{"id":8781,"date":"2025-03-09T09:07:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-09T03:37:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=574207"},"modified":"2025-03-09T01:29:42","modified_gmt":"2025-03-08T19:59:42","slug":"champions-trophy-final-ind-vs-nz-heres-what-happened-the-last-time-india-played-a-champions-trophy-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/cricket\/champions-trophy-final-ind-vs-nz-heres-what-happened-the-last-time-india-played-a-champions-trophy-final\/","title":{"rendered":"Champions Trophy Final, IND vs NZ: Here\u2019s what happened the last time India played a Champions Trophy final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As India prepared to take on New Zealand in the final match of Champions Trophy 2025. Have a look at the last time<\/span><b> India <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">played in a<\/span><b> Champions Trophy final<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in <\/span><b>2017<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, when they faced arch-rivals <\/span><b>Pakistan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> at<\/span><b> The Oval<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. In a one-sided contest, <\/span><b>Pakistan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">outplayed India<\/span><b>,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> securing a massive <\/span><b>180-run victory<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> to lift their maiden Champions Trophy title.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>Fakhar Zaman\u2019s brilliance powered Pakistan to 338<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Batting first, <\/span><b>Pakistan <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">put up a commanding <\/span><b>total of 338\/4<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, with <\/span><b>Fakhar Zaman leading the charge<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. The left-hander, who got a lucky break after being dismissed off a no-ball, went on to <\/span><b>score a stunning 114 runs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><b>Azhar Ali <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">provided solid support with<\/span><b> 59<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, while the middle order capitalized on the strong start.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For India, <\/span><b>Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Hardik Pandya, and Kedar Jadhav managed a wicket each<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, but the bowlers struggled to contain Pakistan\u2019s aggressive batting.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b>India\u2019s batting collapsed under pressure<\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Chasing a daunting target, India\u2019s top order crumbled early, with <\/span><b>Mohammad Amir <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">producing a fiery spell. <\/span><b>Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Shikhar Dhawan<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> all fell cheaply, leaving India reeling. The only resistance came from <\/span><b>Hardik Pandya, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">who smashed <\/span><b>76 runs<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in a counterattacking knock. However, his innings ended in controversy when he was <\/span><b>run out after a mix-up with Ravindra Jadeja<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">India were <\/span><b>bowled out for just 158<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, as <\/span><b>Hasan Ali and Mohammad Amir<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> took three wickets each. Fakhar Zaman was named <\/span><b>Player of the Match<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> for his match-winning century.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As India prepared to take on New Zealand in the final match of Champions Trophy 2025. Have a look at\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":385,"featured_media":31586,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8781","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cricket"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/385"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}