Indian team captain Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma On Champions Trophy 2025: Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team won the T20 World Cup 2024 title. Then the Indian team defeated South Africa by 7 runs in the final. After this, when the players returned after winning the trophy, a road show was organized in Mumbai. After this, celebrations were held at the historic Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Where the players danced and the fans present in the stadium supported them a lot. Speaking at the grand function of Mumbai Cricket Association on completion of 50 years of Wankhede Stadium, Rohit said that his wish is to share the joy of another victory like the T20 World Cup win with the fans here.
Celebrating with fans is completely different: Rohit Sharma
Rohit Sharma was asked at what moment he actually realized that India had won the World Cup, he said, “When I woke up the next day after the match, I realized that what we had done was very, very special.” Winning the World Cup is one thing and celebrating it with your people is another. You celebrate victory with your teammates but I realized the feeling of sharing this celebration with people after coming to Mumbai.
Indian team will play its first match against Bangladesh
Rohit Sharma said that we will start another tournament. I am sure that when we reach Dubai, the wishes of 140 crore people will follow us. We know this. We will make every possible effort to bring this trophy (ICC Champions Trophy) back to Wankhede. Captain Rohit, who has reached the last stage of his career, would like to win this trophy at any cost. In the Champions Trophy 2025, the Indian team will play its first match against Bangladesh on 20th.
India has won the title twice
The Indian team has won the Champions Trophy title twice so far. The final match of Champions Trophy 2002 was between India and Sri Lanka. Then the match was not completed due to rain. For this reason both the teams were declared joint winners. Then the captain of Team India was Sourav Ganguly. After this, under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India defeated England and won the Champions Trophy 2013 title.
(Input: PTI)
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