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Where to watch South Africa National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team in ICC Champions Trophy for free?

In the 2nd Semi-final of ICC Champions Trophy 2025, the South Africa National Cricket Team will take on the New Zealand National Cricket Team on the 5th of March at Gaddafi National Stadium, Lahore. South Africa is coming into this match by defeating England by 7 wickets in their last league match. They have been unbeaten till now in this tournament.

On the other hand, New Zealand has been looked at in great form. However, they have lost their last league match against India. New Zealand are a more balanced team overall, with players like Michael Bracewell, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, and Glenn Phillips. Cricket fans can expect a mouth-watering clash between these two teams. 

SA vs NZ match details

Match Semi Final 2
TeamsNZ vs SA
VenueGaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
Date and Time5th March, 2:30 PM IST
Weather Sunny Day
Temperature22°C
Pitch BehaviourBatting Friendly
Match details of NZ vs SA

How to watch the South Africa National Cricket Team vs New Zealand National Cricket Team match?

NZ vs SA live streaming will be available to watch on multiple channels for viewers, i.e. TV broadcast or Online Streaming across the globe. Viewers can watch as per their compatibility.

Where to watch SA vs NZ Live?

Where to watch SA vs NZ in India

All the cricket fans from South Africa can watch the NZ vs SA match from home through the Channel or by live-streaming.

  • TV Broadcasting Channel: Star Sports Network 
  • Live-Streaming: JioHotstar
  • Online Streaming: JioHotstar

In South Africa, Star Sports Network has the Broadcasting rights to all the ICC Tournaments and the TV audience can tune in to this network. Star Sports offers a wide range of language broadcasting which includes Hindi, English, Bhojpuri, etc. on their different TV channels like Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 1 Hindi HD, Star Sports 1, and Star Sports 1 HD.

All the online streaming audience will need a JioHotstar subscription to watch NZ vs SA. The subscription starts from 149 INR for three months.

Where to watch SA vs NZ in New Zealand

Cricket fans from New Zealand can watch the match of NZ vs SA through Live-streaming on Sky TV NZ. Sky TV NZ has all rights to live telecasting of live matches in New Zealand.

  • Live Streaming Platform: Sky TV NZ

Here is the complete list of all the Countries and platforms (TV channels and online Streaming) from where Cricket fans enjoy the live telecast of this match.

CountryStreaming Platforms
IndiaJioHotstar and Star Sports Network
PakistanPTV and Ten Sports
South AfricaSuperSport
AustraliaAmazon
EnglandSky Sports
New ZealandSky TV NZ
South AfricaAriana TV
BangladeshTSM
New Zealand vs South Africa Live Streaming Platforms Country-wise.

Expected Playing XI of NZ vs SA and Squad

Expected Playing XI of NZ for the match against SA

Mitchell Santner (C), Michael Bracewell,  Matt Henry, Tom Latham (wk), Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Will Young, Kyle Jamieson, Daryl Mitchell.

There can be one change that New Zealand can make in their playing XI, Devon Conway can be picked in the place of Daryl Mitchell to make the batting line-up more prominent. However, they are one of the most balanced sides of this tournament and even if they went unchanged in the semi-finals they will perform well.

Squad of New Zealand

Mitchell Santner (C), Michael Bracewell, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway (Wk), Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Will O’Rourke, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Nathan Smith, Kane Williamson, Will Young, Jacob Duffy, Kyle Jamieson

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Expected Playing XI of SA for the match against NZ

Temba Bavuma (C), Heinrich Klaasen (Wk), Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Rassie van der Dussen, Marco Jansen, Keshav Maharaj

South Africa will make some changes in their playing XI as the Captain will return to the team, which will make the batting line-up stronger. 

Squad of South Africa

Temba Bavuma (C), Tony de Zorzi (Wk), Marco Jansen, Heinrich Klaasen (Wk), Keshav Maharaj, Aiden Markram, David Miller, Wiaan Mulder, Lungi Ngidi, Kagiso Rabada, Ryan Rickelton, Tabraiz Shamsi, Tristan Stubbs, Rassie van der Dussen, Corbin Bosch.