Delhi: Indian captain Rohit Sharma scored a half -century in 41 balls against New Zealand in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final. This was his first half -century in the final of any ICC tournament. Rohit adopted aggressive attitude from the beginning and hit a six on the second ball and indicated that even though it is not easy to score on the Dubai pitch, it will be difficult to stop them today.
Rohit’s bang half -century
Captain Rohit Sharma and vice -captain Shubman Gill started the innings for Team India to chase a target of 252 runs. Gill batted carefully, while Rohit played the responsibility of raising runs. Rohit completed his half -century by taking a run off Mitchell Santner on the first ball of the 11th over. During this, he hit 5 fours and 3 sixes. The entire stadium resonated with noise with his aggressive batting.
New Zealand scored 252 runs
Earlier, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, India lost the 12th consecutive toss in ODIs. New Zealand started well, but then the team could not score a big score due to the consecutive wicket fall. New Zealand could reach a respectable score of 252 runs thanks to the innings of Derryl Mitchell (63) and Michael Bracewell (53).
Indian bowlers perform well
For India, Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets while bowling brilliantly. Kuldeep sent Rachin Ravindra (37) and Kane Williamson (11) to the pavilion. At the same time, Mohammed Shami and Ravindra Jadeja got 1-1 wickets.
Related news
6