IND vs NZ: India has won the title by defeating New Zealand by six wickets in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025. This is India’s second consecutive ICC tournament title. Earlier in 2024, Team India won the T20 World Cup. Winning the toss and batting first, New Zealand scored 251 runs for the loss of seven wickets in 50 overs. In reply, India achieved the target by losing six wickets in 49 overs.
Rohit played a captaincy innings. He took India out of trouble by scoring 76 runs. This is India’s seventh ICC trophy. Earlier, the team has won the 1983 and 2011 ODI World Cup, 2007 and 2024 T20 World Cup and 2002, 2013 and 2025 Champions Trophy. India remained unbeaten throughout this tournament. It won five consecutive matches.
IND vs NZ: India won the title, defeating New Zealand in the final
India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in the 2025 Champions Trophy final. With this, Team India settled the 25-year-old account with the Kiwi team. India once again won the ICC Champions Trophy title after 12 years. In the final, New Zealand scored 251 runs while playing first. In response, Team India scored 254 runs for 6 wickets in 49 overs. Captain Rohit Sharma played the highest innings for India, scoring 76 runs. At the same time, KL Rahul returned unbeaten after scoring 34 runs.
India won the Champions Trophy for the second time, Rohit equaled Dhoni
Team India has captured the Champions Trophy 2025 by defeating New Zealand by 4 wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. India has captured this trophy for the second time after 2013. Captain Rohit Sharma’s (76 runs) half-century innings helped a lot in achieving the target of 252 runs. This is India’s second consecutive ICC title. Chasing a target of 252 runs in the final, India won by scoring 254 runs for six wickets in 49 overs. Shreyas Iyer scored 48 and Shubman Gill scored 31 runs. Axar Patel contributed 29 runs. KL Rahul scored an unbeaten 34 and Ravindra Jadeja scored an unbeaten nine to lead the team to victory. New Zealand, who won the toss and came out to bat, scored 251 runs for seven wickets thanks to half-centuries from Daryl Mitchell (63 runs) and Michael Bracewell (53 runs).
Rohit, Shreyas, and…, the entire Indian team did wonders
In the final match of the Champions Trophy 2025, New Zealand batted first and put 251 runs on the scoreboard. Daryl Mitchell scored the most runs for the Kiwi team, who played an innings of 63 runs. But in the last 10 overs of New Zealand’s innings, Team India got hurt because the Kiwi team scored 79 runs in the last 10 overs. Michael Bracewell scored 53 runs in 40 balls to take New Zealand to 251 runs.
Chasing the target of 252 runs, Team India got a great start from Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill. There was a great partnership of 105 runs between Rohit and Gill. Gill scored 31 runs and Rohit Sharma scored 76 runs. After Gill and Virat’s wickets fell, Team India came under pressure. In such a situation, Shreyas Iyer reduced the pressure on the Indian team by playing an innings of 48 runs. In the last overs, Hardik Pandya played a short but very important innings of 18 runs. KL Rahul also contributed 34 runs.
India’s 25-year-old revenge completed
With this victory, India has also completed its 25-year-old revenge from New Zealand, because New Zealand won the title by defeating India in the final of the 2000 Champions Trophy. When the final match was played between the two teams in the year 2000, Sourav Ganguly played a century of 117 runs for India. But Chris Cairns’ unbeaten innings of 102 runs proved to be heavy for the Indian team. This time no century was scored in Dubai, but Ravindra Jadeja ensured India’s victory by hitting the winning shot in the form of a four.
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