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Shreyas Iyer Vs NZ In ODIs: India Star Continues His Love Affair With 'Black Caps'

Aakash Saini

Shreyas Iyer in action against New Zealand [Source: AP Photos]Shreyas Iyer in action against New Zealand [Source: AP Photos]

Shreyas Iyer saved Team India from the blushes against New Zealand in the final Group A match of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. Batting at number four, the cricketer muscled a fighting 79 from 98 balls with four frugal boundaries and two huge sixes at the Dubai International Stadium.

Arriving at the crease at 22-2, soon to be 30-3, Iyer’s classy innings elevated India past the 150-run mark with just one additional casualty in the form of Axar Patel. The innings also marked Iyer’s sixth fifty-plus score against New Zealand in ODI cricket as he continues his love affair with the ‘Black Caps’ in 50-overs internationals.

Shreyas Iyer sustains prolific run vs NZ

Shreyas Iyer, who averages a prolific 48.28 in ODIs for India after 63 innings, seems to reserve his best against New Zealand in the format. The charismatic middle-order batter averages an astonishing 70.37 against the ‘Black Caps’, which is considerably higher than the average of 61.50 he maintains against Pakistan.

Batting for the eighth time against New Zealand in ODIs through the course of India’s final Group A match of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, the 30-year-old unleashed 79 runs from just 98 balls with four boundaries and two huge sixes in Dubai.

The innings marked his fourth ODI fifty, and sixth fifty-plus score in just eight innings against New Zealand bowlers, considering he has also tonked two tons in the format.

Here is look at Shreyas Iyer’s ODI numbers in details against New Zealand:

Criterion
Data
Innings8
Runs563
Average70.37
Strike-rate100.71
50s/100s2/4

Following the early dismissals of Virat Kohli and opening batters Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill; Shreyas Iyer rescued India’s sinking ship with a 98-run partnership with Axar Patel. While a short ball from Will O’Rourke accounted for the right-hander’s exit, hard-hitting lower-order stars Hardik Pandya and Ravindra Jadeja blazed India past the 200-run mark with more than seven overs to spare.

The winner of the match will end up topping the Group A points table of the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, allowing them to face Australia in the semifinals.