India defeated New Zealand by four wickets to win the 2025 iteration of the Champions Trophy here on Sunday, adding a seventh ICC trophy to their cabinet while registering their third win in this eight-team event. India have been one of the best teams in world cricket having made it to knockout stages consistently, including entering the summit clashes in 2003 ODI World Cup, 2017 Champions Trophy, 2023 ODI World Cup and twice in the finals of the World Test Championship in the 2019-21 and 2021-23 cycles.
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Overall, Australia are the most successful team across formats having won the ODI World Cup six times (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 and 2023), T20 World Cup once in 2021, Champions Trophy twice in 2006 and 2009 and the WTC once in the 2021-23 cycle, to take their trophy count to 10 in global cricket events.
PTI takes a look at the ICC tournaments won by the Indian team in the past:
1983 ODI World Cup
WORLD CUP 1983: Indian captain Kapil Dev plays a shot in the Prudential World Cup Group B match between India and Zimbabwe, at Tunbridge Wells on June 18, 1983. Kapil pulled India from the depth of disaster _ 17 for 5 in the 13th over, top order batting collapse, to take India to 266 for eight at the end of 60 overs. Man of the Match Kapil Dev scored 175 not out.
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With India’s first-ever triumph in a global cricket event, Kapil Dev’s team proved their mettle against all odds and brought down the mighty West Indies, who had won the competition twice in a row, in a low-scoring summit clash at Lord’s.
2002 Champions Trophy (shared with Sri Lanka)
Sri Lanka’s captain Sanath Jayasuriya (L) and India’s captain Saurav Ganguly hold the ICC Champion’s trophy after the rain-marred final of the ICC Champions trophy between India and Sri Lanka in Colombo, September 30, 2002. India and Sri Lanka jointly shared the ICC Champions trophy after the final was called off due to rain.
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Despite having co-hosted the 1996 ODI World Cup, India fell short in the semifinal in crushing circumstances and bowed out with the resolve to get better. The team under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly entered the final unbeaten, but persistent rains in Colombo on September 29 and 30 (reserve day) forced India and the hosts Sri Lanka to share the trophy.
2007 ICC World T20
At a time when perhaps no cricket board including India took the shortest format seriously, a young squad under a young leader in MS Dhoni created history when they pipped arch-rivals Pakistan in a tense final to win in the inaugural edition of the competition.
2011 ODI World Cup
India’s M.S. Dhoni hitting the winning runs during the Cricket World Cup final 2011, match between India and Sri Lanka at The Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Saturday, April 02, 2011.
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The pressure was immense on the Indian team to end a long and elusive wait for the ODI World Cup trophy. Dhoni’s team, with Sachin Tendulkar as the cynosure of all eyes, accomplished their mission when they beat Sri Lanka in the final in Mumbai by six wickets to win their second 50-overs World Cup, after a wait of 28 long years.
2013 Champions Trophy
India’s cricket players Shikhar Dhawan (L), Mahendra Singh Dhoni (C) and Ravindra Jadeja pose with the ICC Champions Trophy on the balcony of the City Council building in Birmingham, central England, June 24, 2013.
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Dhoni’s leadership and his reputation as India’s most successful captain when it came to ICC events got a solid boost when his side beat England in a rain-curtailed final at Edgbaston. In a low-scoring contest in which Ravindra Jadeja’s late 25-ball 35 pushed India to 129/7, Dhoni’s tactical acumen combined with brilliance in the field gave them a five-run win.
India’s Virat Kohli celebrates with a stump after his team won the ICC Champions Trophy final cricket match against England at Edgbaston cricket ground in Birmingham June 23, 2013.
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2024 T20 World Cup
India’s captain Rohit Sharma, center, and teammates celebrate with the winners trophy after defeating South Africa in the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup cricket, final match between India and South Africa , in Barbados on June 29, 2024.
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With two of their biggest superstars Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma at the brink of retirement in the shortest format, India were desperate to end another drought of winning an ICC event despite being favourites in each competition invariably every time. It took a lot of hard work, for Rohit and head coach Rahul Dravid had to bring out the players from the disappointment of losing the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup at home a few months ago. Unarguably the best team in the competition once again, India held their nerves to beat South Africa by seven runs to win the trophy for the second time.
