile, the International Cricket Council has given a ‘passable’ rankings to the pitches for the first two India matches in Dubai for the 2025 Champions Trophy, towards Bangladesh on Feb 19 and vs Pakistan on Feb 23, which did not produce high-scoring matches. The pitch for the Champions Trophy’s opening match between Pakistan and New Zealand on Feb 18 additionally acquired a ‘passable’ ranking from the ICC.
After dismissing Bangladesh for 228, India gained by six wickets towards Bangladesh as they chased down the complete in the forty seventh over. India folded up Pakistan for 242, after which overcame the goal simply with 45 balls to spare.