Champions Trophy 2025: India won the Champions Trophy for the third time. India became the first team to win the trophy three times in the Champions Trophy history and play the final for the fifth time. India defeated New Zealand in the final. Kiwi captain looked disappointed after this defeat. After the match, captain Mitchell St.ner praised the team, but also congratulated the Indian team for his outstanding performance. Apart from this, he said about Rohit Sharma’s innings, “He was almost playing run-a-ball.” It was a pleasure to play with India. His bowlers are world class.
‘The match changed early’
New Zealand captain Mitchell Santner said, “The way Indian captains Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started were fantastic. Rohit’s almost run-a-ball on this pitch was fantastic. We knew that the match could change quickly and exactly happened. Discussing the reason for losing the match, Santner said that if we had scored 20 to 25 runs, he might have won.
Kiwi captain said, ‘This was a good tournament for us. We faced challenges throughout the journey, but the way we moved forward as a group are commendable. Today we lost to a good team. During the entire tournament, everyone contributed and performed strongly and took responsibility on various occasions.
India won the final.
Talking about the match, in the final, Mitchell Santner won the toss and decided to bat first. The half -century innings of Derryl Mitchell and Bracewell scored 251 runs in 50 overs. India won the match by scoring 254 runs in 49 overs. Rohit Sharma scored 76 runs.
