Twitter Reactions: Rohit Sharma leads from front as India win Champions Trophy after 12 years

On Sunday, March 9, India won the Champions Trophy 2025 final at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, defeating New Zealand by four wickets.

New Zealand got off to a fast start after choosing to bat first, as Rachin Ravindra destroyed Mohammed Shami and Hardik Pandya. India’s first breakthrough came when the in-form Varun Chakaravarthy got rid of Will Young in the eighth over.

At that point, the Kiwis had already rushed to 57. After Kuldeep Yadav quickly removed Ravindra and Kane Williamson, the Kiwis fell to 75/3. Prior to the former being overtaken by Ravindra Jadeja, Tom Latham and Daryl Mitchell attempted to collaborate.

With careful play, Glenn Phillips and Mitchell combined for 57 runs off 87 balls. Nevertheless, the Kiwis lost half of their team for 165 runs in the 38th over when Chakaravarthy took out Phillips. Before Michael Bracewell played a brilliant hand down the order, Mitchell struck a calm half-century. In their 50 overs, New Zealand concluded at 251/7 after the latter scored an undefeated 53 off 40 balls. Chakaravarthy took two wickets in addition to Kuldeep.

Rohit Sharma’s blitzkrieg at the top of the order gave the Men in Blue the perfect start in response. At the top of the order, he and Shubman Gill stitched a 105-run partnership. Phillips made a superb catch to dismiss the latter for 31. As New Zealand battled back into the match, Virat Kohli was removed in the next over. India lost three wickets for 122 runs in short succession, including Rohit.

Axar Patel and Shreyas Iyer worked well together to create a vital 61-run partnership. Iyer was removed two runs short of his half-century, but Axar and KL Rahul quickly put together a 20-run partnership to keep the scoreboard ticking over. However, Axar was fired due to a careless shot.

Rahul and Hardik Pandya formed a 38-run partnership off 36 balls when Hardik joined Rahul in the middle, pushing India to the limit. Jadeja and Rahul finished the formalities after Hardik left, and India won with one over remaining. Despite taking two wickets each, Bracewell and Santner were unable to score enough runs.

Here’s how Twitter (now X) reacted to India vs New Zealand, Final of Champions Trophy 2025:

#Congratulations team #India🇮🇳 for winning #ChampionsTrophy2025#INDvsNZ

— Nilesh Jain 🇮🇳 (@Nileshjain_m) March 9, 2025

India won icc champions trophy 2025
बधाई हो! भारत जीत गया। भारतीय टीम है चैंपियन
🏏❣️🎉
Jay Hind!
🏵️🇮🇳🥰
Vande Mataram!
Jay shree Ram ♈ 🚩

#INDvsNZ#RohitSharma #ViratKohli#ICCChampionsTrophy #jadeza
#ChampionsTrophy2025 #KLRahul

— Mukesh Beniwal Nokhra (@MukeshNokh27823) March 9, 2025

Redemption of KL RAHUL #INDvsNZ #KLRAHUL

— Champions Trophy Winner 🏆 (@arya_ekdeewana1) March 9, 2025

Yesssssssssssssszz! Bharat Mata ki Jaiiiii! So proud. Took me an hour grasp that this is a reality. The struggles and criticism each of the warriors have gone through – they deserve nothing less than a bloody party. Congrats Men in Blue #INDvsNZ #ChampionsTrophy2025

— Nishant Nihar (@nishant_nihar) March 9, 2025

King and Prince of the ICT 🇮🇳🫶🏻🔥#ViratKohli #ShubmanGill #INDvsNZ pic.twitter.com/XqukQgKXYF

— ΛDIƬI🪐 (@aditiii_raj) March 9, 2025

#INDvsNZ…this victory belong to team india lead by one n only rohit sharma…on the field and with the bat…india played as a unit…well played the whole nation is proud of u men in blue

— vinay damani (@vinaydamnit) March 9, 2025

Champions 🏆 @klrahul & @imjadeja bring the cup to India in style! Steady and sensible knocks from @ImRo45 and @ShreyasIyer15 ensured we stayed on track.

Congratulations @BCCI💪🏻#IndianCricketTeam #ChampionsTrophy2025 pic.twitter.com/opqoejswom

— Mayank Agarwal (@mayankcricket) March 9, 2025

CHAMPIONS!!! THE BEST IN THE WORLD! AN UNSTOPPABLE FORCE!! @ImRo45 you are Champion Leader!!!! What a Captain!! 🫡

INDIAAAAAAAAAA! INDIAAAAAAAAAAAA!! 🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🏏🏆🏆🏆#INDvsNZ #ChampionsTrophy2025 #ChampionsTrophy #CTFinal2025 #CT2025 #RohitSharma pic.twitter.com/PRy6dBorYo

— MANOJ TIWARY (@tiwarymanoj) March 9, 2025

Champions Trophy CHAMPION…. Yeeeeehhhhh…. 😊🇮🇳

— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) March 9, 2025

Champions! 🏆🙌🏻

What an incredible win for #TeamIndia! 🇮🇳 Total fiery performance today from the #MenInBlue! 🔥🩵#INDvsNZ #ChampionsTrophyFinal

— R P Singh रुद्र प्रताप सिंह (@rpsingh) March 9, 2025

𝗖. 𝗛. 𝗔. 𝗠. 𝗣. 𝗜. 𝗢. 𝗡. 𝗦! 🇮🇳🏆 🏆 🏆

The Rohit Sharma-led #TeamIndia are ICC #ChampionsTrophy 2025 𝙒𝙄𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙍𝙎 👏 👏

Take A Bow! 🙌 🙌#INDvNZ | #Final | @ImRo45 pic.twitter.com/ey2llSOYdG

— BCCI (@BCCI) March 9, 2025

Congratulations Team India on a special win! Have been dominant throughout and by far the best team in the competition! 👏 🇮🇳 https://t.co/rJCDWR7PUm

— Cheteshwar Pujara (@cheteshwar1) March 9, 2025