Champions Trophy 2025 Review: India's Spin Quartet, Shreyas Iyer's Consistency And Rohit Sharma's Powerplay Template

India overcame a stiff challenge from New Zealand in the final of the 2025 Champions Trophy and defeated their ICC-tournament nemesis by four wickets in a thriller at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday night. The spin quartet were the heroes for India in the evening with the wrist spinners – Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakravarthy - causing severe damage to the top order while Ravindra Jadeja and Axar Patel choked the flow of runs in the middle overs. Skipper Rohit Sharma led the way with his aggressive template in the powerplay while Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul maintained a cool and calm head in tense moments in the run-chase. 

We look at a few numbers which defined India's victorious campaign at the 2025 Champions Trophy. 

India – the best batting and bowling unit 

India had a combined batting average of 41.72 in the tournament. Although, Australia and South Africa were marginally higher, India played all their encounters on the bowler-friendly Dubai wicket. Australia played only one match in Dubai whereas South Africa benefitted from playing all their encounters on placid tracks in Pakistan. Just for perspective, New Zealand, who played two matches in Dubai, had a batting average of 25.23 at the venue and a corresponding strike rate of 74.73. Lahore had the highest batting average in the competition of 40.69 while Dubai was at the bottom with a corresponding average of 30.77. 

India also had the most potent bowling unit in the tournament despite the absence of Jasprit Bumrah. They had the best bowling average (27.32) and economy rate (4.8) in the competition. While the Indian spin quartet stood out and had a combined average of 28.38 – the best in the tournament, the pacers did not do badly either and remarkably