India crowned itself with glory at the champions trophy of 2025 on Sunday (March 9), beating New Zealand with 4 wickets. The final match was played at Dubai International Cricket, where the world’s number one team in the ODI roared their way to their target of 252 runs in 49 overs for the loss of 6 wickets. The captain, Rohit Sharma, contributed 76 runs to this cause. Other major contributors on the scoresheet include Shreyas Iyer, who scored 48 runs, and wicketkeeper-batter KL Rahul, who was not out on 34 runs from 33 balls.
The third-time winners among the nine editions of the Champions Trophy, with the nail-biting victory, had also pocketed $2.24 million (Rs 19.45 crore) apart from the glory of knowing they might have lifted the trophy Sunday by Rohit Sharma’s men.
The runners-up were New Zealand with $1.12 million (Rs 9.72 crore), while the two losing semifinalists: Australia and South Africa, received $560,000 (Rs. 4.86 crore) each.
The 2025 edition is hosted by Pakistan and eight teams competed over 19 days in four localities across Pakistan and Dubai.
The third position in either group is occupied by Bangladesh and Afghanistan, which won a total $350,000 (Rs 3.04 crore) prize each, as Pakistan and England received $140,000 (Rs. 1.21 crore) each.
All in all, the total prize pool for the 2025 Champions Trophy was worth $6.9 million (Rs. 59.9 crore), which, incidentally, was a huge 53 percent increase over the last edition of the tournament, held in 2017.
Pakistan entered the Champions Trophy as defending champions in 2025; however, they could not win a single game under the captaincy of Mohammad Rizwan. The Men in Green went down by 60 runs against New Zealand in the tournament opener played at National Stadium in Karachi on February 19, and in the second Group A match, India secured a six-wicket win over them.
On the contrary, India has won all its five matches in the Champions Trophy 2025. Rohit Sharma’s men defeated Bangladesh and Pakistan by 6 wickets each in the first two Group A matches, and in the two knockout matches (semifinal and final)—India secured wins by four wickets each over Australia and New Zealand.
In addition, on March 2 in Dubai, India also beat the Black Caps by 44 runs in the Group A match.
