India become first side to win ICC Champions Trophy thrice
What's the story
India have been crowned the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy champions.
The Men in Blue beat New Zealand after chasing down 252 in a high-voltage final in Dubai. Skipper Rohit Sharma led from the front with an incredible knock.
Earlier, Indian spinners spun their web to restrict the Kiwis (251/7).
India have become the first side to win three Champions Trophy titles.
NZ innings
NZ cross 250 despite suffering top-order collapse
Will Young and Rachin Ravindra added 57 runs after NZ skipper Mitchell Santner elected to bat. However, Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav reduced NZ to 75/3 in no time.
Tom Latham too departed after NZ crossed 100, but Glenn Phillips and Daryl propelled them past 160.
While Daryl Mitchell departed after completing his fifty, Michael Bracewell punished the Indian seamers with a whirlwind 53*(40).
India innings
Rohit leads from the front; Rahul, Hardik add finishing touch
India were powered by Rohit's blistering start. While he attacked from the outset, Shubman Gill held his end.
However, the latter departed after adding a century stand with Rohit. In a matter of minutes, India lost Virat Kohli.
Shreyas Iyer joined Rohit, who was dismissed with a reckless stroke. Iyer's fluent 48 drove India forward, while KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja got India home.
India
First team with three CT titles
As mentioned, India have become the first side to win three Champions Trophy title (2002, 2013, and 2025). They went past Australia, who won in 2006 and 2009.
India earlier reached their third successive Champions Trophy final, the first side to do so.
India won the 2013 edition under the leadership of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. They finished as the runners-up in 2017.
Rohit
Rohit reigns supreme!
As per Cricbuzz, Rohit earlier became the first-ever skipper to reach the final of all four Men's ICC tournaments - World Test Championship 2023, ODI World Cup 2023, T20 World Cup 2024, and Champions Trophy 2025.
He has now become only the second captain to win ICC titles in both ODI and T20I formats, joining the great MS Dhoni.
Knock
Rohit leads from the front
Rohit led from the front with a whirlwind knock. He started India's run-chase with an endearing maximum early on.
Rohit did the bulk of scoring as India reached their 100. He carried on despite losing Gill and Kohli.
However, the middle-order pressure prompted Rohit to go after Rachin Ravindra. He got stumped and departed for an 83-ball 76 (7 fours and 3 sixes).
Milestone
Rohit joins Ganguly on this list
Rohit has become the second Indian captain to have slammed a fifty in the Champions Trophy final.
He has joined Sourav Ganguly, who slammed a century while leading in the 2000 Champions Trophy final.
Overall, Rohit is the fourth captain with a fifty in the tournament final. He has joined Ganguly, Sanath Jayasuriya, and Hansie Cronje on this elite list.
1,000 runs
Rohit completes 1,000 ODI runs against NZ
Rohit reached another landmark with this third run in the final.
The 37-year-old became the seventh player with 1,000-plus runs for India against New Zealand in the format.
He has joined Sachin Tendulkar (1,750), Virat Kohli (1,650-plus), Virender Sehwag (1,157), Mohammad Azharuddin (1,118), Sourav Ganguly (1,079), and Rahul Dravid (1,032) on this elite list.
Partnership
Third-highest opening partnership in Champions Trophy finals
Rohit and Gill added 105 runs, now the third-highest opening partnership in Champions Trophy finals.
The top-two partnerships in this regard are 141 (Ganguly and Tendulkar vs NZ, Nairobi, 2000) and 128 (Azhar Ali and Fakhar Zaman vs India, The Oval, 2017).
As per Cricbuzz, the one between Rohit and Gill was only the third century-plus opening stand in the tournament final.
Phillips
Glenn Phillips' stunning one-handed catch to dismiss Gill
Glenn Phillips pulled off a sensational one-handed catch to dismiss India's vice-captain, Gill. Just as the ball seemed destined for the boundary, Phillips intervened with sheer brilliance. He leaped to his right and caught it one-handed mid-air, leaving Gill stunned.
Fifties
Fifties from Daryl, Bracewell
Earlier, fifties from Mitchell and Bracewell bolstered the Black Caps.
Daryl held the Kiwi innings before breaking free at the death. He slammed a 101-ball 63 (3 fours) before falling to Mohammed Shami.
The last four overs saw Bracewell's rampage, as he slammed 53* off 40 balls. His knock was laced with 3 fours and 2 sixes.
Stats
Mitchell surpasses 1,900 ODI runs; third fifty-plus score for Bracewell
With another important knock, Mitchell raced past 1,900 runs in ODI cricket.
In 49 ODIs, the senior Kiwi batter has amassed 1,904 runs at an average of 48.82. His tally includes six tons and eight half-centuries.
On the other hand, Bracewell has raced to 672 runs from 31 matches at an average of 39.52. It was his third fifty-plus score (two tons).
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Second-slowest ODI fifty for NZ since 2011
Mitchell held his fort and completed his half-century off 91 balls, the second-slowest for New Zealand in ODIs since 2011, as per Cricbuzz. Albeit a useful one, he also recorded the second-slowest fifty for New Zealand in the Champions Trophy.
Spells
Kuldeep, Chakravarthy shine with two wickets each
Kuldeep was the pick of India's bowlers in the match, taking two wickets for 40 runs in 10 overs. He dismissed Ravindra and Williamson right after the first powerplay.
Meanwhile, Chakravarthy bowled some important overs in the middle phase, also finishing with two wickets.
He dismissed Will Young before knocking over Glenn Phillips. The mystery spinner conceded 45 runs in 10 overs.
Wickets
Joint second-most wickets for India in CT 2025
Chakravarthy was a late entrant to India's Champions Trophy squad.
He made his tournament debut in the league game against NZ. The mystery spinner straightaway made a mark by taking a record fifer. He took two wickets in the semi-final against Australia.
Playing just three games, Chakravarthy finished as India's joint second-highest wicket-taker of CT 2025, with Shami (9). The former averaged 15.11.
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Another win after losing the toss
Earlier, India lost their 15th back-to-back toss in ODI cricket. As per Cricbuzz, Rohit has lost the joint-most successive tosses by a captain in ODIs (12). He has joined Brian Lara (12: West Indies, October 1998 to May 1999).