India won the third match by 44 runs against New Zealand due to great performance in bowling and fielding. After winning this match, India was placed in the top position with 6 points in group A. Both India and New Zealand already qualified for semi-final in the Champions Trophy Tournament 2025.

Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and chose to bowl first thus India first batted and made a good score of 249/9 in 50 overs due to good batting by Shreyas Iyer 79 (98), Hardik Pandya 45 (45), and Axar Patel 42 (61). Matt Henry 5/42 (8), Kyle Jamieson 1/31 (8), Rachin Ravindra 1/31 (6), Mitchell Santner 1/41 (10), and Will O’Rourke 1/47 (9) were good bowling from the New Zealand side. After this inning, India set a good target of 250 runs in 50 overs for New Zealand to win this match.

During chasing, New Zealand was all out at only 205 runs in 45.3 and lose the match by 44 runs with India due to great bowling by Varun Chakravarthy 5/42 (10), Kuldeep Yadav 2/56 (9.3), Hardik Pandya 1/22 (4), Ravindra Jadeja 1/36 (8), and Axar Patel 1/32 (10). Kane Williamson 81 (120), Mitchell Santner 28 (31), and Will Young 22 (35) were good batting from the New Zealand side.

Varun Chakravarthy (IND), 5/42 (10), was declared as the Player of the Match due to great performance in bowling in this match.