Team India achieved their second assignment in Champions Trophy beating New Zealand by 4 wickets, which was quite tricky at the end but Indian batters managed to pull things off. With that due India won their third Champions Trophy silverware. The match preceded New Zealand winning the toss and elected to bat first in a high-pressure match. Where Rachin Ravindra and Will Young gave a flying start to the proceedings though with small fielding errors team India back with quick 3 wickets.

With the help of Darryl Mitchell and Bracewell 50s New Zealand landed to a fighting total of 251.In reply indian captain and vice captain took the charge and took the score into limping high and reached 100 mark quite easily. Soon New Zealand bounced back and teared India with three successive wickets though Indian players strained good partnerships despite losing wickets in intervals but it was Jadeja and Rahul who finished the proceedings.

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Indian Team Celebrations

After the loss of the 2023 World Cup at home it was quite a remarkable comeback to heal up the wounds. First India won their second T20 World Cup in June 2024 beating South Africa and now the Champions Trophy triumph has filled the Indian team with joyful tears. Even legends like Sunil Gavaskar couldn't hold up their emotions and were dancing like a child near the post-match ceremony. That aggravated how much important this victory means to captain Rohit Sharma and his team. 

Rohit Sharma was awarded with Man of the Match award peaking at the right moment and chose the finals to help India with a steady start with his valuable 75 runs. Even ICC chairman Jai Shah too couldn't hold up his emotions and caught up engaging with Shreyas Iyer during the celebration time. It's been reported that Indian players are awarded, 10 crore cash prize. 

Indian players reached home separately.

It was expected Indian players would be reaching with the team but there is slight change as IPL window is nearing, players have been relieved from their national duties. So players were spotted reaching to their respective cities along with their families not with the team. They were received with a grand welcome by fans.

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Captain Rohit Sharma reached Mumbai with his family and received huge applause from fans and the same with Axar landing in Gujrat received a warm welcome. As IPL is on the cards players are taking a small break before getting into the IPL season of 2025 after the due they will join the pre-camp season which is been accelerated by some of the franchises.