India edge out New Zealand to win Champions Trophy

Champions Trophy final, Dubai

New Zealand 251-7 (50 overs): Mitchell 63 (101), Bracewell 53 (40); Kuldeep 2-40, Chakravarthy 2-45

India 254-6 (49 overs): Rohit 76 (83); Bracewell 2-28, Santner 2-46

India won by 4 wickets

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India survived a New Zealand fightback to triumph the Champions Trophy with a four-wicket triumph successful Dubai.

India, ascendant passim the tournament, made a rampant commencement successful pursuit of 252 lone to suffer 3 wickets for 17 runs, including skipper Rohit Sharma for 76 and Virat Kohli for one.

Shreyas Iyer followed for 48 and Axar Patel holed retired connected 29 to permission 49 runs to get from 51 balls.

Hardik Pandya took India person and, aft helium fell for 18, KL Rahul finished 34 not retired arsenic Ravindra Jadeja deed the winning runs with an implicit to spare.

That India ever inactive felt up of the crippled was acknowledgment to their spinners erstwhile again impressing by limiting New Zealand to 251-7.

Victory confirms India's spot arsenic the world's premier white-ball side.

Since being beaten successful the last of the 2023 World Cup they person won the T20 World Cup and the Champions Trophy - a grounds 3rd clip they person won this event.

They were loudly supported by a partisan assemblage successful Dubai, fireworks erupting into the nighttime entity arsenic the players rushed onto the tract astatine the last moment, but disappointment remained that this last was not played successful Lahore, which would person been the lawsuit had India not refused to question to Pakistan.

This tourney has flickered without ever catching airy - overmuch of the enactment overshadowed by the statement implicit the advantages India person had successful playing each of their matches successful Dubai.

In the extremity it got a tense finale - astatine slightest a decorativeness person than looked apt for overmuch of the match.

First India's spinners restricted and past Rohit charged.

India looked connected people for a thumping triumph erstwhile Rohit was flogging the New Zealand seamers, with the tournament's starring wicket-taker Matt Henry absent due to the fact that of injury.

Ultimately, India had to work, arsenic hard arsenic astatine immoderate constituent successful their unbeaten progression done this tournament, but their extent and prime is specified that they were ever favourites amid passionate support.

While it does not spell each of the mode to banishing the symptom of the decision successful the last astatine location successful 2023, it provides much silverware for the likes Rohit and Kohli, who whitethorn not person continued successful the format had they beaten Australia successful Ahmedabad.

With the adjacent men's T20 World Cup co-hosted by India successful 2026 and a caller procreation of Indians eagerly awaiting, the question for the remainder of the satellite is: however bash they perchance overhaul India?

As has been the lawsuit passim successful Dubai, rotation was acold harder to look than pace.

Chasing a below-par score, Rohit pulled the 2nd shot of the innings for six and dominated a basal of 105 with chap opener Shubman Gill.

New Zealand's fightback was sparked by a stunning one-handed drawback by Glenn Phillips - his 3rd specified drawback of the tourney - astatine other screen to disregard Gill for 31.

Kohli, usually the maestro of these chases, went lbw to off-spinner Michael Bracewell and Rohit was stumped erstwhile advancing to left-arm spinner Rachin Ravindra.

The concern of 61 betwixt Axar and Iyer was important successful steadying India, though some fell trying to accelerate. Iyer, having already been dropped, flicked to abbreviated good limb and Axar tamely punted to long-on to springiness Santner and Bracewell a further wicket each.

However, the required run-rate was ever nether control. It lone ever nudged somewhat supra a tally per shot arsenic Rahul remained calm earlier Hardik pumped a towering consecutive six with the winning enactment successful sight.

It was fitting that it was Jadeja, different seasoned of this epoch of Indian white-ball cricket, who flicked the winning runs disconnected his hip. New Zealand fought admirably but this is their 4th decision successful the last of a white-ball lawsuit since 2015.