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In a thrilling final, India defeated New Zealand to win the Champions Trophy 2025. With the victory, India became the most successful team in Champions Trophy history.
In this format, India lost the toss for the fifteenth time in a row as New Zealand entered. In the powerplay, Rachin Ravindra took advantage of his good fortune and hit some boundaries. Despite the fact that he was dropped twice, India intervened before he could do too much. The wicket provided an opening for India’s spinners, who took full advantage of it. Along with the majority of the other New Zealand players, Daryl Mitchell (63 off 101) appeared to be working hard at the crease.
The game was basically ended in the middle over when Varun Chakravarthy (2 for 45), Axar Patel (0 for 29), and Ravindra Jadeja (1 for 30) put Vardeep Yadav (2 for 40) in a stranglehold thanks to the major breakthroughs of Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson. Michael Bracewell (53* off 40) gave the Kiwis the boost they needed to surpass 250 in the last overs.
Rohit Sharma (76 off 83), who had been battling throughout the competition, eventually found his rhythm in the powerplay, striking boundary after boundary while Shubman Gill was content to play second fiddle. In the middle overs, New Zealand’s spinners entered the game and caused the Indian hitters a lot of trouble. With another fantastic catch from Glenn Phillips to dismiss Shubman Gill, Mitchell Santner (2 for 46) made the first breakthrough, while Michael Bracewell (2 for 28) took out Virat Kohli.
Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer (48 off 62) kept the ship afloat after Rohit Sharma was defeated by Rachin Ravindra (1 for 47). India made sure that there was no wicket loss that might throw the pursuit off course, despite the rising asking rate. Then, as in the semi, KL Rahul led India to the chase in the penultimate over with composure.
Here are the most important stats from the match:
15 – India have now lost the toss in 15 consecutive ODIs. The probabiltiy of losing 15 consecutive coin tosses in 1 in 32,768.
1 – Rohit Sharma’s 12 consecutive toss losses as captain are now the joint most with Brian Lara who endured the streak between 1998 and 1999.
1 – Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli appeared in their 9th ICC final – more than any other player. Ravindra Jadeja is second with 8 appearances.
2 – Daryl Mitchell’s 344 runs against India in ICC ODI events are the second most by any player against India behind Ricky Ponting’s 513. Mitchell’s batting average of 86 is also the second best by a player with a minimum of 200 runs against India in ICC ODI events, the first being Andy Flower’s 102.
1 – Mohammed Shami is now the highest wicket-taker in ICC finals with 10 wickets, leaving behind Mitchell Starc with 9.
2 – Varun Chakravarthy has the second most wickets by any Indian player after their first four ODIs with 10 wickets. Jasprit Bumrah took 11 wickets in his first four ODIs.
1 – Rohit Sharma registered his first fifty-plus score in ICC event finals in his 11th innings.
1 – Among top 7 batters, Shubman Gill now holds the record of having played the most innings in ICC tournament finals without a single fifty-plus score at 6.
1,2 – Virat Kohli (411) and Rohit Sharma (322) are now the highest and second highest run getters in ICC finals history. Kumar Sangakkara is third with 320.
3 – India became the most decorated team in Champions Trophy history by winning their third title. India had shared the title with Sri Lanka in 2002 and beaten England in the final in 2013. Australia are the only other team to have won the Champions Trophy twice.
7 – India won their seventh senior men’s ICC title – the second most behind Australia’s 10.
1 – Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma have now won 4 ICC titles each, the most by any Indian player. Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni share the second spot with 3 titles.
1 – India now have the joint most number of wins in ICC knockouts with Australia. Both teams have won 23 matches each in the knockouts, Australia have registered their wins from 36 matches while India have needed 39 matches for it.
1 – This match marked the first time that India did not lose the final of an ICC event to New Zealand. The Kiwis had gotten the better of the Men in Blue in the final of the Champions Trophy in 2000 and in the World Test Championship in 2021.
6 – Rohit Sharma has become the sixth captain to win multiple ICC tournaments. He joins an elite list whose previous members included Ricky Ponting, MS Dhoni, Clive LLoyd, Daren Sammy and Pat Cummins.
3 – Rohit Sharma has the third most wins by any captain in ICC limited-over (ODI World Cups, T20 World Cups and Champions Trophies) events. Rohit has won 27 matches as skipper only behind Ricky Ponting’s 40 and MS Dhoni’s 41 wins as skipper.
1 – Of all captains to have led in minimum 20 matches in ICC limited-over events, Rohit Sharma has the best win percentage. Rohit has won 27 matches out of 30 in charge leading him to a win percentage of 90, well clear of Ricky Ponting with 78.43% (40 wins in 51 matches) in second place.
1 – This tournament was the first time that India won an ICC tournament while having Mohammed Shami be part of the squad since 2013. Shami was not a part of India’s triumphant squads in the 2013 Champions Trophy and 2024 T20 World Cup, but was there for the numerous other heartbreaks that India and its fans went through in betweeen.
4 – Rohit Sharma is now the fourth captain to win a Player of the Match Award in an ICC final and the first to do so in the Champions Trophy. The other three all came in ODI World Cup Finals – Clive LLoyd in 1975, Ricky Ponting in 2003 and MS Dhoni in 2011.
2 – Since the Champions Trophy moved to a two-groups-of-four-teams-each format in 2006, there have been only two instances of a team winning all its matches within a single edition. Both are by India – in 2013 and 2025. Australia were also unbeaten when they won the tournament in 2009, but one of their matches was a no result.
West Indies had enjoyed an unbeaten run to the title in 2004. In 1998 and 2000, the Champions Trophy was played purely in a knockout format, so it obvious that the respective winners of those years – South Africa and New Zealand – also got an unbeaten run to the title. India and Sri Lanka had also enjoyed unbeaten runs to the final in 2002, but both the final and the reserve final were washed out so the teams shared honours.
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