Champions Trophy 2025 NZ vs BAN: Rachin Ravindra’s Century Leads New Zealand to 5-Wicket Victory Over Bangladesh: This win ensured that two teams qualify for the semi-finals, New Zealand and India, and took out Bangladesh and Pakistan from the competition. It was a nail-biting encounter between Bangladesh and New Zealand that saw the former forced to bat first only to finish at 236 for 9 in 50 overs, thus giving them a win by five wickets in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match on February 24 at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium.
Champions Trophy 2025 NZ vs BAN Match Summary
Bangladesh innings
Bangladesh chose to bat first, scoring 236 runs in 50 overs. The captain, Najmul Hossain Shanto, was the force behind this effort, scoring 77 runs from 110 balls. Jaker Ali supported him with a composed 45 runs from 55. Michael Bracewell smashed the opposition all over the park. With a beautiful spell of 4 wickets for 26 runs, he was responsible for making Bangladesh’s total modest.
New Zealand’s Chase
New Zealand attempted to chase 237, suffering two early blows during the innings. Then Rachin Ravindra stood firm, blitzing 112 runs off, and Tom Latham then scored a valuable 55 runs before the two put on a 129-run partnership for the fourth wicket, thus stabilizing New Zealand. They chased down well and scored 237 runs for the loss of 5 wickets in just 46.1 overs.
Top performers
Rachin Ravindra: 112 runs, career for New Zealand in the successful chase.
Michael Bracewell: 4 for 26 runs, as he sent the Bangladesh batting order into disarray.
Najmul Hossain Shanto: 77 runs; carried the scoring workload for Bangladesh.
New Zealand and India booked semi-final berths with this victory while Pakistan and Bangladesh were eliminated from the tournament.
Playing 11 of New Zealand and Bangladesh
New Zealand: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke
Bangladesh: Tanzid Hasan, Najmul Hossain Shanto (c), Mehidy Hasan Miraz, Towhid Hridoy, Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), Mahmudullah, Jaker Ali, Rishad Hossain, Taskin Ahmed, Nahid Rana, Mustafizur Rahman.
