"Will need to adapt on unknown Dubai pitch": Rachin Ravindra

New Zealand opening batsman Rachin Ravindra feels adapting to the conditions of the Dubais pitch against Team India will be the key in the Champions Trophy 2025 finalsExcept for the group stage match against India in Dubai New Zealand has played all their matches in PakistanThe Kiwis had also played two games in Lahore during the preceding triseries involving Pakistan and South AfricaThe Men in Blue have played all their matches of the Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai and are familiar with all the conditionsWe dont quite know what the Dubai pitch is We saw in our group game against India the ball turning but the other day didnt turn so much We found ourselves adapting and playing according to situations which we will need to do on Sunday againWe will see in the next couple of days and hopefully its a good cricket wicket said Ravindra after an emphatic 50run win over South Africa in the semifinal here on WednesdayRachin Ravindra smashed only six against India falling to Hardik Pandya while going for an upper cut but the lefthander hopes for a better outing in the finalAlso ReadEven if we had played in Pakistan Gautam GambhirYou get out pretty much every time you bat Hopefully I can bat for a longer period of time and continue to play well for my team Rachin Ravindra saidHe is also aware of the expectations from the side in any big ICC eventWhenever you approach a tournament you expect hopefully to be among the top four teams and lucky enough we have been consistently good over a period of timeWe are happy with our preparation coming here early we can see we are cooking reasonably well Trust and ability around the group is greatRachin Ravindra played a knock of 108 runs which was his second century in the Champions Trophy 2025 Kane Williamson too scored 102 runsDaryl Mitchell who played a knock of 49 runs in the semifinal against South Africa stated that the loss against India in the group stage match was in the past and the final will be a new dayThe final is a new day and really excited to stuck into that challenge and adapt to whatever conditions and surfaces we get on the day and find ways to win moments throughout that gameHopefully we can put some pressure on them and walk away with white jacket he saidMitchell is not interested in poking his nose in the talks surrounding an unfair advantage to India because of playing all their matches at one venueJust really happy with winning the game today and moving onto the final its an exciting opportunity Mitchell saidThats the nature of international cricket We do a lot of travelling and we are used to that Its not for me to decided how the tournament should be planned I am just excited to be in an ICC final and looking forward to play in a few days timeWith PTI Inputs