♦ India clinched the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on 9March 2025.

♦ It defeated New Zealand by four wickets.

♦ This marks India's third Champions Trophy title, having previously won in 2002 and 2013.

♦ The win follows India's T20 World Cup victory in 2024, underlining their resurgence in global cricket.

♦ In 2002, India were joint winners with Sri Lanka after the final was washed out.

♦ Under the captaincy of MS Dhoni, India won their second Champions Trophy in 2013, also known as the ICC Knockouts, after a dramatic victory in a rain-curtailed final against England.

♦ The winners' got Rs.19.54 crore prize money.

♦ The runners-up, New Zealand received Rs. 9.72 crore, while each losing semi-finalist will take home USD 560,000 (Rs.4.86 crore).

♦ The ICC Champions Trophy was originally known as the ICC KnockOut when it was first staged in 1998 in Dhaka, Bangladesh, and later in 2000 in Nairobi, Kenya. In 2002, the tournament was renamed the ICC Champions Trophy and was held every two years until 2009.

♦ The 2008 edition, originally scheduled to take place in Pakistan, was cancelled, and the event was instead held in South Africa in 2009.