Champions Trophy 2025: Rohit Sharma hits first fifty in 9th ICC final appearance | Cricket News
Eight years on since a three-ball duck in the 2017 Champions Trophy final against Pakan, India captain Rohit Sharma made amends scoring his first half-century in an ICC tournament final during the 2025 Champions Trophy summit clash against New Zealand in Dubai on Sunday.
The 37-year-old Rohit waltzed to his half-century in only 41 balls as India motored past 50 within eight overs of a 253-run chase against New Zealand.
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Playing in his 9th ICC tournament final across formats and 18 years, Rohit went past the half-century mark for the first time, bettering a 31-ball 47 against Australia during the 2023 ODI World Cup final against Australia in Ahmedabad.
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Rohit, who went past the 11,000-run mark in ODIs recently and smashed his 33rd ODI century against England last month, has had an iffy run in the tournament in the four previous outings. Despite his starts, Rohit fell for scores of 41, 20, 15 and 28 in the league stage and the semi-final against Australia.
Rohit’s first ICC final appearance came in his debut international season in 2007 during the T20 World Cup in South Africa. The Mumbaikar chipped in with a valuable unbeaten 30 against Pakan in a match India won 5 runs.
Rohit Sharma in ICC tournament finals
30* v Pakan – T20 World Cup 20079 v England – Champions Trophy 201329 v Sri Lanka – T20 World Cup 20140 v Pakan- Champions Trophy 201734 & 30 v New Zealand – World Test Championship 202115 & 43 v Aus World Test Championship 202347 v Australia – World Cup 20239 v South Africa – T20 World Cup 2024
50* (batting) – v New Zealand – – Champions Trophy 2017
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