Delhi: New Zealand defeated Bangladesh by 5 wickets in the Group A match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 (ICC Champions Trophy 2025). In this match played at Rawalpindi's Cricket Stadium, New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and invited Bangladesh to bat first. Batting first, Bangladesh scored 236 runs at the loss of 9 wickets in 50 overs. In response, New Zealand won by scoring 237 runs losing 5 wickets with 25 balls remaining.

In this match, Rachin Ravindra batted brilliantly for New Zealand.

He scored 112 runs in 105 balls, including 12 fours and 1 six. The match was Rachin's debut match in the ICC Champions Trophy, as he could not play the first match against Pakistan due to injury.

Along with this, this was Rachin's fourth century in ODI cricket. The special thing is that all his four centuries have come in the ICC events, due to which he has become the highest century batsman for New Zealand in the ICC tournament. Apart from him, Tom Latham also played a useful innings of 55 runs in 76 balls.

With this victory of New Zealand, Bangladesh was out of the semi -final race.

This defeat also affected the host Pakistan, because now the Pakistani team's hopes of reaching the semi -finals are over. Both Bangladesh and Pakistan have not been able to win a single match in the tournament so far.

Now India will be the second team to reach the semi -finals with Group A with New Zealand. The Indian team won both their league matches and scored 4 points. India's last league match will be played in Dubai against New Zealand on 2 March before the knockout stage.

Bangladesh's weak batting

Bangladesh's batting in this match was disappointing.

Only captain Najmul Hasan Shanto batted and batted and scored 77 runs in 110 balls. Apart from him, Jaaker Ali (55 balls, 45 runs) and Rishad Hussain (26 runs) struggled for a while, but the team failed to score a big score.

New Zealand bowling

New Zealand's Michael Bracewell was the most influential in bowling. He took 4 wickets for just 26 runs in 10 overs. Apart from him, William Oruki took 2 wickets, while Matt Henry and Kyle Jameson took 1-1 wickets.

With this stunning victory, New Zealand confirmed its place in the semi -finals, while Bangladesh and Pakistan were ruled out of the tournament.