India, March 2 -- India had stocked their squad with spinners for a day like this. Varun Chakravarthy, a late entrant in the squad, was lying in wait for a day like this. Chakravarthy, who replaced Harshit Rana, finished with a match-winning haul of 10-0-42-5 to best Matt Henry's 5-fer as India beat New Zealand by 44 runs to top Group A in the Champions Trophy on Sunday.

It set up a semi-final clash with Australia at the Dubai International Stadium, their home away from home in the competition, on Tuesday.

India's innings was anchored on a crucial Shreyas Iyer knock of 79 (98b, 4x4, 2x6). But it was up to India's four spinners to tighten the screws on New Zealand to defend a neither-here-nor-there target of 250. And they responded by ta...