Delhi: Indian team captain Rohit Sharma scored a half -century in 41 balls against New Zealand in the final of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 (ICC Champions Trophy). This was his first half -century in the finals of any ICC tournament. Rohit took an aggressive stance from the beginning and hit a six off the second ball of the match and indicated that even though the batting on the Dubai pitch is not easy, it would be difficult to stop them today.
Chasing the target of 252 runs, Indian team captain Rohit Sharma and vice -captain Shubman Gill started the innings. Gill batted with restraint, while Rohit took responsibility for scoring runs at a fast pace. On the first ball of the 11th over, he completed his half -century as soon as he took a run off Mitchell Santner. During this, he hit 5 fours and 3 sixes.
Captain who scored half -century in Champions Trophy final
In the final matches of the ICC Champions Trophy, only a few captains have done more than 50 runs. The name of Indian captain Rohit Sharma has also been added to this list, who played a brilliant innings of 76 runs in the final of the 2025 Champions Trophy played against New Zealand in Dubai.
Earlier, former India captain Sourav Ganguly scored 117 runs against New Zealand in the final of the 2000 Champions Trophy in Nairobi, which is the highest score by any captain in the final of the Champions Trophy.
In addition, Sri Lankan captain Sanath Jayasuriya scored 74 runs in Colombo against India in the 2002 Champions Trophy final, while South Africa’s late South African captain Hansi Cronia scored an unbeaten 61* run in Dhaka against West Indies in the 1998 Champions Trophy final. In such a situation, Rohit also demolished Jayasuriya’s record in terms of score.
Captain who scored 50+ in the final of Champions Trophy
- 117 – Sourav Ganguly (India) vs New Zealand, Nairobi, 2000
- 76 – Rohit Sharma (India) vs New Zealand, Dubai, 2025
- 74 – Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) vs India, Colombo, 2002
- 61* – Hansi Cronia (South Africa) vs West Indies, Dhaka, 1998
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