India became the Champions of Champions Trophy..!!

India defeated new zealand in the Champions Trophy final to win the title for the second time. In this match being played in Dubai, new zealand won the toss and elected to bat. Accordingly, the indian bowlers proved to be a nightmare for the new zealand team that fielded. Due to this, the team was unable to score runs. Mitchell (63), Bracewell (53 not out), Rachin ravindra (37), and Phillips (34) scored 251 runs in 50 overs. varun chakravarthy and kuldeep yadav took 2 wickets each, while shami and Jadeja took one wicket each. Chasing a target of 252 runs, captain rohit sharma and Gill played well. rohit sharma hit sixes and fours. As a result, he scored a half-century in 41 balls. india scored 100 runs at the end of 17 overs.
When the team's score was 105, Gill was dismissed for 31 runs by Santner. Phillips jumped and took the catch of the ball that was hit towards cover. Before he could recover from this shock, kohli was dismissed for 1 run. He was dismissed LBW by Bracewell. On the other hand, captain rohit sharma, who played well, was stumped on 76 runs by Rachin Ravindra. After that, the pair of shreyas iyer and Axar patel played calmly and added runs. Due to this, the indian team gradually approached the victory. While he was expected to score a half-century, he was out on 48 runs. Following this, Axar patel was also out on 29 runs. Now, the indian team is slowly moving toward victory.
In the end, the indian team won by 4 wickets with one over remaining due to the excellent play of K.L. rahul and hardik Pandya. K.L. rahul had scored 34 runs unbeaten till the end. With this, the indian team won the Champions Trophy for the 2nd time. The indian team, led by rohit sharma, recently won the t20 world cup and has now won the Champions Trophy as well.
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Sowmiya Sriram

09/03/2025 09:55 PM