Eyeing to solidify their semi-final spot with a win, Mitchell Santner’s decision to field first during the toss didn’t seem to work well as the Bangladesh openers aggregated 45 runs for the opening stand. But the ploy to bring Michael Bracewell early into the attack paid dividends as the all-rounder wreaked havoc from one end, unsettling the opposition batters with a spell of 10-1-26/4. Bangladesh found themselves at 118/5 in 26 overs when Jaker Ali assisted Shanto’s 77-run knock for 67 balls. Having surpassed the 150-run mark, Rishad Hossain’s 26-run blitz powered Bangladesh to 200 before the tail wagged along with Jaker’s 45 steering Bangladesh to 236/9 in 50 overs.
In reply, New Zealand incurred early jitters after losing Will Young and Kane Williamson to the Bangladeshi seamers. Being pushed to 15/2 halfway through the fourth over, Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra, the former Wellington Firebirds duo stabilised the stage, gathering 54 runs in the first powerplay before the 33-year-old was outsmarted by Mustafizur Rahman in the 16th over. Subsequently, Rachin played his natural game and scored a fifty with in-form Tom Latham at the other end. The pair went on to negate the opposition spinners and pacers during the middle-overs phase, converting their fifty-run stand to a century partnership with Ravindra getting to his fourth ICC ODI event ton. With the score 177/3 in 35 overs, the pair kept ticking the scorecard before Rishad Hossain struck in the 39th over. With 29 required off the last ten overs, Tom Latham was runout before Michael Bracewell and Glenn Phillips eased the chase with 23 balls remaining.
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GAME IS OVER!🙌
With the Win of New Zealand against Bangladesh! The chapter of Pakistan in the #ChampionsTrophy comes to an end!😞#BANvNZ pic.twitter.com/nn4J3ftOdD— 𝐁𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐳𝐚𝐦 𝐁𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐬 🏏 (@Bobi_1A) February 24, 2025
With NEW ZEALAND’s win host PAKISTAN out from #ChampionsTrophy #INDvsPAK #NZvsBD
— pyush Yadav (harsh) (@PyushYadavPY) February 24, 2025
Eliminated
It’s Official
New Zealand officially kicked out Hosts Pakistan from Champions Trophy with beating Bangladesh by 5 Wickets 😌
Superb Century by Rachin Ravindra and supported by Tom Latham🙌🏼
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.#NZvsBAN #ChampionsTrophy #INDvsPAK pic.twitter.com/HXEbhd7kYb— D Decoded Reality (@DDecodedReality) February 24, 2025
Pakistan has Officially Knocked Out of the ICC Champions Trophy
New Zealand and India Has qualify for the Semi final from Group A pic.twitter.com/OcIs4h99Jf— ٰImran Siddique (@imransiddique89) February 24, 2025
Qualified
INDIA & NEW ZEALAND QUALIFIED INTO THE SEMI-FINAL OF CHAMPIONS TROPHY
— Gambhir 𓃵 (@Karn975) February 24, 2025
They are out
Pakistan & Bangladesh are out of CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2025 ..😂🤣😂🤣
INDIA & NEW ZEALAND qualified to semi final ..👏🙌🩵🖤 🇮🇳🇳🇿#ChampionsTrophy2025 #BANvsNZ— Madridista (@DalviNameet) February 24, 2025
New Zealand beat Bangladesh by 5 wickets and Enter the Semifinal along with India from Group A irrespective of the result in #PAKvBAN
Pakistan and Bangladesh are out of the #ChampionsTrophy pic.twitter.com/IDwYxrFYyP— Abhijeet ♞ (@TheYorkerBall) February 24, 2025
Done and dusted
New Zealand beat Bangladesh
Pakistan Cricket team is Officially Out of the tournament Now!
Congratulations to Aqib Javed and his management.#ChampionsTrophy2025— ЅᏦᎽ (@13hamdard) February 24, 2025
Good
NEW ZEALAND HAS QUALIFIED FOR THE 2025 CHAMPIONS TROPHY pic.twitter.com/c63NumFarY
— junaiz (@dhillow_) February 24, 2025
