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CT 2025: Kane Williamson's poor ICC ODI finals run continues, India take early wickets

ANI March 9, 2025 240 views

Kane Williamson's challenging run in ICC ODI finals persists with another low-scoring performance in Dubai. The New Zealand captain managed just 11 runs before being caught by Kuldeep Yadav, continuing his pattern of modest scores in crucial matches. Despite his overall solid record in ICC tournaments, Williamson's batting struggles in finals remain a notable concern for New Zealand. The match saw a promising start for New Zealand with a 57-run opening partnership, but early wickets derailed their momentum.

"Just 11 runs in 14 balls" - Match Commentary
Dubai, March 9: New Zealand batter Kane Williamson's poor run in ICC ODI finals continued as he was dismissed for yet another poor score in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday.

Key Points

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Kane Williamson's third consecutive low score in ICC ODI finals

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Williamson dismissed early by Kuldeep Yadav

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New Zealand struggles after brisk opening partnership

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Total of 53 runs across three ICC final innings

During his short stay at the crease, Williamson could score just 11 runs in 14 balls, with a four against Mohammed Shami. However, he handed an easy catch to Kuldeep Yadav, becoming the third wicket of the match.

In three ICC ODI final appearances, Williamson has had an extremely poor record: 12 against Australia in 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup finals in Melbourne, 30 against England in ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 finals at London and now just 11 runs against India at Dubai, which totals to 53 runs in three innings.

Williamson, though, has a solid record in ICC finals across ODI, Tests and T20Is, with 239 runs in six innings across five matches at an average of 47.80, with a half-century each in T20 World Cup final against Australia in 2021 and ICC World Test Championship final against India in the same year, with best score of 85.

Coming to the match, at the end of 20 overs, NZ was 101/3, with Tom Latham (12*) and Daryl Mitchell (17*) unbeaten. After a brisk 57-run opening partnership between Will Young (15) and Rachin Ravindra (37 in 29 balls, with four boundaries and a six), Kiwis lost the plot with early scalps of Will, Rachin and Kane.

NZ won the toss and opted to bat first.

Teams:New Zealand (Playing XI): Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Kyle Jamieson, William ORourke, Nathan Smith

India (Playing XI): Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakaravarthy.

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