India beat New Zealand by four wickets in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final to win the match by four wickets. Ravindra Jadeja hit the winning runs as the Men in Blue won their third ICC Champions Trophy title. The most recent one came after a more than a decade.
It was a chase of two halves for India. They were crusing in the first 15-18 overs with the century stand from Rohit Shara and Shubmaan Gill. Once the partnership was broken, the Kiwis came back into the game between overs 19 to 39.
The final 10 overs saw India come back into the game courtesy of some key partnerships. In the end, Jadeja and KL Rahul kept their nerves to take India past the finishing line. This was India's second major ICC title under Rohit Sharma and the second in back to back years. After Rohit lost ICC ODI World Cup and WTC finals in 2023, he won two back to back ICC titles in a space of 12 months.
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Rohit was named the Player Of The Match for his 76 off 83 balls. Rachin Ravindra, the young Kiwi opener was named the Player Of The Series as he ended up with 263 runs in the tournament, the most by any batter. He scored two centuries in the tournament and averaged 65.75. Matt Henry who was ruled out from the Champions Trophy final ended up with 10 wickets at an average of 16.70. Varun Chakravarthy ended up as the second-highest wicket-taker with nine scals at an average of 15.11.
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Here's what Rohit Sharma and Rachin Ravindra said after winning their respective awards.
ICC Champions Trophy Final Awardees - Rohit Sharma, Rachin Ravindra
Rohit Sharma- Player of the Match: It is very nice. We played some really good cricket through the tournament, to come out and have the result our way is a great feeling, very happy with how we played this game. It is not natural to me but it is something I really wanted to do, when you are trying something different you need the backing of the team and they were with me, Rahul bhai in the 2023 World Cup and now with Gauti bhai. I have played all these years in a different style, I wanted to see if we can get results by playing differently. Having played here on a few occasions, you understand the nature of the pitch, using the feet is something I have been doing for a while now, I have gotten out as well. But I never wanted to look away from that. It makes it easier and gives you that freedom, that's why I wanted that batting depth, Jadeja coming at 8 gives you that confidence to go hard, if it comes off it comes off. Most important thing is that I am clear in my mind.
Rachin Ravindra - Player of the Tournament:Â Certainly it is bitter-sweet. We played a good game of cricket. Congratulations to India. It is just that we get to play on good wickets but it is also the work I have done years before. Very proud of my past. Very thankful for everyone who has helped me along the way. I always like to bowl. Santner always gives me a bit of banter that I don't bowl much in the nets. All members of the squad have a part to play, we just go about our business.
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