Rohit Sharma
The wait for the ICC Trophy in ODI format for India finally ended on 09 March. The team defeated New Zealand to win the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 title. The Indian team played as a champion throughout the tournament, which is why they did not lose a single match from group stage to final. Players like Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul played good innings for the team in group stage matches. At the same time, captain Rohit Sharma had saved his best performance for the big day. He played a brilliant innings of 76 runs in the final and played a key role in getting India a target of 252 runs on a difficult pitch.
Rohit Sharma has a special record
Rohit Sharma played his name in the recordbook by playing an innings of 76 runs in the final. Rohit received the Player of the Match (POTM) Award for his brilliant innings. With this, he became the oldest player in the world to win the Player of the Match award in the final of the ICC ODI tournament. He is the only player to win the Player of the Match Award in the final of the ICC ODI tournament after the age of 37. Rohit won the award at 37 years 313 days old. At the same time, Gilchrist received this award at the age of 35 years 165 days when he scored a brilliant innings of 149 runs in 104 balls in the final against Sri Lanka in the 2007 ODI World Cup.
The oldest player to win POTM in ICC ODI finals
- 37 years 313 days – Rohit Sharma (India vs New Zealand, Champions Trophy 2025)
- 35 years 165 days – Adam Gilchrist (Australia vs Sri Lanka, World Cup 2007)
- 32 years 274 days – Mohinder Amarnath (India vs West Indies, World Cup 1983)
- 30 years 294 days – Clive Lloyd (West Indies vs Australia, World Cup 1975)
India won the second ICC title under Rohit’s captaincy
Along with this, Rohit Sharma also became the fourth captain to win the Player of the Match award after Clive Lloyd, Ricky Ponting and MS Dhoni in the ICC ODI final. At the same time, Rohit is now the only captain in the world who has led the team in the finals of all major ICC tournaments. Let us tell you that Rohit Sharma gave Team India the second consecutive ICC Trophy under his captaincy. Earlier last year, Team India won the T20 World Cup title under Rohit’s captaincy on the land of West Indies. Team India’s performance in the 2024 T20 World Cup was also excellent. In the entire tournament, Team India was invincible and won the title.
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