NZ vs SA, Champions Trophy 2025 Semifinal: New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and opted to bat first against South Africa in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semifinal match on March 5 (Wednesday) at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. South Africa enter the semifinal after remaining unbeaten in the group-stage phase. New Zealand, on the other hand, faced a defeat against India in their last group fixture.Â
India defeated Australia in the first Champions Trophy 2025 semifinal on Tuesday. Hence, whoever wins the NZ vs SA clash will face off against Rohit Sharma & co. in the Champions Trophy 2025 final in Dubai.
NZ vs SA Champions Trophy 2025 Match Playing 11s
New Zealand Playing 11 vs South Africa: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (capt), Nathan Smith, Matt Henry, Will O’Rourke
South Africa Playing 11 vs New Zealand: Ryan Rickelton, Temba Bavuma(c), Rassie van der Dussen, Heinrich Klaasen(w), David Miller, Aiden Markram, Wiaan Mulder, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj, Kagiso Rabada, Lungi Ngidi
Here’s what New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner and South Africa captain Temba Bavuma said during the NZ vs SA semifinal toss:
Mitchell Santner: We are gonna have a bat first, looks like a good wicket, looks a bit dry. Privileged to captain my country and for us it’s to play good cricket. We got the same team. Last game was foreign conditions, we have played a few games here in the tri-series. Will try to play good cricket and put pressure on them.
Temba Bavuma: We are not too concerned but the preference would have been to bat, our bowlers need to bowl well and then our batters need to do the job. Just one change, myself, I’m feeling much better. We have had learnings from semi-finals and finals. We need to win the key moments. We are doing a lot of work, lots of confidence, it’s another game for us irrespective of it being the semi-final.Â
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