The Champions Trophy is a prestigious international cricket tournament organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). Known as the “Mini World Cup,” it features the top eight teams as per the ICC rankings competing in a high-stakes, fast-paced format.
First held in 1998, the Champions Trophy was designed to bring elite teams together for a shorter tournament compared to the ICC Cricket World Cup. In 2025, with the Champions Trophy marking its return since 2017, the matches will be played in the One-Day International (ODI) format, with teams competing in a group stage, followed by knockouts.
Notably, Rohit Sharma is only active in ODI format after retiring from T20Is and Tests in June 2025 and May 2025 respectively.
The Rohit Sharma-led Indian team played with four spinners and as a result, Mohammed Siraj could not find a place in the 15-member squad for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
Notably, both Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill played with MRF bats in the Champions Trophy.
Devajit Saikia said that each player, who was a part of the 15-member squad for the Champions Trophy will get a sum of INR 3 crore each from INR 58 crore, while head coach Gautam Gambhir will also receive INR 3 crore.
It has been reported that the PCB spent almost INR 869 crore to prepare and host the tournament. but earned only INR 52 crore in return.
The tournament was coming back after eight years and was successfully concluded by the ICC from February 19 to March 9.
India went on to defeat New Zealand by four wickets with an over to spare in the final in Dubai, to win the ICC Champions Trophy for the third-time in their history.
Yuvraj showered praises on Rohit Sharma’s captaincy through his X post but ignored the former teammate Kohli.
Pandya said that he is still not done yet and still needs to add 5 to 6 more ICC trophies in his trophy cabinet.
Virat Kohli’s ODI ranking saw a drop as he took the fifth spot, replacing Rohit Sharma, who has now jumped two places to third place.
Mohammad Kaif said that he was surpirsed to see Shreyas Iyer performing well in the Champions Trophy despite not being a regular member of the Indian team and Tests and T20Is.
In the following listicle, we will have a look at the teams with the most ODI wins without a defeat at a single venue.
The Indian all-rounder pulled off a handy job, both with the bat and ball. During his five-match stint, Hardik Pandya picked four wickets with the ball and amassed 99 runs from four innings.
According to several reports, players will take a short break before joining their respective IPL franchises ahead of 2025 edition.
The team did not have any names from the host nation Pakistan, 2023 World Cup winners Australia, and England whereas two of the Afghanistan cricketers also featured in the list, namely Ibrahim Zadran and Azmatullah Omarzai.
In the following listicle, we will have the top five ICC ODI tournament matches where spinners bowled maximum overs.
Dhanashree Verma, the estranged wife of Indian cricketer Yuzvendra Chahal, shared a cryptic post on her official Instagram account, and it read, “Blaming women is always in fashion”.
After India lifted the ICC Champions Trophy on the night of March 9, 2025, there were multiple rumours about the potential retirement of Ravindra Jadeja from ODI cricket.
As the whole nation celebrates this win with pride, let us take a look at the entire campaign of Team India in this tournament.
In the post-match conference, the 37-year-old also put rest to his retirement rumours.
The report also added that there was a communication error between him and the ICC officials which led to the absence of PCB CEO’s presence on stage during the presentation ceremony.
Sunil Gavaskar, the former Indian captain, danced like a child to celebrate the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 title triumph of Team India at the expense of the Black Caps.
On the whole, India earned $2.467 million (INR 21.52 Crore) in prize money for winning the Champions Trophy in Dubai.
Apart from them, other team members also celebrated the win with their loved ones.
Virat Kohli could only manage to face two deliveries, scoring one run, whereas Shami got only one wicket to his name in the summit clash in Dubai.
It is to be noted that Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli have now won the most ICC titles as India players, which is four each.
Rohit Sharma played a sublime innings of 76 runs, which was laced with seven fours and three sixes.
After hitting the winning runs, the entire Indian camp charged out, Ravindra Jadeja was joined by Harshit Rana and Arshdeep Singh in the middle where they were seen performing the gangnam style dance.
India lifted their third ICC Champions Trophy title, beating New Zealand in the summit clash by four wickets.
The star player hit 76 off 83 with seven fours and three maximums in the mega final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 played in Dubai.
The right-handed batter departed in the 27th over of the innings after hitting 76 off 83 with 10 boundaries (seven fours and three maximums).
The Indian vice-captain had to depart after scoring 31 runs off 50 deliveries.
During the first innings of Champions Trophy 2025, Chahal was seen relishing the game among the spectators.
Mark Chapman eventually replaced Williamson in the second innings of the Champions Trophy 2025 final in Dubai.
For India, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy picked two wickets each, whereas Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja also got a wicket apiece.
Earlier, India had two golden opportunities to halt the Kiwi juggernaut early, but costly errors in the field allowed Rachin Ravindra to continue his aggressive inning which saw him score 37 runs off 29 deliveries.
As per a Dainik Jagran report citing BCCI sources, Rohit Sharma will retire from ODI cricket if India loses the Champions Trophy.
Former Pakistan wicket-keeper batter Rashid Latif also lashed out at former England cricketers for their remark on India.
It is to be noted that Brian Lara has the record for losing the most consecutive tosses in ODIs, which is 12 and has now been equalled by Rohit Sharma.
Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bat first in the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025 final.
Nasser Hussain said that Indian spinner Varun Chakravarthy is going to be a “challenge” for New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final.
Under Rohit, Team India will play their fourth consecutive final in the ICC tournaments with their appearance against New Zealand in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025.
Shawn Mendes hit the headlines in India by wearing the coveted number “18” national cricket team jersey of Virat Kohli on the opening day of the Lollapalooza India 2025.
The 25-year-old recalled having “some nerves” before the game.
Rajkumar believes that Kohli’s role will be crucial if India lift the title on Sunday and hailed Men in Blue for their performance in the tournament so far.
In the last couple of games, both star openers struggled with their bats
Following India’s two consecutive wins in the group round, former England players David Lloyd, Nasser Hussain, and Michael Atherton accused India of getting unfair advantage in the Champions Trophy 2025.
Kohli was hit in the knees while facing a fast bowler in the nets session which forced him to leave the practice.
New Zealand have troubled India a lot in recent years across all formats and they will look to do the same to halt the juggernaut of Rohit Sharma’s side in the competition.
Check out India’s Probable Playing XI against New Zealand for ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final below.
England have been knocked out of the semi-final race in the ongoing Champions Trophy 2025. Apart from that, England were also eliminated from the knockout stage during the 2023 ODI World Cup.
Before India take on New Zealand in the Champions Trophy 2025 final, let’s have a look at the weather forecast for Dubai in March 9.
Check out the player of the match award winners in all the Champions Trophy finals below.
Mohammad Hafeez had raised questions on the legacy of Pakistan’s 1990 and early 2000s players.
Check out the player of the tournament award winners in the Champions Trophy history.
India will be playing in their third Champions Trophy against New Zealand at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, March 9, in the 2025 edition of the tournament.
Check out India’s Player of the Match award winners in all ICC final victories below.
Ravichandran Ashwin hailed Shreyas Iyer for adding strength and character to India’s batting lineup in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 ahead of the big final.
The ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final is set to be played on the pitch which was used for India versus Pakistan Group A match in Dubai nearly two weeks ago.
Over the past few days, the speculation has been running rampant in regards to Virat Kohli and captain Rohit Sharma playing their last ODI match on Sunday, March 9.
The shoulder injury was suffered by Matt Henry while completing the catch to dismiss the dangerous Heinrich Klaasen of South Africa in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final.
Varun Chakravarthy, who picked up a fifer against New Zealand in their group stage encounter, has been a menace in the Indian bowling unit.
The Indian cricket team will be taking on New Zealand in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday, March 9.
Both sides have confronted each other in ICC knockout games on four occasions in which bowlers stood tall and won the player of the match (POTM) award three times.
The BCCI source has stated that Rohit Sharma still believes there is some cricket left in him.
Maulana Shahabuddin Razvi Bareilvi, President of All India Muslim Jamaat, has called Mohammed Shami “a criminal” for not observing roza during the holy month of Ramzan.
Following the disastrous end to the ICC T20 World Cup in the year 2022, Rohit Sharma completely changed his batting approach in limited-overs cricket, looking to smash the opposition bowling attacks.
Former India batter, who retired from international cricket in August 2024, took to X after Smith’s announcement and posted a congratulatory note for the Aussie’s illustrious ODI career.
Below are the details of India’s ICC Champions Trophy campaign over the years.
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India have performed exceptionally against New Zealand in the last two ICC tournaments but the Kiwi side will look to halt the Rohit Sharma-led side’s bandwagon in the final clash on Sunday.
It is to be noted that India last travelled to Pakistan in 2008 during the Asia Cup whereas Pakistan’s recent visit came in the ODI World Cup in 2023.
It is to be noted that in the last group stage match, which was played between India and New Zealand in Dubai, the Indian spinners dominated on the spin-friendly track with Varun Chakravarthy picking a fifer.
David Miller will be remembered for scoring an infamous ton in this match as despite his efforts, the team was unable to achieve victory.
Now, the Black Caps will face India in the title clash in Dubai on March 9.
Dussen looked in brilliant touch with his bat in the chase. Standing with his skipper Temba Bavuma in the middle, he built a run-a-ball 105-run partnership.
Kane Williamson and Rachin Ravindra stitched a 164-run partnership off 154 balls and handed New Zealand momentum in the second semi-final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
India head coach Gautam Gambhir attended a press conference following India’s four-wicket win against Australia in the Champions Trophy 2025 semi-final.
Smith’s ODI retirement has made avid cricket supporters emotional.
Indian bowler Mohammed Shami has given a rather conflicting statement about playing in Dubai when compared to what Rohit Sharma and Gautam Gambhir had said earlier.
Glenn Phillips smashed four consecutive fours on the bowling of South African pacer Marco Jansen at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
A day after India’s success against the Australia in the Champions Trophy 2025, Chakravarthy took to social media and posted a comment on the actor’s Instagram post.
At the start of the second semi-final of the Champions Trophy between South Africa and New Zealand, the fans on social platform X highlighted the empty stands at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore.
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New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bat first.
Earlier, seeing Markram doubtful for the knockout match, South Africa had called up spinning all-rounder George Linde as his cover to Pakistan.
The Aussie veteran further went onto clarify that Test cricket will remain his priority as he looks at the WTC Final, where the defending champions will take on South Africa in June 2025.
On Sunday, March 9, Rohit Sharma will once again lead India in the ICC finale as the Men in Blue take on the winner of South Africa vs New Zealand clash.
Speaking of KL Rahul’s innings, the wicketkeeper-batter went onto breach the 3000-run mark in ODIs.
The Men in Blue will continue to play in Dubai as they will now take on the winner of South Africa versus New Zealand in the Champions Trophy 2025 final, scheduled to take place on Sunday, March 9.
Shikhar Dhawan’s record stood at 701 runs in just 10 inning. Virat Kohli broke that today with his knock of 84 runs, taking his tally to 746 runs in 16 innings.
Virat Kohli has now scored 8063 runs while chasing 159 times in his ODI career.
KL Rahul who was standing at the non-striker end showed his disappointment and was seen saying “mai maar raha tha na” to Kohli after his dismissal.
Batting first, Australia were bowled out for 264 runs in 49.3 overs. In reply, India chased the winning target in 48.1 overs.
The 35-year-old scored 73 off 96 and his innings was studded with five boundaries.
The umpires didn’t take a stern decision and left Gill with just a warning.
Travis Head’s dismissal came up as a big moment for the Indian fans who were carrying bitter memories of the 2023 ODI World Cup final.
As he got the treatment, the umpires called in for a quick drinks break.
However, India are coming into this match with the same team after they called in Varun Chakravarthy in place of Harshit Rana in their final group stage match against New Zealand.