At this time, the whole world is crazy about the Champions Trophy 2025. The Indian team has reached the finals and will face New Zealand. This match will be played in Dubai on March 9. While India defeated Australia in the semi-finals, the New Zealand team defeated South Africa. Before this, both of them had come face to face in the final of the year 2000, where New Zealand defeated India by 4 wickets. The Indian team has reached the final of the Champions Trophy for the fifth time, while this will be New Zealand’s third final. In this blog, we are going to tell you the history of the Indian cricket team in the Champions Trophy finals.
4. Champions Trophy Final 2000
The Indian team first played the final of the Champions Trophy in the year 2000, where it was defeated by New Zealand. The match was played in Nairobi. In this match, the Indian Team scored 264 runs after batting first. Sourav Ganguly played an unexceptional 117-run inning, but despite all this, New Zealand chased the target on the last over of the match. Chris Cairns scored 102 runs for the Kiwis and became the player of the match. Team India wants to take Revenge for that loss in the upcoming final match.
3. Champions Trophy Final 2002
After that, in the year 2002 final, India faced Sri Lanka, which was cancelled due to rain. The match was played in R. Premdasa Stadium, Colombo. In 2002, the Champions Trophy was held in Sri Lanka. India and Sri Lanka were joint winners of this tournament. The final was washed out twice due to rain, and finally, both teams shared this trophy.
2. Champions Trophy Final 2013
The Indian team reached the final for the third time in the year 2013, where India won the title by defeating England. This Match was played in the Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham. In this match, England won the toss & chose to field first.
The Final match was played on 20 overs each side, due to rain interruption. Indian team scored 129 runs after batting first. In response, England could score only 124 runs. India won their 2nd Champions Trophy. Ravindra Jadeja became the player of the match for his 33 runs on 25 balls and 2 valuable wickets.
1. Champions Trophy Final 2017
After this, in the year 2017, India once again reached the final against Pakistan at the Oval, London. In this match, India won the toss & chose to field first. The decision went wrong when Pakistan scored 338 runs after batting first. Fakhar Zaman made a brilliant century. His cricket score in that final was 114 runs. In response, Team India was bowled out by 158 runs and lost the match by 180 runs. For India, Hardik Pandya could score 76 runs. On the other hand, Mohammad Amir and Hasan Ali took 3–3 wickets. Fakhar Zaman became the player of the match for his century.
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