
India players pose for a photo with the trophy as they celebrate winning the ICC Men's Champions Trophy at Dubai International Stadium, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March 9, 2025. — Reuters
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With a tremendous victory against New Zealand in the final of the tournament hosted by Pakistan, India won its third ICC Champions Trophy title and made its name in history.
India increased its trophies to visit Australia in 2002 and 2013, with two titles.
The World No. one -day team, India was unbeaten in the tournament of eight countries played in Pakistan and the United Arab Emirates.
India has played all its matches in Dubai when they refused to visit Pakistan’s hosts due to political tensions and have been unbeaten in the venue in four matches.
Founded on Chase 252, the 2013 Champions lost the winning runs for a loss of six wickets and six balls.
The men left to fly to the blue because their Captain Sharma and the top rank batsman Shobman Gul, the opening pair, impressed a sharp partnership of 105 runs.
The inaugural stand was dominated by widespread Sharma, while Gul maintained the other end till the victim of Mitchell Santner, a wonderful catch catch through Glenn Philips on the short cover.
The top -ranked one -day batsman scored 31 runs in the supply of 50 and targeted six.
India then lost two wickets immediately when Michael Breswell and Rachen Ravindra rejected senior Indian duo Virat Kohli and Sharma, respectively.
Kohli managed to score only one run, while Sharma remained the top scorer of India with 76 off 83 balls, with seven fours and three sixes.
After the end of the short top order, Xer Patel joined the Shariyas Air in the middle and strengthened the run chase with a 16 -run partnership, before the two fell into the 16th delivery period.
Ier hit two fours and maximum sixes on 48 paths off 62 balls, while Patel scored 40 to 29 runs.
After that, Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul set up a 38 -run partnership in just six overs to put India at a distance of touching, but Kyle Jameson removed the former so that the stir could be created.
But Rahul kept his nerves calm and walked India on the line with an unbeaten 33 of 33.
For New Zealand, Mitchell Sentner and Breswell took two wickets in each, while Ravindra and Jameson entered with a skull.
New Zealand captain Mitchell did not benefit from Sentner’s first batting decision as his batting unit could get 251/7 in his allotted overs despite half a century of Daryl Mitchell.
The Black Caps began to fly in their innings as openers Will Young and Rachen Ravindra gathered a sharp partnership of 57 runs.
Ravindra was the main aggressor of the opening stand, while the young man batted cautiously in the eighth over until Varun Chakraborty suffered. He scored 15 runs in 23 runs.
Subsequently, Kuldeep Yadav got rid of Set batter Ravindra and veteran Ken Williamson in his overs and gave India a back -to -back success so that New Zealand could be reduced to 75/3 in 12.2 overs.
Ravindra broke four fours and one six along the way to 29 ball 37, while Williamson scored 11 runs.
Fourth, coming out to bat, Mitchell took the New Zealand batting campaign with a cautious half -century.
He was involved in the important partnership with the form Glenn Philips (34) and Michael Breswell before Mohammed Shami suffered in the 46th over.
Mitchell was the top scorer for New Zealand, with 101 supply with 63 with three boundaries.
On the other hand, Breswell picked up his bat fully and equipped with an unbeaten 53 return, three fours and two sixes in the supply of 40.
For India, Yadav and Chakrati took two wickets, while Ravindra Jadeja and Shami made a skull a skull.
India: Rohit Sharma (C), Shubman Gul, Virat Kohli, Shriyas Air, Xer Patel, KL Rahul (W), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Varun Chakraborty
New Zealand: Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Ken Williamson, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (W), Glenn Philips, Michael Breswell, Mitchell Sentner (C), Kyle Jameson, William Overwork, Nathan Smith