India vs New Zealand Final Award Ceremony Highlights: Champions Trophy 2025 Man of the Series, Man of the Match, and Other Award Winners

Champions Trophy 2025 Final Awards Live Updates

Rohit Sharma lifts the Champions Trophy as he joins the team for a grand celebration! The players are soaking in the moment, posing with the trophy, and sharing their joy with the fans. It's going to be a long night of celebrations! A massive congratulations to Team India and the entire nation on this historic triumph! 🎉🏆

India vs New Zealand Final Awards, Champions Trophy 2025

ICC chairman Jay Shah hands the winners' trophy to India captain Rohit Sharma and he joins the team for celebration!

Champions Trophy Final Awards: Time for the trophy handover!

Rohit Sharma is the last to wear the white jacket as it is time to handover the trophy!

CT 2025 Final Awards LIVE: Indian players wear white jackets

Virat Kohli is brimming with a smile as BCCI president helps him wear the white jacket. This is the second time the mega star is wearing this jacket!

Champions Trophy 2025 Final Awards Live Updates: Rohit Sharma says fans made Dubai our home ground

Rohit Sharma, India captain: "I appreciate everyone who came to support us. The crowd has been amazing. Not our home ground but they made it our home ground. Very satisfying win.

"Right form the beginning our spinners... there is too much expectation but they never disappointed. It helped them and we used that to our advantage. We were very consistent with our bowling.

"[KL] A very solid mind, never gets overawed with the pressure around him. He finished off the game for us. He picks the right shot to play in the pressure situation which allows the rest of the batters to play freely. For eg, Hardik. The overall batsmanship shown by all the batters was special.

"[On Chakravarthy] He has something different about him. When you are playing on such a pitch, you want to have something like him. He didn't start but played later and got wickets. Luckily for us, it came to use. Very grateful for the fans. We really appreciate their support. It may not be seen as useful but when they come out, it makes a difference."

Stay tuned as the trophy handover is coming up next but before that Indians players will be handed the white jacket, which is customarily given to the winners!

India vs New Zealand Final Awards, Champions Trophy 2025

Indian players collect their winners medal with broad smiles on their faces! This will be followed by words by Rohit Sharma in capacity of India's captain!

Champions Trophy Final Awards: Mitchel Santner praises Indian bowling for doing the damage

Mitchell Santner, runners-up captain:"It's been a good tournament. We have been challenged along the way and the way we have grown as a group. We lost to a better side today. Everyone contributed to the tournament and put their hands up at different rimes. It was good bowling. We lost a couple of wickets after the powerplay and they really got the squeeze on. Credit to how their spinners how they bowled. They are world-class bowlers. We were 20 or 25 under to what we were looking for.

"[Phillips catch] That man he keeps doing it. The way Rohit and Gill went about it was great. Rohit going at almost run a ball on that wicket was outstanding. We knew the game could change quickly and that happened.

"[On Ravindra] We have seen how he steps up in these tournaments. With the ball as well he stepped up. He understands the game at such a young age. He's got a massive future. Even today, he went over a run a ball.

"[First ICC tournament as captain] It has been very enjoyable. Made easy by the group. Different guys stepping up at different times makes it easy. We have had a few challenges but we have adapted. It has been a great tournament."

CT 2025 Final Awards LIVE: New Zealand collect runners-up medals

New Zealand players are collecting their runners-up medals and will be followed by closing words by their captain Mitchell Santner

IND vs NZ Final Awards Ceremony Live Updates: Match officials collect their medals

Match officials for the final collect their medals and will be followed by runners-up medals for New Zealand

Champions Trophy 2025 Final Awards Live Updates: Trophy cermony begins

The trophy presentation ceremony begins as former champions Australia's then captain Aaron Finch brings the trophy to the podium. This will be followed by memento for the match officials

India vs New Zealand Final Awards, Champions Trophy 2025

Rohit Sharma is joined by his wife Ritika and daughter Samaira at the ground as the trophy award ceremony is about to begin!

Champions Trophy Final Awards: Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma together on the field

Virat Kohli and Anushka Sharma come down at the ground together as the trophy ceremony is about to start soon

CT 2025 Final Awards LIVE: Rachin Ravindra awarded player of the series

Rachin Ravindra is awarded Man of the Series for finishing as the highest run scorer of the tournament with 263 runs

IND vs NZ Final Awards Ceremony Live Updates: Rohit Sharma shares his thoughts after winning Man of the match

Rohit Sharma, Man of the match: "It is very nice. We played some really good cricket through the tournament, to come out and have the result our way is a great feeling, very happy with how we played this game.

"It is not natural to me but it is something I really wanted to do, when you are trying something different you need the backing of the team and they were with me, Rahul bhai in the 2023 World Cup and now with Gauti bhai. I have played all these years in a different style, I wanted to see if we can get results by playing differently."

Champions Trophy 2025 Final Awards Live Updates: Virat Kohli avoids talks of retirement

Virat Kohli: "When you leave, you want to leave the team in a better place, I feel we've a squad that's ready to take on the world for the next 8 years. Shubman has been outstanding, Shreyas has played some top knocks, KL has finished games and Hardik has been superb with the bat.

"Amazing (on the New Zealand team), we've always been in awe with what they can do, the limited number of players in the talent pool, but they just execute plans so well, they keep playing the kind of cricket that keeps them very much in the game. They're always been attacking and supportive of the bowlers, Credit to them, easily the best fielding unit, sad to see a very good friend of mine to be on the losing side (on Kane Wiliamson), but they're always so good and they keep doing the basics well.That's what makes them such a competitive unit."

India vs New Zealand Final Awards, Champions Trophy 2025

Before we hear what Rohit Sharma has to say, let's hear what Virat Kohli has to say about the win and a possible retirement

Virat Kohli: "It's been amazing, we wanted to bounce back after a tough Australian tour, and wanted to win a big tournament, so to win the Champions Trophy is amazing. So much talent in the dressing room, they're trying to take their game further and we're just happy to be of help (role of the seniors), sharing our experience and that's what makes this Indian team so strong.

"These are the things you want to play (for titles), playing under pressure and putting your hand up. The whole team, everyone has put their hands up sometimes or other (during the course of the tournament), everyone has put up impactful performances, we've been part of an amazing team, the amount of work we've done in the practice sessions, it feels great (to win)."

To be continued...

Champions Trophy Final Awards: Rohit Sharma wins man of the match in the final

Rohit Sharma is awarded player of the match after misfiring in most of the tournament. Quotes by him is coming up soon!

CT 2025 Final Awards LIVE: Varun Chakravarthy shares his happiness on winning his first ICC title

Ravindra Jadeja: "My batting number is such that I'm either a hero or a zero. It was important that KL and Hardik did well in that partnership, the wicket wasn't easy going into batting at first, it's an important tournament, playing for India and winning the Champions Trophy for the country is big, you do regret when you don't be part of winning teams.

"But I'm lucky that I've managed to be fit enough and performed at the highest level in winning the two tournaments, the 2024 T20 WC and this tournament."

IND vs NZ Final Awards Ceremony Live Updates

KL Rahul: "I don't think I can say this on camera but I was shitting myself. We had a couple of batters to come but I was tense. It's all about keeping yourself calm and composed in situations like this. I think I've batted in times like this in 3 out of the 5 games (in this CT) and in one of the games I didn't get to bat at all against Pakistan.

"Hard to put it into words, pure skill and the way we've all played our cricket growing up, had to face a lot of challenges, we've had to face pressure from the time we've held a bat and decided to become professional cricketers. The way the BCCI has groomed us and the domestic circuit has trained us to handle pressure and do well in circumstances like these."

Champions Trophy 2025 Final Awards Live Updates

The Champions Trophy 2025 final presentation ceremony is all set to begin soon! Indian players are sharing their thoughts with the nation after a hard-fought campaign. Stay tuned as we bring you all the reactions and key moments from the ceremony, including the award winners and team celebrations. Quotes coming up shortly!