Indian spinners along with Varun Chakravarthy created history in Champions Trophy, broke this world record of Pakistan

In the last group stage match in Champions Trophy 2025, India registered a spectacular victory by defeating New Zealand by 44 runs. In this match played at Dubai International Stadium, India batted first. It scored 249 runs for 9 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs, in response to which the New Zealand team collapsed for 205 runs in 45.3 overs. In this match, the Indian spinners created history by performing brilliantly. At the same time, Varun Chakravarthy single-handedly sent half the Kiwi team to the pavilion and made many records in his name.

In this match, the spinners of India created history. Varun Chakravarthy took 5 wickets for 42 runs in 10 overs, which is the second-best performance on debut in the Champions Trophy. Only Josh Hazlewood 6/52 is ahead of him, who did this feat in 2017. By taking five wickets in his second ODI, Chakravarthy surpassed Stuart Binny's record of 6/4, which is the fastest five-wicket haul achieved by an Indian bowler. Binny achieved this feat in his third ODI. Apart from this, this is the first time that two bowlers have taken five wickets each in a single match of the Champions Trophy. Matt Henry also took five wickets for New Zealand.

Apart from Varun Chakravarthy, Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets for 56 runs in 9.3 overs, Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket for 36 runs in 8 overs and Axar Patel took 1 wicket for 32 runs in 10 overs. Indian spinners took a total of 9 wickets, the highest wickets taken by spinners in an innings in the history of the Champions Trophy. The previous record was in the name of Pakistan's spinners who took 8 wickets against Kenya in 2004.

New Zealand won the toss and decided to bowl first and the Kiwi bowlers put pressure right from the beginning and restricted India to a total of 249/9 in 50 overs. After this, this target became a mountain in front of the Indian spinners led by Varun Chakraborty for New Zealand. New Zealand began chasing the target with a bad start. Will Young (22) and Rachin Ravindra (6) returned to the pavilion early.

Former captain Kane Williamson played the highest score of 81 runs in 120 balls, but wickets kept falling from the other end. Batsmen like Daryl Mitchell (17), Tom Latham (14), and Glenn Phillips (12) looked helpless in front of the Indian spinners. In the end, Mitchell Santner played a short inning of 28 runs, but by then it was too late. In this way, New Zealand's team was reduced to 205 runs in 45.3 overs.