India, March 8 -- India and New Zealand don't face each other too often in the ICC Champions Trophy, with Sunday's final set to be only the third match between these two teams since the tournament's inception. With the second having come less than a week ago, you have to go all the way back to the turn of the millennium to find the first time they faced off in the Champions Trophy, back when it was called the ICC KnockOut - and that, too, was a high-profile finale.

After making their way through the group stages and the knockouts in Kenya in 2000, India and the Kiwis faced off in Nairobi, in only the second edition of the tournament. India had beaten Kenya, Australia, and South Africa in consecutive knockout games to reach the final. Fut...