The Champions Trophy 2025 final has been a low scoring encounter. While batting first, New Zealand has set up a total of 251 thanks to Daryl Mitchell’s fighting 63 and Michael Bracewell’s attacking 53 runs off 40 balls. As expected, the Indian spinner put up a show in the finals restricting Kiwis on a low total. Varun Chakravarthy and Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets each while Ravindra Jadeja got the wicket of Tom Latham.
Lowest total defended in ICC Champions Trophy Final
Team India defended the lowest total in the history of the Champions Trophy final in 2013 in Birmingham against England. While batting first India scored 129 runs in 20 overs (rain affected match) and won the match by 5 runs. Ravindra Jadeja, Rachandran Ashwin, and Ishant Sharma took 2 wickets each. Ashwin bowled an amazing final over in that match.
| Total | Team | Opposite | Date |
| 129/7 (20 ovr) | India | England | 2013 |
| 206/4 (45.2 ovr) | Australia | New Zealand | 2009 |
| 218/8 (48.5 ovr) | West Indies | England | 2004 |
| 248/6 (47 ovr) | South Africa | West Indies | 1998 |
ICC Champions Trophy 2025 Final
New Zealand started well in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final, but once spin came, the wickets fell quickly and at the end the Kiwis manged to give a target of 252 to India to chase in Dubai.
India has a great batting lineup to chase this total, including players like Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Axar Patel, Hardik Pandya, and Ravindra Jadeja. However, New Zealand also features a quality bowling attack with names like Mitchell Santner, Kyle Jamieson, Will O’Rourke, and Nathan Smith.
