Rohit won the 13th consecutive ICC match: Fourth captain to win 2 ICC trophies, became the Player of the Match for the 9th time; Records
India won the title by defeating New Zealand by 4 wickets in the Champions Trophy final. The team achieved the target of 252 runs given by New Zealand in 49 overs, thanks to Rohit Sharma’s record 76 runs.
Sunday was a day of records for Rohit Sharma. Rohit became the captain who lost the toss the most number of times. Rohit Sharma registered his 13th consecutive win in ICC tournaments. Rohit Sharma became the 8th and third Indian captain to win the Champions Trophy. He also became the fourth captain to win 2 consecutive ICC finals.
Read the top records of the final IND Vs NZ match…
This is the first time in the last eight ODIs that India has not been able to bowl out its opponent in the first innings. Yesterday, New Zealand scored 251 runs and lost 7 wickets.
The Indian team came in second place in terms of bowling the most overs with spin in a single inning of the Champions Trophy, bowling 38 overs of spin today. Sri Lanka is in first place. It bowled 39.4 overs of spin in the 2002 semi-final.
Mohammed Shami gave 74 runs in 10 overs yesterday. This is the second-highest number of runs given by an Indian bowler in the Champions Trophy. Earlier in 2013, Umesh Yadav had taken 2 wickets for 75 runs against South Africa at the Cardiff ground.
Daryl Mitchell played 91 balls to complete his fifty. This is the second-highest number of fifty balls for New Zealand in ODIs after 2011.
India dropped 9 catches in the Champions Trophy 2025. This is the highest number of missed opportunities by any team.
India has played in the finals of the most number of ICC tournaments so far, i.e., 14. In which the team won 7. This is India’s third Champions Trophy win. The team has also won 2 T20 and 2 ODI World Cups.
Rohit Sharma became the 8th captain in the world and the third captain of India to win the Champions Trophy.
Rohit Sharma is the only player to win the Player of the Match award in the quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals of ICC tournaments.
Rohit played a match-winning innings of 76 runs. A similar inning of 76 was played by Virat Kohli in the 2024 T20 World Cup. Both the players were given the Player of the Match award in the final of that tournament.
Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli set the world record of playing in the finals of the most 9 ICC tournaments. Before them, Yuvraj Singh had played 8 finals. Here Jadeja equaled Yuvi.
Rohit played an innings of 76 runs yesterday. Which was his first half-century in the final of an ICC tournament.
- India lost the toss for the 15th time in a row; Rohit lost the 12th toss
India could not win the toss in the Champions Trophy final. The team lost the toss for the 15th time in a row since the 2023 ODI World Cup final. Captain Rohit Sharma has lost the 12th toss since 2023. In terms of losing the most consecutive tosses, he surpassed former West Indies captain Brian Lara, who had lost 11 consecutive tosses.
- Rohit Sharma won his 13th consecutive ICC match
Rohit Sharma won his 13th consecutive win in an ICC tournament as captain, breaking former captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s record of 12 wins. Rohit won 5 matches in the Champions Trophy. He had won 8 consecutive matches in the 2024 T20 World Cup earlier.
- Rohit is the third Indian captain to win the ICC trophy
Rohit Sharma became the third Indian captain to win the ICC trophy. He won the T20 World Cup title in June last year. Before him, Kapil Dev won one, and Mahendra Singh Dhoni won 3 ICC trophies. In 2002, Sourav Ganguly did not win the Champions Trophy; then, India shared the trophy with Sri Lanka after a draw.
- Rohit is the fourth captain to win 2 consecutive ICC finals
Rohit became the fourth captain in the world to win 2 consecutive ICC tournaments. Before him, West Indies’ Clive Lloyd, Australia’s Ricky Ponting, and Pat Cummins have achieved this feat.
- Rohit got the second most Player of the Match awards in ICC ODI tournaments
Rohit Sharma became the second player to win the most Player of the Match awards in ICC ODI tournaments. He has received the Player of the Match award 9 times. Sachin Tendulkar is at number one, who has 10 Player of the Match awards to his name.
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