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Team India has won the Champions Trophy after 12 years. Captain Rohit Sharma scored 76 runs in the final in the entire tournament. His innings against New Zealand laid a strong foundation for India to win.
After Rohit’s innings, India achieved a target of 252 runs losing 6 wickets in the 49th over. The Kiwi team scored 251 runs after winning the toss in Dubai on Sunday, losing 7 wickets. Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets from India.
India’s performance under Rohit’s captaincy …
Flop in 4 matches, shines in final
Before the start of the Champions Trophy final, the form of captain Rohit was being questioned. He could not put a single fifty in the last 5 inning, his best score was just 41 runs, which he made in the first match of the tournament against Bangladesh.
In the final, he started the team by hitting a six in front of the target from New Zealand. Then there was no other wicket of the team to fall in the first powerplay with Shubman Gill. Rohit did a century partnership with Shubman. He scored 76 runs with 7 fours and 3 sixes. His innings gave the team a strong foundation in front of the difficult target. He was also elected Player of the Match for this performance.
ICC put first fifty in final
Rohit is the most ODI run -up Indian under his captaincy. His name was 2506 runs in 56 matches at an average of more than 52. These include 5 centuries and 17 fifty. However, Rohit could not put a single fifty in the final of the ICC tournament before Sunday.
He played 8 finals of the ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup, World Test Championship and Champions Trophy. In the 2023 World Cup, 47 runs against Australia were his highest score. He fifty in the 9th ICC final and also won the team.
Captain Rohit won 87% ICC matches
Rohit Sharma captained India in 2 T20 World Cup, 1 ODI Cup, 1 World Test Championship and 1 Champions Trophy. In these 5 ICC tournaments, India played 31 matches, won 27 and the team lost in just 4. Of these, 2 wins also got the team the ICC title. Under his captaincy, the team has won 13 consecutive ICC matches.
However, 3 of the 4 matches Rohit lost, 3 were in the knockout stage. Of these, 2 defeats were also received in the finals. Only 1 time he got 2 defeats in the same tournament, the tournament was the T20 World Cup of 2022. The team was then defeated by South Africa in the group stage and England in the semi -finals.
India’s second successful captain in ICC tournament
The ICC consists of 4 tournaments, World Test Championship, ODI Cup, T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy. Among them is India’s most successful captain MS Dhoni. Who won the team 69% of the teams. His name was also 3 titles of ICC.
Rohit is second in terms of winning the match. Under his captaincy, the team won the second ICC Trophy. With this, Rohit became India’s second most successful captain in the ICC tournament. After him, Sourav Ganguly and Kapil Dev have won 1-1 ICC title.
Rohit got 94% success in ICC ODI tournament
Rohit captained India 16 times in 2 ODI tournaments of ICC. In 15, the team won and defeated in just 1. However, the defeat came to Australia in the 2023 ODI World Cup final. Who snatched the dream of winning the World Cup at home from India.
India won 75% ODI under Rohit’s captaincy
Rohit captained India for the first time in 2017. He captained 56 matches since then and won the team in 42. The team lost just 12 matches. 1 match was also inconclusive and 1 tie.
India’s most successful captain in victory%
Rohit won 75% ODIs to India. This is the best win percentage among the captains who lead India in more than 50 ODIs. Virat Kohli is second with 68% win and MS Dhoni is at number three with 55% win. However, Dhoni was the only Indian captain, who won more than 100 ODIs to India.
Rohit’s 100% success rate in Champions Trophy
Rohit captained for the first time in the Champions Trophy. The team played 3 matches in the group stage and won all three. India defeated Bangladesh and Pakistan by 6-6 wickets in both the first matches. In the third match, Rohit fed 4 spinners against New Zealand and won the match by 44 runs.
India’s semi -finals were against Australia, where the team won 4 wickets on the basis of good batting. India also dominated the finals and defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in Dubai. Team India played their five matches in Dubai.
The first Indian captain to win 2 consecutive ICC trophy
Captain Rohit Sharma won 2 ICC tournaments to India within 9 months. Prior to the Champions Trophy, on 29 June 2024, India also defeated South Africa in the T20 World Cup. With this, he became the first captain of India to win 2 consecutive ICC tournaments. MS Dhoni won 3 ICC titles, but he too could not win 2 consecutive titles.
Team India with Champions Trophy.
(Tagstotranslate) Captain Rohit Led India to Win their second CONSECUVE ICC TOURNAMENT
