“Golden Ball” race..!! Henry or shami or Varun..!?

There is an expectation that mohammed shami will win the Golden Ball award in the 2025 Champions Trophy series. However, new zealand bowler Henry has stopped him. varun chakravarthy has a chance to win the award, but that too is a bit difficult. The Golden Ball award is given to the bowler who takes the most wickets at the end of each series in the Champions Trophy series. Four bowlers have a chance to win the Golden Ball award in the 2025 Champions Trophy. With only the final match left in the ongoing Champions Trophy series, New Zealand's Matt Henry is at the top of the list of most wicket-takers with 10 wickets in four matches. mohammed shami is in second place with 8 wickets in four matches. indian spinner varun chakravarthy is in third place with 7 wickets in only two matches. new zealand captain Mitchell Santner has taken 7 wickets in four matches.

These four are the most likely candidates for the Golden Ball. The one who takes the most wickets among these four will win the award in the final match between india and New Zealand. Since Matt Henry currently has 10 wickets, he definitely has a good chance of winning this award. mohammed shami can only win the Golden Ball if he takes 3 more wickets than Matt Henry in the final match. varun chakravarthy needs to take 4 more wickets than Matt Henry. There are chances of this. Matt Henry may even go without taking a wicket. If that happens, mohammed shami and varun chakravarthy have the chance to take more wickets than him. What is noteworthy is that Matt Henry, mohammed shami, and varun chakravarthy have all taken 5 wickets in a match each at the dubai stadium. It is noteworthy that Matt Henry and varun chakravarthy took five wickets in the match between india and New Zealand. It is also worth noting that mohammed shami did not take a single wicket in that match. Despite taking 7 wickets, Santner is rated lower than varun chakravarthy as he has played only four matches. Therefore, his chances of getting the Golden Ball award are less. So far, only two indian bowlers have won the Golden Ball award in the history of the Champions Trophy. venkatesh prasad won the award by taking 8 wickets in four matches in the Champions Trophy, which was then called the Knock-Out Trophy. After that, in 2013, when the indian team won the Champions Trophy, ravindra jadeja won the award by taking 12 wickets. In that series, ravindra jadeja did not give away more than four runs per over on an average in a single match. That is also why he was given the award. Let's wait and see who among the three - Matt Henry, mohammed shami, or varun Chakravarthy - is going to win the Golden Ball this time.
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Sowmiya Sriram

07/03/2025 01:24 PM