India, March 8 -- India and New Zealand are set to battle it out for the chance to lift the ICC Champions Trophy at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, and add a first piece of ODI silverware for the first time in many years for either of these teams. India and New Zealand are familiar foes by this point, and this is a matchup that has seen the Kiwis come out on top over the Indians more often than not in the recent past.

While India beat New Zealand in the group stages earlier in this tournament, as well as twice in the ODI World Cup in 2023, including the semifinal, they will also have memories of that 2019 World Cup semifinal loss, the WTC final loss in 2021, and for some, going all the way back to that heartbreaker in the 2000 C...