Dubai: India won the Champions Trophy for the third time by defeating New Zealand by four wickets in the final today. New Zealand scored 251 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs. India achieved the target by scoring 254 runs at the loss of 6 wickets in 49 overs. In this victory, the player of the match captain Rohit Sharma played an important role, who played an aggressive innings of 76 runs off 83 balls with the help of 7 fours and 3 sixes, while Kuldeep Yadav took valuable wickets of Ravindra (37), Williamson (11), Varun Chakraborty took two wickets and Jadeja took 30 runs in 10 overs. Shami proved to be expensive and took one wicket for 74 runs in nine overs.
India had earlier won the Champions Trophy in 2013. With this, after 12 years, the title again became his name. India was given a prize of Rs 100,000 for becoming champions. A prize of 20 crores was given.
Batting first after winning the toss, New Zealand scored a score of 251 runs at the loss of 7 wickets in 50 overs thanks to Michel 63 (101 ball), Bracewell not unbeaten 53 (40 balls), Philips 34 (52 balls) and Ravindra 37 (29 balls).
When India landed to chase a target of 252 runs, Rohit Sharma took the risk and batted aggressively in his specific style. Usually, after such a beginning, he is dismissed for 30-40 runs or earlier, but today he managed to play a big innings. Gill gave him a strike and supported him.
Gill (31) took the first wicket for India when he took a brilliant catch of Philips on a short extra cover off Santner. A 105 -run opening partnership was registered in just 18.4 overs.
Just before the next over (19.1), Bracewell’s ball hit Kohli’s defense under his pad and he was dismissed for 1 run after playing just two balls. Rohit Sharma, in an attempt to send Ravindra out of the crease, missed the turning ball and Latham stumped him. After V’s wicket, the New Zealand team got excited by the score of 126 runs for 3 wickets.
But Shreyas Iyer proved to be 48 off 62 balls and 29 runs off Akshar Patel’s 40 balls. He added 61 runs in the fourth wicket partnership.
However, when the score reached 20 runs, the fans once again worried about KL after the two were dismissed. Rahul was not upset and he kept one end and scored an unbeaten 34 off 33 balls.
Hardik Pandya scored 18 runs with the help of 1 fours and 1 six, reducing the pressure in critical moments.
Jadeja hit the last ball of the 49th over, O’Rurke’s ball off the winter.
It is also true that when New Zealand’s score was on 105 runs in 18.3 overs, it seemed that the unilateral match would end in 40 to 45 overs, but New Zealand maintained his passion despite full disappointment and the match lasted for 49 overs. New Zealand was asked that Ravindra and Williamson are ready to stand like a mountain in India’s title race.
Ravindra took an aggressive stance and hit four fours and a six.
But in the 11th over, captain Rohit Sharma bowled Kuldeep Yadav and the ball was moving inside on the fourth stump on his first ball and Ravindra was bowled in an attempt to hit it off-side. On the second ball (12.2) of Kuldeep’s over (12.2), Williamson tried to play towards long on and was caught by Kuldeep. Young has already become a victim of Varun. New Zealand became cautious after losing 3 valuable wickets for 75 runs. Now, when the run rate was also under pressure, Mitchell and Philips laid the foundation of the attack by shaming a 57 -run, but Varun bowled Philips. It seemed that New Zealand would be able to score around 220, but Mitchell (63) and then in the final over, Bracewell scored an unbeaten 53 runs off 40 balls to bring New Zealand to a score that could give him some struggle.
