Daryl Mitchell plays a shot during the India v New Zealand Blackcaps, Grand Final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 One Day International Cricket tournament at Dubai International Stadium.
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India won the Champions Trophy beating New Zealand by four wickets in the final in Dubai.
The Black Caps decided to bat first and scored 251 for seven.
Will Young and Rachin Ravindra put on 57 for the opening wicket with Ravindra making 37.
Daryl Mitchell top scored with 63, while Michael Bracewell, with an unbeaten 53 and 34 from Glenn Phillips pushed the New Zealanders to a respectable score.
Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets each. In reply Indian openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill put on a century opening stand with Rohit making 76.
New Zealand managed to pick up some regular wickets, but India were always up with the required run-rate with Shreyas Iyer, Axar Patel and KL Rahul guiding them home.
India needed seven off the last two overs and reached their target with six balls to spare. Mitchell Santner and Michael Bracewell took two wickets each.
Look back at how the final unfolded: