India Won the Second Icc Title in 9 Months: One Day World Cup 2025

India won its second ICC title within nine months. The team defeated New Zealand in Dubai by four wickets in the Champions Trophy final. Under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy, the team also won the T20 World Cup in June 2024.

On Sunday, New Zealand batted first in Dubai and scored 251 runs for the loss of 7 wickets. India achieved the target in the 49th over for the loss of 6 wickets. Captain Rohit Sharma scored 76, Shreyas Iyer scored 48, and KL Rahul scored 34 runs.

Kuldeep Yadav’s role in bowling has been huge. He sent Rachin Ravindra and Kane Williamson to the pavilion inside 2 overs. Varun Chakravarthy also picked up 2 wickets. Ravindra Jadeja took 1 wicket for just 30 runs in 10 overs, he only scored a winning boundary in the 49th over.

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Match Analysis in 5 Points….

1. Player of the match:

India got a strong start by skipper Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill in front of the 252-run target. Both of them performed Century Partnership. It was also the first century participation for the first wicket in the tournament. Rohit scored a quick fifty, scoring 76 runs with 7 fours and 3 sixes. His innings didn’t let the team lose the match.

2. Win heroes:

• Varun Chakravarthy: New Zealand got to bat first by winning the toss. Rachin Ravindra and Will Young get a quick start. Varun bowls Young and gets India the first wicket. He also bowled Glenn Phillips.
• Shreyas Iyer: Shreyas took over India after falling 2 wickets in the 20th over. He has a fifty partnership with Akshar Patel and got the team close to 200 by scoring 48 runs.
• KL Rahul: After the fourth wicket fell in the 39th over, Rahul stayed till the end. He scored 34 runs by hitting 1 four and 1 six.

3. Fighter Of The Match:

The Kiwi team, who went to defend 251, took the wicket of Shubman Gill in the 19th over. Michael Bracewell has LBW off Virat Kohli in the next over. Bracewell conceded just 28 runs in 10 overs and picked up 2 big wickets. He only had 53 off 40 balls in the batting and got the team past 250.

4. Turning Point:

The Kiwi team, which won the toss and went to bat first, had a strong start. Kuldeep Yadav came to bowl the 11th over. He bowled the batter, Rachin Ravindra, set on the first ball. He then also caught Kane Williamson in the next over. After two big wickets, New Zealand’s scoring rate fell, and the team could not score big.

5. Match Report:

Scattered New Zealand in the Middle Overs New Zealand scored 69 runs in the first powerplay in Dubai on Sunday. Then, in the middle overs, the team lost 4 wickets, and the team could only score 103 runs during this time. The team scored 79 runs in the last 10 overs, and the score reached 251. Daryl Mitchell scored 63. Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja from India picked up 1-1 wickets.

Rohit-Shubman gave India a strong start. Openers up a 105-run partnership from Utri Team India, who chased down a 252-run target. Shubman 31, Rohit 76, and Virat get out of the 1st run. From here, Shreyas took over the team with 48 more characters, scoring 29 runs. At last Rahul scored 34, Hardik Pandya scored 18 and Ravindra Jadeja won the team by scoring 9 runs.