IND vs NZ: Indian team became the king of Champions Trophy, took 25 years old revenge from New Zealand

IND vs NZ: Indian team became the king of Champions Trophy, took 25 years old revenge from New Zealand; 12 years of drought also ended

Champions Trophy 2025 Final The Indian cricket team defeated New Zealand in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025. In this way, Team India has also created history. The Indian team has now become the team winning the most Champions Trophy. Earlier, India and Australia had 2-2 titles each. Earlier, India won the Champions Trophy title in 2013.

 After the tight bowling of the Indian spinners, Team India has won the title of Champions Trophy 2025 thanks to the innings of 76 runs by captain Rohit Sharma. In the final, the Indian team defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets. With this, the Indian team has also created history. Team India has now become the team to win the most Champions Trophy. Earlier, India and Australia had 2-2 titles each.

Avenged 25 year old defeat

Team India has also avenged its 25-year-old defeat against New Zealand. In the final of the Champions Trophy 2000, the Kiwis defeated the Indian team and shattered their dream of winning the trophy. The Indian team last won the Champions Trophy in 2013 under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni. In this way, Rohit Sharma has ended the 12-year drought.

Talking about the final match played in Dubai, New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first and scored 251 runs in 50 overs losing 7 wickets. In reply, the Indian team scored 254 runs in 49 overs losing 6 wickets. 

Great start for the Kiwi team

The Kiwi team, who came to bat first, got a good start. There was a 57-run partnership between openers Rachin Ravindra and Will Young. Varun Chakraborty broke this partnership by getting Will Young out LBW. Young scored 15 runs off 23 balls.

After this, Kuldeep Yadav brought India back by taking 2 crucial wickets in a row. In the 11th over, Kuldeep bowled Rachin Ravindra. Rachin scored 37 runs in 29 balls. In the 13th over, Kuldeep caught and bowled Kane Williamson. Kane could score 11 runs in 14 balls.4

Mitchell scored 63 runs

After this, the Kiwi team kept losing wickets at regular intervals. Ravindra Jadeja dismissed Tom Latham LBW on a score of 14. Varun Chakravarthy bowled Glenn Phillips on a score of 34. Daryl Mitchell played the highest innings of 63 runs. During this, he also hit 3 fours.

Captain Mitchell Santner was run out on a score of 8. Michael Bracewell remained unbeaten after scoring 53 runs off 40 balls. Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav took 2-2 wickets for India. Also, Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja took 1-1 wickets.

Great start for India

Openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill gave a strong start to the Indian team. There was a partnership of 105 runs between the two for the first wicket. Gill was caught out in the 19th over. He faced 50 balls and scored 31 runs with the help of 1 six. India got another blow in the very next over. In-form Virat Kohli's bat did not work. Virat faced 2 balls and scored 1 run.

Rohit Sharma missed a century

Captain Rohit Sharma, who was moving towards a century, got stumped after playing a wrong shot. Hitman faced 83 balls and scored 76 runs. In his innings, Rohit hit 7 fours as well as 3 sixes. After Rohit's wicket fell, Shreyas Iyer and Akshar Patel added 61 runs. Iyer, who was close to fifty, was caught out in the 39th over. He faced 62 balls and scored 48 runs with the help of 2 fours and 2 sixes.

Akshar made an important contribution

In the 42nd over, the Indian team suffered the 5th blow. The Indian team was moving towards victory when Akshar Patel was caught out while trying to hit a big shot. Akshar played an innings of 29 runs off 40 balls. The Indian team was close to victory when in the 48th over, Hardik Pandya was caught and bowled out.

He scored 18 runs off 18 balls. KL Rahul remained unbeaten on 34 runs off 33 balls and Ravindra Jadeja remained unbeaten on 9 runs off 6 balls. Kiwi captain Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell took 2-2 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja and Kyle Jamieson took 1-1 wickets. Dailymintz