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‘I just wish Rohit Sharma had won this in Lahore’: Ajay Jadeja on India’s Champions Trophy 2025 triumph
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‘I just wish Rohit Sharma had won this in Lahore’: Ajay Jadeja on India’s Champions Trophy 2025 triumph

Former India cricketer Ajay Jadeja said had India won the Champions Trophy in Pakistan, it would have been an even more special win, beyond just the sports for the Men in Blue. India beat New Zealand in the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Ground on Sunday night and speaking on the Dressing Room show, the former India captain, Jadeja said, “I was just wishing that if India had won this in Lahore, it would’ve been even better. It would’ve been a victory beyond just the sport.” He also praised all the fans around the world for turning up for the global tournament. Story continues below this ad “Shoutout to the fans as well because every player that I’ve talked to who’s been there, they’ve enjoyed being there. The people of Pakistan have also ...
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Rohit Sharma says he’s ‘not going to retire from this format’ after India win Champions Trophy
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Rohit Sharma says he’s ‘not going to retire from this format’ after India win Champions Trophy

India captain Rohit Sharma cleared the air on his rumoured retirement plans by telling journalists at the post-match press conference that he has no plans to retire. “One more thing: I’m not going to retire from this format. Just to make sure that no rumours are spread moving forward,” Rohit Sharma said at the end of the press conference on Sunday after he had guided India to its third Champions Trophy title. Thanks to a 76 from him at the top of the innings, India chased down New Zealand’s 252-run target with an over to spare and four wickets in hand. In the previous games, Rohit Sharma had been losing his wicket after getting starts for India as he tried to bully the opening bowlers of opposition teams. That approach clicked on Sunday in the final, when India needed it to work the most...
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Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma hits first fifty in 9th ICC final appearance
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Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma hits first fifty in 9th ICC final appearance

Eight years on since a three-ball duck in the 2017 Champions Trophy final against Pakistan, India captain Rohit Sharma made amends by scoring his first half-century in an ICC tournament final during the 2025 Champions Trophy summit clash against New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday. The 37-year-old Rohit waltzed to his half-century in only 41 balls as India motored past 50 within eight overs of a 253-run chase against New Zealand. FOLLOW LIVE: IND vs NZ Champions Trophy Live Blog Playing in his 9th ICC tournament final across formats and 18 years, Rohit went past the half-century mark for the first time, bettering a 31-ball 47 against Australia during the 2023 ODI World Cup final against Australia in Ahmedabad. Story continues below this ad Rohit, who went past the 11,000-run ma...
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ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final: India vs New Zealand Champions Trophy final in Dubai on March 9 2025
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ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final: India vs New Zealand Champions Trophy final in Dubai on March 9 2025

Indians celebrate a wicket during the ICC Champions Trophy final against New Zealand in Dubai on March 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: AP Shepherded by a brilliant Kuldeep Yadav (2/40), Indian spinners aced the conditions but well-timed fifties by Daryl Mitchell and Michael Bracewell steered New Zealand to a competitive 251 for seven in the Champions Trophy final in Dubai on Sunday (March 9, 2025).Daryl Mitchell (63, 101 balls) and Bracewell (53 off 40 balls) navigated the Blackcaps through a turbulent middle phase after they opted to bat first.However, the start made by New Zealand did not justify the total that they eventually managed.They raced to 69 for 1 in 10 overs despite losing Will Young to Varun Chakravarthy...
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ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final: India vs New Zealand match in Dubai: Vice-captain Shubman Gill talks about prospects of Team India
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ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final: India vs New Zealand match in Dubai: Vice-captain Shubman Gill talks about prospects of Team India

Captain Rohit Sharma, vice-captain Shubman Gill and others are seen during a practice session ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy final against New Zealand in Dubai on March 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: ANI On the eve of the Champions Trophy final, India vice-captain Shubhman Gill believes the 2024 T20 World Cup triumph could herald a new era of success for the team. The second T20 crown ended an 11-year drought for an ICC world title for the Men in Blue.Sunday’s summit clash will be India’s third straight appearance in an ICC white-ball tournament final, having finished runner-up in the 2023 ODI World Cup.“Yes, definitely. Once you get one title, it gives you the momentum. Also, you are not very desperate about gett...
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ICC Champions trophy 2025 final: India vs New Zealand final in Dubai on March 9, 2025.
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ICC Champions trophy 2025 final: India vs New Zealand final in Dubai on March 9, 2025.

Coach Gautam Gambhir, skipper Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli during a practice session ahead of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final cricket match against New Zealand in Dubai on March 8, 2025. | Photo Credit: PTI The last time India and New Zealand met in a final of an ICC white-ball tournament the world of cricket was far different. That competition was called ICC Knockouts, One-Day Internationals ruled the sport’s landscape, cricket in the Middle East just meant Sharjah and T20 was still three years away.A quarter of a century later, the same outfits, now among the best all-round sides in the world, will square off for glory and $2.24 million prize money when they meet in the summit clash of the Champions Troph...
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Champions Trophy final: India favourites but only just against New Zealand, says Ravi Shastri
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Champions Trophy final: India favourites but only just against New Zealand, says Ravi Shastri

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri has picked India as the favourites in Sunday's Champions Trophy summit clash against New Zealand but pointed out that the advantage will be miniscule, given that the Black Caps are a formidable side. India, who have played all their matches here, stormed into the final with an all-win record, and defeated Australia in the semifinal. New Zealand, who finished second behind India in Group A after losing their league match, secured their spot in the final with a one-sided win over South Africa in the second semifinal in Lahore. "If there's one team that can beat India, it's New Zealand," Shastri said in The ICC Review. "So India start as favourites but only just," he said referring to the final, which will be a rematch of the 2000 Champions Trophy title cl...
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IND vs NZ final, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Varun Chakravarthy holds key for the match, says Gary Stead
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IND vs NZ final, ICC Champions Trophy 2025: Varun Chakravarthy holds key for the match, says Gary Stead

New Zealand head coach Gary Stead feels that the mystery spinner Varun Chakravarthy holds the key for the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 finals in Dubai on March 9, 2025. | Photo Credit: Getty Images New Zealand is sweating on the fitness of its pace spearhead, Matt Henry, ahead of Sunday’s (March 9, 2025) Champions Trophy final against India. Henry hurt his shoulder in the semifinal against South Africa in Lahore while taking a catch in the deep. The 33-year-old took a five-for against India in the league game last week at this venue and is a key player for the Kiwis as someone who can give breakthroughs with the new ball. “It was pretty uncomfortable. From our perspective, the positive thing was that he go...
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Frustrated with scheduling, Miller hopes New Zealand beat India in Champions Trophy final
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Frustrated with scheduling, Miller hopes New Zealand beat India in Champions Trophy final

South Africa’s David Miller in action against New Zealand during the Champions Trophy semifinal in Lahore, Pakistan, on March 5, 2025. | Photo Credit: Reuters Frustrated with the scheduling of Champions Trophy's second semifinal after to-and-fro flights between Pakistan and Dubai in a span of just 12 hours, South African batter David Miller is now hoping for a New Zealand victory in the tournament's title clash against India.With a brilliant hundred, Miller was the lone ranger in his side's defeat to the Black Caps in their last-four stage clash in Lahore on Wednesday.“I’ll be honest with you. I think I’ll be supporting New Zealand,” Miller was quoted as saying by ESPNcricinfo.South Africa had to take an early ...
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Reiffel, Illingworth to be on-field umpires for Champions Trophy final
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Reiffel, Illingworth to be on-field umpires for Champions Trophy final

Australia's Paul Reiffel and England's Richard Illingworth will be the on-field umpires, while Sri Lanka's Ranjan Madugalle will be the match referee for the Champions Trophy final between India and New Zealand here on Sunday.Reiffel, 58, a former Australian fast bowler with more than 200 Test and ODI wickets, was one of the on-field umpires during South Africa's semifinal against New Zealand in Lahore.Illingworth, 61, a former England left-arm spinner, was part of the action in India's last-four clash against Australia in Dubai.Illingworth, the four-time ICC Umpire of the Year, also stood in the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup in India and the 2024 T20 World Cup in the Americas.He was also the umpire in the group match between India and New Zealand, which the former won by 44 runs.India d...
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Angry Gautam Gambhir blasts critics on India’s Dubai advantage: ‘Some people are just perpetual cribbers, man, grow up’
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Angry Gautam Gambhir blasts critics on India’s Dubai advantage: ‘Some people are just perpetual cribbers, man, grow up’

A day after captain Rohit Sharma dismissed any talks of India being at home in Dubai and familiar with the conditions, it was the turn of their head coach Gautam Gambhir to drive home the point even when he was not questioned about it. Speaking shortly after the four-wicket win over Australia, Gambhir was not only assertive but also typically pugnacious with most of the questions put forward.Right through the tournament which Pakistan are hosting, there have been several criticisms directed at the advantage India have gained by playing all their matches in Dubai. Now with India making it to the final, all those talks aren’t going to die down and Gambhir, who seemed bothered about it, weighed in with his thoughts in his own way. “There’s a lot of debate about the undue advantage and all tha...
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