India Wins Champions Trophy 2025 Pakistan in Dubai

India defeated New Zealand in the Champions Trophy 2025 Pakistan in Dubai on Sunday, March 9 2025, by four wickets.

India had to chase the score of 252 to claim the victory, which was helped by an outstanding partnership by the opening batsmen Captain Rohit Sharma who scored 76, and Shubman Gill who score 31. The partnership ranks among the highest opening partnerships in the history of ICC finals.

Among the bowlers, Varun Chakaravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav claimed two wickets each while Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja managed to get one wicket each.

New Zealand had won the toss and chosen to bat first. New Zealand scored 251, with Daryl Mitchell as the top scorer with 63 runs. Michael Bracewell scored an unbeaten half century which helped the Kiwis set a score past 250-run mark. Courtesy of India’s talented spinners, NZ was under a lot of pressure in the middle overs with choked run-flow. However, the late surge of Bracewell helped Kiwis score 79 runs in the last 10 overs alone.

While chasing, except the opening partnership, India kept losing wickets at regular intervals. But the long batting line-up with a batsman of Jadeja’s calibre at number 8 saw India through and claim their third ICC Champions Trophy after their victories in 2002 and 2013.