2025 ICC Champions Trophy final

2025 ICC Champions Trophy final

The Dubai International Cricket Stadium in Dubai (pictured in 2019) hosted its first ICC Champions Trophy final.
Event	2025 ICC Champions Trophy
New Zealand India 251/7 254/6 50 49
India won by 4 wickets
Date	9 March 2025
Venue	Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai
Player of the match	Rohit Sharma (Ind)
Umpires	Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
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The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy final was a One Day International (ODI) cricket match played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 9 March 2025 to determine the winner of 2025 ICC Champions Trophy. It was played between India and New Zealand. It was the second time that India and New Zealand played a Champions Trophy final against each other, after the 2000 final.

New Zealand won the toss and electing to bat first, they registered a score of 251/7. In the second innings, India managed to chase the score 254/6 and thus India claimed the victory by 4 wickets to win third ICC Champions Trophy title while also becoming the first team to win all their matches and win a ICC Champions Trophy undefeated. ^{[1] [2]} Rohit Sharma was named Player of the Match for scoring 76 runs off 83 balls. ^[3]

Background

Main article: 2025 ICC Champions Trophy

The 2025 ICC Champions Trophy was the ninth edition of the ICC Champions Trophy, a quadrennial ODI cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). In November 2021 as part of the 2024-2031 ICC men's hosts cycle, the ICC announced that the 2025 Champions Trophy would be played in Pakistan. ^[4]

On 19 December 2024, following an agreement between Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) and Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), the ICC announced that India and Pakistan matches at ICC events hosted by India or Pakistan in the 2024–2027 ICC Events cycle would be played at a neutral venue. ^[5] On 24 December 2024, the ICC announced the tournament's schedule, with Dubai International Cricket Stadium as the neutral venue for the tournament and final scheduled on 9 March 2025. ^[6] The ICC further stated, that if India qualifies for the final, it would played at Dubai International Cricket Stadium, otherwise it would be played at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore. ^[7]

This was India's fifth Champions Trophy final after 2000, 2002, 2013 and 2017 ^[8] while it was New Zealand's third final after 2000 and 2009. ^[9] Before this match, India and New Zealand had played each other only twice in the Champions Trophy, with both teams winning one match each. ^[10]

Road to the final

Further information: 2025 ICC Champions Trophy group stage and 2025 ICC Champions Trophy knockout stage

Overview

• Source: ESPNcricinfo ^[11]

India				vs	New Zealand
Opponent	Date	Result	Points	Match	Opponent	Date	Result	Points
Group A				Group stage	Group A
Bangladesh	20 February 2025	Won	2	1	Pakistan	19 February 2025	Won	2
Pakistan	23 February 2025	Won	4	2	Bangladesh	24 February 2025	Won	4
New Zealand	2 March 2025	Won	6	3	India	2 March 2025	Lost	4
Semi-final 1				Knockout stage	Semi-final 2
Australia	4 March 2025	Won		SF	South Africa	5 March 2025	Won
2025 ICC Champions Trophy final

India

India were undefeated from the first match to the semi finals. They began their Champions Trophy campaign with a victory over Bangladesh ^[12] and went on to defeat their arch-rivals Pakistan. ^[13] Later, they defeated New Zealand by 44 runs and finished the group stage as winners of Group A. ^[14] They then defeated Australia in the semi-finals to earn their place in the Champions Trophy final for a record fifth time after 2000, 2002, 2013 and 2017. ^[15]

New Zealand

New Zealand began their Champions Trophy campaign with a victory over the hosts Pakistan ^[16] and went on to defeat Bangladesh. ^[17] However, they lost their last group stage match to India and finished second in Group A. ^[18] Later, they defeated South Africa in the semi-finals to earn their place in the Champions Trophy final for the third time after 2000 and 2009. ^[19]

Match

Match officials

On 6 March 2025, the International Cricket Council (ICC) named the following officials: ^{[20] [21]}

• On-field umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus)
• TV umpire: Joel Wilson (WI)
• Reserve umpire: Kumar Dharmasena (SL)
• Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL)

Teams and toss

New Zealand's captain Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bat. India remained unchanged from the side that played the semi-final, while New Zealand brought Nathan Smith in place of Matt Henry. ^[22]

New Zealand's innings

New Zealand openers Will Young and Rachin Ravindra made a good start with a 57-run partnership until, Varun Chakravarthy dismissed Young in the end of the 8th over. Later, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Ravindra and Kane Williamson in the following overs leaving them on 75 off 3. Soon, Tom Latham was also cheaply dismissed by Ravindra Jadeja. Later, Daryl Mitchell stabilized the innings with 63 off 101 until being caught by Indian captain Rohit Sharma. As their innings got slowed but due to Michael Bracewell's 53* off 40 and Glenn Phillips's 34 they ended up scoring 251 runs off 7 wickets with Yadav and Chakravarthy taking 2 wickets each and Jadeja and Mohammed Shami taking 1 wicket each. ^{[23] [24] [25]}

India's innings

Chasing a target of 252 runs in 50 overs, India completed the chase with in 49 overs and thus winning by 4 wickets. ^[26] The innings started well with openers, captain Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill sharing a 105-run partnership before Gill was caught out for 31 by Glenn Phillips off the bowling of Mitchell Santner in the 19th over. Virat Kohli, coming in after Gill's wicket, was out early scoring a run of two balls, being dismissed cheaply by Michael Bracewell. Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel anchored the middle order with Iyer scoring 48 off 62 balls before being dismissed by Santner, while Patel contributed 29 runs off 40 balls before being dismissed by Bracewell. ^{[26] [27]} KL Rahul remained unbeaten on 34 off 33 balls guiding India to victory alongside Hardik Pandya, who scored 18 off 18 balls before being dismissed by Kyle Jamieson. Ravindra Jadeja finished not out on 9 off 6 balls scoring the winning runs with an over to spare. ^{[28] [29]}

Match details

9 March 2025 13:00  UTC+4 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand   251/7 (50 overs)	v	India 254/6 (49 overs)
Daryl Mitchell 63 (101) Kuldeep Yadav 2/40 (10 overs)		Rohit Sharma 76 (83) Michael Bracewell 2/28 (10 overs)

India won by 4 wickets Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Dubai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Paul Reiffel (Aus) Player of the match: Rohit Sharma (Ind)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) equalled Brian Lara's record of 12th consecutive toss losses in ODIs. ^[30]
• Daryl Mitchell (NZ) completed 1,000 runs in ICC limited-over tournaments.
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) completed 1,000 ODI runs against New Zealand. ^[31]
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) scored his maiden fifty in ICC tournament final. ^[32]
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) scored 2,500 ODI runs as captain. ^[33]
• Shreyas Iyer (Ind) completed 1,000 international runs against New Zealand.
• Rohit Sharma (Ind) became the first captain to win the Player of the Match award in the final of ICC Champions Trophy. ^[34]
• Rohit Sharma became the second Indian captain after MS Dhoni to win multiple ICC trophies. He also became the first international captain to lead his team into the final of all four major ICC events (2023 World Test Championship, 2023 ODI World Cup, 2024 T20 World Cup and the 2025 Champions Trophy). ^[35]
• India won their record third ICC Champions Trophy title after 2002 and 2013. ^[36]

Match scorecard [37]

1st innings   New Zealand batting [37] Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate Will Young lbw b Varun 15 23 2 0 65.21 Rachin Ravindra b Kuldeep 37 29 4 1 127.58 Kane Williamson c & b Kuldeep 11 14 1 0 78.57 Daryl Mitchell c Rohit b Shami 63 101 3 0 62.37 Tom Latham lbw b Jadeja 14 30 0 0 46.66 Glenn Phillips b Varun 34 52 2 1 65.38 Michael Bracewell not out 53 40 3 2 132.50 Mitchell Santner run out (Kohli/†Rahul) 8 10 0 0 8.00 Nathan Smith not out 0 1 0 0 0.00 Kyle Jamieson did not bat Will O'Rourke did not bat Extras (lb 3, w 13) 16 Total (7 wickets; 50 overs) 251 15 4 RR: 5.02 Fall of wickets: 1/57 (Young, 7.5 ov), 2/69 (Ravindra, 10.1 ov), 3/75 (Williamson, 12.2 ov), 4/108 (Latham, 23.2 ov), 5/165 (Phillips, 37.5 ov), 6/211 (Mitchell, 45.4 ov), 7/239 (Santner, 49 ov)   India bowling [37] Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs Mohammed Shami 9 0 74 1 8.22 1 0 Hardik Pandya 3 0 30 0 10.00 3 0 Varun Chakravarthy 10 0 45 2 4.50 3 0 Kuldeep Yadav 10 0 40 2 4.00 1 0 Axar Patel 8 0 29 0 3.62 1 0 Ravindra Jadeja 10 0 30 1 3.00 0 0 2nd innings   India batting [37] Player Status Runs Balls 4s 6s Strike rate Rohit Sharma st †Latham b Ravindra 76 83 7 3 91.56 Shubman Gill c Phillips b Santner 31 50 0 1 62.00 Virat Kohli lbw b Bracewell 1 2 0 0 50.00 Shreyas Iyer c Ravindra b Santner 48 62 2 2 77.41 Axar Patel c O'Rourke b Bracewell 29 40 1 1 72.50 KL Rahul not out 34 33 1 1 103.03 Hardik Pandya c & b Jamieson 18 18 1 1 100.00 Ravindra Jadeja not out 9 6 1 0 150.00 Kuldeep Yadav did not bat Mohammed Shami did not bat Varun Chakravarthy did not bat Extras (w 8) 8 Total (6 wickets; 49 overs) 254 13 9 RR: 5.18 Fall of wickets: 1/105 (Gill, 18.4 ov), 2/106 (Kohli, 19.1 ov), 3/122 (Rohit, 26.1 ov), 4/183 (Iyer, 38.4 ov), 5/203 (Patel, 41.3 ov), 6/241 (Pandya, 47.3 ov)   New Zealand bowling [37] Bowler Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Econ Wides NBs Kyle Jamieson 5 0 24 1 4.80 1 0 Will O'Rourke 7 0 56 0 8.00 3 0 Nathan Smith 2 0 22 0 11.00 0 0 Mitchell Santner 10 0 46 2 4.60 1 0 Rachin Ravindra 10 1 47 1 4.70 1 0 Michael Bracewell 10 1 28 2 2.80 0 0 Glenn Phillips 5 0 31 0 6.20 0 0

Aftermath

Post-match

This was India's third ICC Champions Trophy title after 12 years, with their previous one being in 2013 and 2002. ^[38] Rohit Sharma was later awarded with the Player of the Match award and he became the first captain to win a Player of the Match award in the final of ICC Champions Trophy. ^[39] New Zealand's Rachin Ravindra was awarded with the Player of the Tournament award for his all-round performance throughout the tournament. ^[40]

India received $2.365 million and New Zealand received $1.245 million in prize money from the ICC. ^[41]

Reaction

Indian President Droupadi Murmu and Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated team India on winning the tournament. ^{[42] [43]}

Broadcasting

Further information: 2025 ICC Champions Trophy § Broadcasting

The final match was broadcasted live in India on Star Sports, free-to-air broadcaster DD Sports and free on OTT platform JioHotstar. In New Zealand the match was broadcasted live on Sky Sport. ^{[44] [45]} The ICC also named the following panel of commentators for the final: Harsha Bhogle, Ian Bishop, Simon Doull, Aaron Finch, Sunil Gavaskar, Dinesh Karthik, Ramiz Raja, Ravi Shastri and Ian Smith. ^[46]

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External links

• Official website
• 2025 ICC Champions Trophy at ESPNcricinfo