New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry set a world record on Sunday, March 2, by becoming the first-ever bowler to take a five-wicket haul against India in the ICC Champions Trophy. The match was played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on the occasion of the Champions Trophy 2025 between India and New Zealand. Henry finished the match with a figure of 5 for 42 in 8 overs and restricted India to 249 for 9 in 50 overs.
Henry opened his account by trapping Shubman Gill (2) in front of the wickets in the third over of the match, fifth ball. To add in, in the seventh over, he bagged the prized scalp of Virat Kohli. Kohli, playing in his 300th ODI for India, could make only 11 runs off 14 balls.
Jadeja was Henry’s third victim after scoring 16 runs off 20 balls. The 33-year-old fast bowler dismissed Hardik Pandya (45) on the third ball from the last over and he completed his five-for on the last ball by taking the wicket of Mohammed Shami.
Best bowling figures vs India in Champions Trophy
Matt Henry (New Zealand): 5/42 in 8 overs on March 2, 2025 in Dubai
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan (Pakistan): 4/25 in 9 overs on September 19, 2004 in Birmingham
Shoaib Akhtar (Pakistan): 4/36 in 9.5 overs on September 19, 2004 in Birmingham
Douglas Hondo (Zimbabwe): 4/62 in 9 overs on September 14, 2002 in Colombo
Mohammad Amir (Pakistan): 3/16 in 6 overs on June 18, 2017, at The Oval
Hasan Ali (Pakistan): 3/19 in 6.3 overs on June 18, 2017, at The Oval
This ongoing Champions Trophy 2025 game vs India represents Henry’s 90th ODI for the Black Caps with five wickets. Henry thus leapfrogs the legendary Richard Hadlee on the list of bowlers with the most ODIs for New Zealand. Henry has 163 in ODIs now, while Hadlee had 158 in 115.
The All-Time wicket-taking record for New Zealand in One-Day Internationals is with ex-captain and star all-rounder Daniel Vettori who plied his trade at them for 291 matches and took 297 wickets in his long and glittering career spanning 18 long ODI years.
