Team India has won the Champions Trophy 12 years later. Not a single Fifty was able to score throughout the tournament. He scored 76 in the final by captain Rohit Sharma. His innings against New Zealand laid a strong foundation for India's victory.
After Rohit's innings, India lose 6 wickets in the 49th over and chase the target of 252 runs. Kiwi team, who batted first in Dubai on Sunday, lost 251 runs, losing 7 wickets. Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets from India.
India's performance in Rohit's captaincy …
Flop in 4 matches, shining in the final
Questions were being raised on Captain Rohit's form before the Champions Trophy final began. He could not hit a single Fifty in the last 5 innings. His best score was only 41 runs, which he scored in the first match of the tournament against Bangladesh.
In the final, while chasing the target by New Zealand, he started the team by scoring sixes. Then together with Shubhman Gill, he did not let the wicket fall in the powerplay first. Rohit shared a century with Shubhman. He scored 76 runs with 7 fours and 3 sixes. His innings provided a strong foundation against the difficult target. He also chose Player of the Match for this performance.
Hit his first Fifty in the ICC final
Rohit Sharma is the highest scorer for India under his captaincy. He has scored 2506 runs in 56 matches at an average of more than 52. Which includes 5 centuries and 17 half centuries. However, before Sunday, Rohit did not score a single Fifty in the final of any ICC tournament.
He has played in the 8 finals of the ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup, World Test Championship and Champions Trophy. His highest score against Australia in the 2023 World Cup was 47 runs. He scored a fifty in the ninth ICC final and also led the team to victory.
Captain Rohit won 87% ICC match
Rohit Sharma led India in the 2 T20 World Cup, 1 ODI World Cup, 1 World Test Championships and 1 Champions Trophy. In this 5 ICC tournament, India played 31 matches, won 27 and faced only 4 defeats. 2 of these also gave the ICC title to the team. Under his captaincy, the team has won 13 consecutive ICC matches.
However, 3 of the 4 matches that Rohit lost were in the knockout phase. Two of these were defeated in the final. In a single tournament only 1 time he faced 2 defeats, the tournament was the 2022 T20 World Cup. The team's group lost to South Africa in the stage and England in the semifinals.
India's second most successful captain in the ICC tournament
ICC has 4 tournaments; World Test Championship, ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy. It also includes MS Dhoni, India's most successful captain. Who won the team 69%. He also has 3 ICC titles.
Rohit is second to win the match. In his captaincy, the team won the ICC Trophy for the second time. With this, Rohit became India's second most successful captain in the ICC tournament. After that, Sourav Ganguly and Kapil Dev have won 1-1 ICC titles.
Rohit got 94% success in ICC ODI tournament
Rohit led India 16 times in the 2 ICC ODI tournament. The team won 15 and faced only 1 defeat. However, the defeat took place against Australia in the 2023 ODI World Cup final. Who snatched India's dream of winning the World Cup at home.
India won 75% ODIs in Rohit's captaincy
Rohit led India for the first time in 2017. Since then, he has captained 56 matches and has given the team a victory in 42 matches. The team lost only 12 matches. 1 match remained uncertain and 1 match tie.
India's most successful captain in win %
Rohit gave India a 75% ODI win. This is the best win among the captains leading India in over 50 ODIs. Virat Kohli is second with 68% win and MS Dhoni is third with 55% wins. However, Dhoni is the only Indian captain who has won more than 100 ODIs to India.
Rohit's 100% success rate in the Champions Trophy
Rohit first captained the Champions Trophy. The team played 3 matches in the group stage and won in all three. India beat Bangladesh and Pakistan by 6-6 wickets in the first two matches. In the third match against New Zealand, Rohit played 4 spinners and won the match by 44 runs.
India's semifinal was against Australia, where the team won the match by 4 wickets on the basis of good batting. India also dominated the final and beat New Zealand by 4 wickets in Dubai. Team India played all five of its matches in Dubai.
The first Indian captain to win two consecutive ICC trophies
Captain Rohit Sharma won India 2 ICC tournament in 9 months. Prior to the Champions Trophy, on June 29, 2024, India also defeated South Africa in the T20 World Cup final. With this, he became the first Indian captain to win two consecutive ICC tournaments. MS Dhoni won 3 ICC titles, but he could not win 2 consecutive titles.
Team India with the Champions Trophy.
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