Mitchell Santner: The final league match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 was played today between India and New Zealand (IND vs NZ). New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and invited the Indian team to bat first. Batting first, the Indian team scored 249 runs thanks to Shreyas Iyer's brilliant 79 runs and Hardik Pandya's 45 and Axar Patel's 42 runs.

• When the New Zealand team came out to chase this target, except Kane Williamson, no player could do anything special and the entire team was all out for 205 runs. Let's know what New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner said after the defeat against India.
• Mitchell Santner won the hearts of 140 crore Indians
• After the 44-run defeat to India, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner praised Team India a lot and during this he also told why they had to face defeat against Team India. New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner said, "This wicket was very slow, we already knew that. India controlled the middle phase better. Shreyas played a brilliant innings which Hardik finished well. It spun a bit more than we expected, and they pressed us well with four quality spinners. The key for us was to take wickets in the powerplay, and it was good to see. Our next game is in Lahore, where Henry will be a very important player."
• Challenged South Africa before the semi-finals
• On the semi-final match against South Africa, Mitchell Santner said, "(On facing South Africa) on those wickets with some pace and bounce, they have four good fast bowlers, so we have to see how we play them. We have to wait and see if this is the surface to be used."