Team India
lifted ICC Champions Trophy 2013
India beat England by five runs in a
thrilling rain-disrupted final to lift the last ICC Champions Trophy at
Edgbaston on 23.06.13 (Sunday). Henceforth there will be no ICC Champions
Trophy and ICC is planning to bring in World Test Series in its place.
In a match reduced to 20 overs a side, a
fifth-wicket partnership of 64 between Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara put England
in sight of a victory target of 130 and their first major 50-over trophy. But
the pair fell to successive deliveries by Ishant Sharma and England's lower
order crumbled as the hosts finished on 124 for eight.
Miserly bowling by Bopara and James
Tredwell helped England restrict India to 129 for seven after the start of play
had been delayed by nearly six hours due to persistent rain.
Virat Kohli top-scored with 43 and Shikhar
Dhawan, the tournament's leading run-scorer, made a breezy 31 but India were
never able to dominate a disciplined England attack. Rohit Sharma was bowled by
Stuart Broad for nine and Dhawan mis-timed a drive in Bopara's first over and
was caught by Tredwell at mid-off.
Dinesh Karthik skied a catch off Tredwell
and Bopara struck twice in his third over, getting Suresh Raina caught by
Alastair Cook at mid-on and dangerman MS Dhoni well taken by Tredwell on the
third man boundary.
Bopara completed excellent figures of three
for 20 but Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja took 30 runs off the next three overs and
Kohli, badly dropped by Jonathan Trott, launched Broad for a massive six over
square leg. Kohli skied James Anderson to long off but Jadeja finished unbeaten
on 33 after clouting Tim Bresnan for another six in the final over of the
innings.
England lost wickets steadily at the start
of their reply.
Cook fell for two, edging a catch to first
slip off Umesh Yadav, Trott made a fluent 20 off 17 balls before being stumped
by Dhoni off Ravichandran Ashwin and Joe Root pulled the same bowler straight
to long leg.
Man of the Series- Shikhar Dhawan
Man of the Match- Ravindra Jadeja
The trophy became another golden feather in Dhoni's Cap, under
whose captaincy now India has lifted all major ICC Trophies. Indian won
inaugural T-20 World Cup in 2007 followed by ICC World Cup in 2011 under
Dhoni's Captaincy. Earlier Indian had shared ICC Champions Trophy in 2002 with
Sri Lanka which was also disrupted by rain.
India’s Road
to victory in Champions Trophy
1) 1st Group Match: India v South Africa at
Cardiff - Jun 6, 2013
India 331/7 (50/50 ov); South Africa 305
(50/50 ov)
India won by 26 runs
2)
2nd Group Match: India v West Indies at The Oval - Jun 11, 2013
West Indies 233/9 (50/50 ov); India 236/2
(39.1/50 ov)
India won by 8 wickets (with 65 balls
remaining)
3)
3rd Group Match: India v Pakistan at Birmingham - Jun 15, 2013
Pakistan 165 (39.4/40 ov); India 102/2
(19.1/22 ov, target: 102)
India won by 8 wickets (with 17 balls
remaining) (D/L method)
4)
In Semi-Final: India v Sri Lanka at Cardiff - Jun 20, 2013
Sri Lanka 181/8 (50/50 ov); India 182/2
(35/50 ov)
India won by 8 wickets (with 90 balls
remaining)
5)
Final: England v India at Birmingham - Jun 23, 2013
India 129/7 (20/20 ov); England 124/8
(20/20 ov)
India won by 5 runs
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