India defeated New Zealand by four wickets in the final of the ”Champions” trophy that concluded yesterday. Chasing a target of 252 runs set by the New Zealand team, India managed to cross the target in the 49th over with the loss of 6 wickets.
Captain Rohit Sharma, who gave the Indian team a winning start, managed to score 76 runs. In addition, Shreyas Iyer scored 48 runs and K. L. Rahul scored 34 runs unbeaten. Mitchell Santner (2/46) and Mitchell Bracewell (2/28) took 2 wickets each for New Zealand.
This was the third time that India had won the Champions Trophy. Accordingly, they became the team that won the Champions Trophy the most times. Previously, India had won the title in 2002 (joint title with Sri Lanka) and 2013.
This is also the second time that New Zealand has finished as a runner-up in a Champions Trophy Previously, they had also finished as runners-up in 2009. They have also won the Champions Trophy once, defeating India in 2000.
The ICC had allocated US$ 2.24 million for the winners of this tournament, which was held after 8 years. (Approximately 650 million rupees in Sri Lankan currency) Accordingly, India was able to claim that prize money. Also, $ 1.12 million was allocated for the runners-up. In addition, the ICC had allocated a whopping sum of $6.9 million for each stage of the entire tournament, which is over Rs. 203 crore.