India defeated New Zealand by 44 runs in the last match of Group A due to the strong performance of spinner Varun Chakraborty. India's undefeated campaign in the group stage continued and the team finished this stage at the top of Group A by winning all three matches. India will now face Australia in the semi-finals on March 4 in Dubai. Australia's team finished second in Group B. At the same time, in another semi-final, New Zealand will face South Africa in Lahore on March 5. 

Batting first, India scored 249 runs for the loss of nine wickets in 50 overs on the basis of Shreyas Iyer's half-century innings. Chasing the target, Kane Williamson scored 81 runs, but New Zealand's team was all out for 205 runs in 45.3 overs. Varun performed brilliantly for India and took five wickets for 42 runs in 10 overs. This was Varun's first match in the Champions Trophy and he was successful in shining. New Zealand was in a good position at one time, but Varun's strong performance turned the situation in India's favor. Apart from Varun, Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets for India, while Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel and Ravindra Jadeja got one wicket each.

Interestingly, India went into this match with four spinners and two fast bowlers. The Indian team got the advantage of playing four spinners because all the nine wickets of New Zealand were taken by spinners. Mohammad Shami was the only bowler from India who remained empty handed. However, he bowled only four overs in this match. 

Apart from Williamson, no batsman from New Zealand could perform well. For the Kiwi team, captain Mitchell Santner scored 28 runs, Tom Latham scored 14, Daryl Mitchell scored 17, Will Young scored 22, Rachin Ravindra scored 6, Glenn Phillips scored 12 and Matt Henry scored 2 runs. Kyle Jamieson returned unbeaten after scoring nine runs.