Champions Trophy 2025: 9th March 2025 and Dubai ground. On this date, Team India will take the field with the intention of winning the Champions Trophy title for the third time. Rohit’s team will face New Zealand. Team India has not defeated New Zealand in the final of any ICC tournament till date. However, Team India has remained undefeated in the tournament and the Indian team has made it to the finals by defeating big teams like Pakistan and Australia. This time Sunday is going to be a super Sunday for the fans. But the Indian camp is tensed looking at the Sunday.
Don’t ruin Super Sunday
In fact, whenever Team India has played the final match in ICC events, the team has lost the title every time on Sunday. The title matches in which Team India has tasted victory have been played either on Saturday or Monday. Whenever the final match has been played on Sunday, Team India has fallen flat on its face. In the year 2023, the ODI World Cup was also organized on Super Sunday, where Australia shattered the dreams of Rohit’s army. This is the reason why the Indian camp is tensed due to the final of the Champions Trophy being held on Sunday.
Did not win in the final
Team India has not won the final of ICC events against New Zealand till date. In the year 2000 also, the title match of Champions Trophy was played between India and New Zealand, where the Kiwis defeated Team India. At the same time, New Zealand also overtook the Indian team in the title match of the World Test Championship in the year 2021. India last won a final against the Kiwi team in the year 1988. Under the captaincy of Ravi Shastri, Team India defeated the Kiwis in the Sharjah Cup. This means that captain Rohit Sharma will have the challenge of ending the 37-year drought.