New Delhi : In the final played at Dubai International Stadium on Sunday 9 March, Team India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets with the help of excellent bowling and powerful innings of captain Rohit Sharma. Along with this, Team India also avenged the defeat of New Zealand in the final of the same tournament 25 years ago. Along with this, he also set a record of winning the trophy the most often. PM Modi has congratulated on this victory.
PM Modi congratulated Team India on social media X, “An extraordinary game and an extraordinary result! We are proud of our cricket team to bring the ICC Champions Trophy home. Team India has performed brilliantly throughout the tournament. Congratulations to our team for great performance.
The Champions Trophy 2025 match was watched by 88 crore people at Jio Hotstar. After this historic victory, Diwali remains everywhere in India. All Indians are dancing happily.
In the final match, New Zealand scored 251 runs while batting first. Derryl Mitchell scored 63 runs and Michael Bracewell scored 53 runs in 40 balls to bring the team to a respectable score. In the last 10 overs, New Zealand rapidly added 79 runs, making the target challenging for India. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill made a great start for India and shared a 105 -run partnership for the first wicket. Rohit scored 76 runs, while Gill was dismissed by 31 runs. Virat Kohli's early dismissal increased India, but Shreyas Iyer scored a useful innings of 48 runs. In the final overs, Hardik Pandya played an important innings of 18 runs and Ravindra Jadeja won India with a four.
With this victory, India also completed the revenge of the 25 -year -old defeat. In the 2000 final, New Zealand won the Champions Trophy by defeating India. Then a brilliant innings was played for India, but the New Zealand batsmen overturned in the final over. This time India changed history by performing a strong performance and captured the Champions Trophy.
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