Champions Trophy 2025: Tickets For Final Between India, New Zealand At Dubai Sold Out

The International Cricket Council (ICC) Champions Trophy 2025 final between India and New Zealand, scheduled to take place on Sunday at Dubai International Stadium, has drawn massive interest. All 25,000 tickets for the last match of the ongoing marquee event have been sold out. Ticket prices ranged from AED 250 for general admission to AED 12,000 for the exclusive Sky Box hospitality, and generated an estimated total of AED 9 million from ticket sales.

India will play New Zealand in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy on March 9 at the Dubai International Stadium. India is undefeated in the tournament so far, and the Kiwis have looked rock solid with bat and ball under Mitchell Santner's captaincy.

The clash promises to be an epic sequel to the 2000 ICC Champions Trophy final, which New Zealand won. Men in Blue would like to avenge losses to the Blackcaps in the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup semifinal and 2021 ICC World Test Championship final.

India did not travel to Pakistan due to security reasons and played all their matches in Dubai, unlike other teams in the tournament who had to travel from Pakistan to Dubai and vice-versa during the league stage and semifinal for their matches.

Teams having to adapt to different playing conditions has generated some controversy in cricketing circles. Ex-cricketers like Nasser Hussain and Michael Atherton are among the personalities who have alleged that the scheduling offers an advantage to India because they have a massively reduced travel time, play at just one venue where they know the conditions well, and selected their squad keeping Dubai in mind.

The Black Caps fell short in the battle for top spot in Group A but will undoubtedly be better for the experience. It's all about