Chennai: On this day in 2013, the Indian cricket team won the ICC Champions Trophy series. It is noteworthy that since then the Indian team has not won a title in the series conducted by the ICC till date.
The India team led by Dhoni and the England team led by Alastair Cook played in the final of this series. The match was played at Edgbaston Cricket Ground in Birmingham, England. The match was changed to 20 overs due to rain. England won the toss and chose to field.
India batted first and scored 129 runs for the loss of 7 wickets in 20 overs. Kohli scored 43 runs off 34 balls for the Indian team. Jadeja scored 33 runs and Dhawan scored 31 runs. England chased down the target of 130 runs. England team started the run chase with advantage as the match was played on home ground due to rain. However, England did not get off to a great start. However, Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara put on a partnership of 64 runs.
Ishant Sharma who gave the breakthrough: England needed 28 runs to win in the last 3 overs. Morgan and Bobara were in the field. In that environment, captain Dhoni gave the responsibility of bowling the 18th over to Ishant Sharma. Commentators were raising questions about it.
Ishant did not give a run in the first ball. Morgan hits a six off the next ball. After that, he threw two wickets. After that, Ishant bowled perfectly and took the wickets of Morgan and Bopara. Ashwin took both the catches they gave him.
England needed 19 runs to win from the last two overs. However, Dhoni instructed the team’s spinners Jadeja and Ashwin to bowl. Jadeja took 2 wickets in the 19th over. Also he had given only 4 runs. Ashwin gave only 9 runs in the last over. 124 runs for the loss of 8 wickets at the end of 20 overs. With that, the Indian team won by 5 runs.
Dhoni: “When we batted, I said we should get close to 130 runs. We are the number 1 team. Our game should be like that. Our teammates handled the pressure of the game well,” Dhoni said after the win. Dhawan won the Man of the Series award in the series. He is also the highest run batsman in this series. He had accumulated a total of 363 runs. Jadeja (12 wickets) shone as the highest wicket taker.
Remembering the golden day when India clinched the ICC Champions Trophy in 2013!
Sadly this was the last ICC trophy won by the Indian men’s team pic.twitter.com/vK5p3GlaLY
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