11:10 (IST): 28 Feb 2025: IND vs NZ, Match 12 Match Preview India India have managed to get two comfortable 6-wicket victories so far, first against Bangladesh and then against arch-rivals Pakistan booking their places in the semi-finals. While Shubman Gill's centrury and Mohammad Shami's 5-er grabbed the headlines in the Bangladesh game, Virat Kohli took centerstage against Pakistan with his 51st ODI century and guided India to a victory. Captain Rohit Sharma's aggressive starts, Harshit Rana's maturity with the ball, Hardik Pandya's setp-ups with the ball and valuable knocks from KL Rahul and Shreyas Iyer have been positives for them too. They will look to carry the momentum forward in conditions they have known for the past week or so in Dubai against New Zealand. New Zealand New Zealand, on the other hand, have had two convincing wins of themselves against the same teams and have also secured their tickets to the final-4. In fact, their wins have been bigger than India's and that has enabled them to be on top of the points table in Group A courtesy a better run-rate. While twin centuries from Will Young and Tom Latham set the win up for them against Pakistan, Rachin Ravindra notched up a ton on CT debut against Bangladesh and made sure the Kiwis cruised home against Bangladesh. Latham also scored a fifty in the game against Bangladesh and is their leadin run-scorer in the tournament. Tall pacer William O'Rourke and off-spinner Michael Bracewell have picked up 5 wickets each for them. They will now travel to Dubai from Pakistan and even though it will be comppletely different conditions for them, they would be quietly confident of putting up yet another strong show. 11:07 (IST): 28 Feb 2025: IND vs NZ, Match 12 What to Expect The surface at the Dubai International Stadium offers good assistance to the bowlers. Batters will need to get their eyes in before unleashing their shots. The average first-innings score in ODIs at this venue is approximately 220, indicating a potential low-scoring thriller. In the two matches at this venue, India chased down the targets of 229 and 242 in 46.3 and 42.3 overs against Bangladesh and Pakistan respectively. 11:05 (IST): 28 Feb 2025: IND vs NZ, Match 12 Team Updates India India have gone in with a settled-11 in both their previous games with the combination of three spinners including two all-rounders in Jadeja and Axar and three seam options with Shami leading the attack along with Rana and Pandya. With the semi-final spot already secured. there have been talks that skipper Rohit Sharma might just be given a break as a precaution against his hamstring niggle. If that is the case, Shubman Gill would make his ODI captaincy debut. Also, Arshdeep Singh might be given a look in place of either of the frontline seamers. Whether Varun Chakravarthy gets a game, remains to be seen. Probable XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami/Arshdeep Singh, Kuldeep Yadav/Varun Chakrawarthy New Zealand Daryl Mitchell missed the last game against Bangladesh and if he is available for this clash, he would come straight back in and Rachin Ravindra would move up and most likely replace Conway. Apart from that, New Zealand are unlikely to make any other changes unless they want to give a chance to someone like Chapman. Probable XI: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke 11:00 (IST): 28 Feb 2025: IND vs NZ, Match 12 Squads of both the teams India Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Rishabh Pant, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Washington Sundar, Kuldeep Yadav, Harshit Rana, Mohammed Shami, Arshdeep Singh, Ravindra Jadeja, Varun Chakaravarthy. New Zealand Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner(c), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, William ORourke, Rachin Ravindra, Mark Chapman, Kyle Jamieson, Jacob Duffy {{GOOGLE_AD_1}}