IND vs NZ, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Shreyas Iyer Misses Century but Creates History Against NZ

IND vs NZ: Shreyas Iyer missed a century, fell prey to a short ball, created history against New Zealand

In the ICC Champions Trophy match between India and New Zealand, Glenn Phillips once again showed his amazing fielding skills. This time Virat Kohli became the victim of his amazing fielding. Kohli’s fast shot in the air was caught with one hand by Phillips standing at backward point 23 meters away. He was in the air while taking the catch and he made a great dive.

After this, Phillips looked at Kohli and gave such a look as if he was saying that this is a normal thing for him. All the fans present in the stadium including Virat Kohli were surprised at Phillips’ catch and could not believe it. This is not the first time in this ICC Champions Trophy that Phillips has taken such a surprising catch. Earlier in the group match against Pakistan, he had also taken a similar catch in the air. At the same time, Australia’s Alex Carey has also caught a catch in the air like a superman. Phillips is considered to be the best fielder of the present time. He is not only a great fielder, but also a good off-spinner and wicketkeeper.

Glenn Philips took a stunning catch, and dangerous Virat Kohli is gone.

Matt Henry continues to break the Indian top-order in an ICC match. pic.twitter.com/npdx2tyRH1

— Rudhra Nandu (@rudhranandu) March 2, 2025

Just unbelievable Man…! 💯🔥❤️
Absolutely Stunner Catch by #glennphillips #INDvsNZ #ChampionsTrophy pic.twitter.com/R0C5ldZQ6v

— DRx.अक्षय पाटील (@AkshayMungal) March 2, 2025

Phillips took the catch of Rizwan

In the opening match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, New Zealand faced the challenge of Pakistan. Batting first, the Kiwis scored 320 runs in 50 overs, losing five wickets. Latham played an innings of 118 runs. At the same time, Phillips scored a quick 61 runs in 39 balls. However, Phillips was not tired and showed great agility in fielding. In the 10th over of Pakistan’s innings, Rizwan played a shot exactly like Kohli on the ball of William O’Rourke and Phillips, standing at backward point, dived to the left and caught his catch with one hand. Rizwan could score three runs.

What a catch #GlennPhillips💥#PAKvNZ #ChampionsTrophy pic.twitter.com/frObZvrklT

— Junaid khan (@JunaidkhanREAL) February 19, 2025

IND vs NZ: Phillips catches Kohli

After this, Phillips did this feat against Kohli as well. One ball before Kohli was out, Dinesh Karthik, who was commentating, had said that Phillips is the best fielder in the world. However, this time he dived to the right. When Kohli saw that the catch had been taken, he could not believe it. He looked surprised and was seen smiling while returning to the pavilion. Not only Kohli, but his wife Anushka Sharma, who was present in the stadium, was also surprised. Phillips was standing at a distance of 23 meters from Kohli and he caught the catch in a reaction time of 0.62 seconds which was very fast.

Again a blinder catch by Glenn Philips #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/0M1Vgfc4OT

— Pranav (@puzzy_ie) March 2, 2025

Reaction time was just 0.62 second for Glenn Phillips. One of the craziest catches ever 🥶🔥. pic.twitter.com/ZWrmQxrptk

— Jay Cricket. (@Jay_Cricket12) March 2, 2025

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Warra catch man Glenn Philips you are a freak 🫡 pic.twitter.com/QpmKnH9kko

— Manas (@manas0118) March 2, 2025

Carey catches Salt’s catch

At the same time, Alex Carey took a surprising catch in the Group-B match against England. In this match, in the second over of England’s innings, Phil Salt played a shot at mid-on on Ben Dwarshuis‘s ball. Carey, standing at short mid-wicket, took a few steps back, jumped in the air and dived and caught the ball with one hand. Then the fans present in the stadium and Salt himself could not believe it. The English team had to face defeat in this match.

Unbelievable Catch By Alex Carey Of Philip Salt. 😍

|#ENGvsAUS|#alexcarey|#INDvsPAK|pic.twitter.com/VypsBM9AI4 pic.twitter.com/ahteQGIQzj

— Omkar Ugale (@Omkarugale2811) February 22, 2025

ICC Champions Trophy 2025: IND vs NZ Playing 11

Here are the predicted playing XIs for IND vs NZ match in ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match:

IND vs NZ Playing 11, India Playing XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Ravindra Jadeja, Harshit Rana, Arshdeep Singh, Varun Chakravarthy

IND vs NZ Playing 11, New Zealand Playing XI: Will Young, Devon Conway, Kane Williamson, Rachin Ravindra, Tom Latham (wk), Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner (c), Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson, William O’Rourke

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