ICC CT 2025 Final: India beat New Zealand by four wickets to clinch third Champions Trophy title
India vs New Zealand Champions Trophy 2025: This is the first time in cricket history that a country has won the Champions Trophy 3 times. The team led by Rohit Sharma hoisted the flag of India in Dubai and once again gave crores of Indian fans a chance to dance with joy.
Earlier, India won the Champions Trophy in 2002 and 2013. In the final against New Zealand, Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings of 76 runs, creating a stir with the bat.
However, the tension of Indian fans had increased due to continuous fall of wickets, but KL Rahul took charge and breathed only after giving victory to India.
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New Zealand opted to bat first but could manage to score just 251. Daryl Mitchell was their top scorer with 63 runs while Michael Bracewell scored an unbeaten half century
India captured the Champions Trophy
India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in the final to capture the Champions Trophy for the third time. This is the first time in cricket history that a country has won the Champions Trophy 3 times.
The team led by Rohit Sharma hoisted the flag of India in Dubai and once again gave crores of Indian fans a chance to dance with joy. Earlier, India had won the Champions Trophy in 2002 and 2013. In the final against New Zealand, Rohit Sharma created a stir with the bat and played a brilliant innings of 76 runs.
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However, the tension of Indian fans had increased due to continuous fall of wickets, but KL Rahul took charge and breathed only after giving victory to India.
Summary
Batting first in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025, New Zealand has set a target of 252 runs in front of India. The Indian spinners performed brilliantly and dismissed the top order batsmen of New Zealand. Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav took 2-2 wickets.
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