India’s historic win, won the Champions Trophy for the third time
#News India Sports March 9,2025
India won the Champions Trophy. It won a record third title by defeating New Zealand by 4 wickets in the final. This is India’s third win in the Champions Trophy. With this, the team again proved its supremacy in this tournament. Earlier, India won this title in 2002 (joint with Sri Lanka) and 2013. India has become the first team to win the Champions Trophy three times. It has surpassed two-time winner Australia. Rohit Sharma has also become the second Indian captain to win multiple ICC men’s white-ball titles after MS Dhoni.
In this exciting match played on Sunday at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, India achieved New Zealand’s target of 252 runs in 49 overs. Captain Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings of 76 runs, while Shreyas Iyer contributed 48 runs. Earlier, the Indian spinners performed brilliantly and restricted New Zealand to 251 runs for the loss of 7 wickets.
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and decided to bat first. His batsmen performed well in the beginning, but later the Indian bowlers took control of the game. Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets for 40 runs. Varun Chakraborty took two wickets for 45 runs. Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami took one wicket each. Daryl Mitchell (63) and Michael Bracewell (53) played important innings for New Zealand, but the Indian team prevented New Zealand from scoring big.
Chasing the target of 252 runs, the Indian team started a bit shaky, but Rohit Sharma held one end. His innings of 76 runs was a great mix of aggression and restraint. Shreyas Iyer kept India on the path to victory by playing a useful innings of 48 runs in the middle order. There were some dramatic moments in the final overs, but India achieved the target in 49 overs with 4 wickets remaining.
The team performed brilliantly throughout the tournament under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, and the combined effort of the spinners and batsmen in the final ensured this victory. Rohit Sharma led from the front by playing an innings like a captain. From the start, he looked intent on sending balls into the stands, but his ability to mix aggression and caution benefited him. Despite shouldering the load of scoring runs in the middle order after opener Shubman Gill and star batsman Virat Kohli were dismissed early, he could not stay till the end. He crossed the 2500-run mark as an ODI captain.
