India, March 2 -- Varun Chakravarthy had a sloppy moment on the field in his first game of Champions Trophy 2025 when India had a tough task to defend 250 against New Zealand. The mystery spinner was picked in the XI in place of Harshit Rana, who was rested after playing the first two matches in the tournament. The Men in Blue went ahead with a four-spinners attack in their final group-stage match.

Defending a 250-run target, India had a chance to get the wicket of Will Young in the fourth over. Hardik Pandya bowled a slower delivery in an attempt to deceive the New Zealand opener as he failed to time it, and Varun had a chance to grab a catch, but he was sloppy on the field and dropped the catch and eventually ended up kicking the ball ...