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When previewing the International Cricket Council’s 2025 Champions Trophy for Arab News, Azeem Rafiq felt that India started as slight favorites. As the tournament progressed, it became apparent that several factors underlined that initial assessment. India’s superiority and team cohesion was sufficient to achieve an unbeaten route to the final in which a tenacious New Zealand was narrowly beaten.
Following India's Champions Trophy triumph in Dubai last week, pacer Harshit Rana returned to his hometown, Delhi, in the early hours of Tuesday. On his arrival at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Harshit was welcomed by the reporters. While Harshit addressed a few questions from the journalists, the India star looked a bit agitated while answering them. In a viral video, Harshit looked visibly irked over a question from one of the journalists. He eventually closed the door of his car after thanking the reporters.
Pakistan team arrived in Christchurch on Thursday ahead of their T20I series opener against New Zealand on March 16. Pakistan are set to play five T20Is and three ODIs during their three-week tour. It will be Pakistan's first white-ball series after a debacle performance in the home ICC Champions Trophy where they failed to win a match and faced an early exit from the tournament. Pakistan lost to New Zealand and arch-rivals India before their match against Bangladesh was washed out due to rain in Rawalpindi.
Australian legend Ricky Ponting believes New Zealand were near flawless in their run at the ICC Champions Trophy and they can be proud of their runner-up finish in the tournament, adding that it's only a matter of time before they bag an ICC title. This was New Zealand's seventh ICC final, and first since the 2021 T20 World Cup summit clash, which the Kiwis lost to Australia in Dubai. Of the seven finals New Zealand has played, it has won two; the ICC Knockout in 2000 and the World Test Championship (WTC) final in 2021.
Former New Zealand pacer and ex-Mumbai Indians (MI) bowling coach Shane Bond said that another injury at the same spot where Indian pace spearhead Jasprit Bumrah had his surgery could be a career-ender and added that in future, he would not like to see him play more than two Test matches in one go, ESPNCricinfo reported. Bumrah has been nursing a lower back injury, which ruled him out of India's famous run to Champions Trophy victory on Sunday. The bowler who has been branded as a "national treasure" by star batter Virat Kohli, fought a lone battle for India during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy 2024-25, taking 32 wickets in five matches, before breaking down in the final Test match at Sydney earlier this year in January, suffering what turned out to be a stress-related injury.
Former Indian cricket team skipper MS Dhoni found himself in a bit of controversy after he refused to speak about the recent Champions Trophy 2025 triumph. The Rohit Sharma-led side emerged unbeaten in the competition as they clinched the title after defeating New Zealand in the final. It was the first Champions Trophy title for India since Dhoni lead them to victory in 2013. In a video going viral on social media, Dhoni was asked by a reporter about India's win at the airport but he did not give any answer. The former India captain signalled him to go away as he made his way out of the airport.
Former wicketkeeper batter Kamran Akmal addressed the recent controversy surrounding the absence of a representative from host nation Pakistan during the prize distribution ceremony of the recently concluded Champions Trophy. According to him, Pakistan didn't have a representative because it didn't "deserve" to be there. The International Cricket Council (ICC) is facing protests from the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) due to the absence of its representative from the host nation during the prize distribution ceremony after India won the Champions Trophy final against New Zealand on Sunday.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has thanked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) for successfully hosting the ICC Men's Champions Trophy 2025 and to the Emirates Cricket Board (ECB) for the staging of five matches, according to a release from ICC. India won the Champions Trophy title for the third time after defeating New Zealand by four wickets at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday. The event, which took place from February 19 to March 9, saw Pakistan host their first global cricket tournament since 1996. The tournament was hosted across four venues, Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi in Pakistan and Dubai in the United Arab Emirates.