Captain Rohit won India's second consecutive ICC tournament: India's second most successful captain

Team India has won the Champions Trophy after 12 years. Captain Rohit Sharma, who could not even score a fifty in the entire tournament, scored 76 runs in the final. His innings against New Zealand laid a strong foundation for India's victory.

After Rohit's innings, India achieved the target of 252 runs by losing 6 wickets in the 49th over. The Kiwi team, who won the toss and came out to play first in Dubai on Sunday, scored 251 runs by losing 7 wickets. Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakraborty took 2-2 wickets from India.

Team India's performance under Rohit's captaincy...

Flopped in 4 matches, shone in the final

Before the Champions Trophy final started, questions were being raised on the form of captain Rohit. He could not score a single fifty in the last 5 innings, his best score was also just 41 runs, which he made in the first match of the tournament against Bangladesh.

In the final, he started the team by hitting a six against the target given by New Zealand. Then with Shubman Gill, he did not let any more wickets fall in the first powerplay. Rohit shared a century partnership with Shubman. He scored 76 runs by hitting 7 fours and 3 sixes. His innings gave the team a strong foundation in front of the difficult target. He was also selected Player of the Match for this performance.

Scored first fifty in ICC final

Rohit is the Indian to score the most ODI runs under his own captaincy. He has 2506 runs in 56 matches at an average of over 52. These include 5 centuries and 17 fifties. However, Rohit could not score a single fifty in the final of an ICC tournament before Sunday.

He played 8 finals of ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup, World Test Championship and Champions Trophy. His highest score was 47 runs against Australia in the 2023 World Cup. He scored a fifty in the 9th ICC final and also led the team to victory.

Captain Rohit won 87% of ICC matches

Rohit Sharma captained India in 2 T20 World Cups, 1 ODI World Cup, 1 World Test Championship and 1 Champions Trophy. In these 5 ICC tournaments, India played 31 matches, won 27 and lost only 4. Out of these, 2 wins also got the team the ICC title. Under his captaincy, the team has won 13 consecutive ICC matches.

However, out of the 4 matches that Rohit lost, 3 matches were in the knockout stage. Out of these, 2 defeats were in the final. Only 1 time he got 2 defeats in the same tournament, this tournament was the 2022 T20 World Cup. Then the team was defeated by South Africa in the group stage and England in the semi-finals.

India's second successful captain in ICC tournaments

ICC has 4 tournaments, World Test Championship, ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup and Champions Trophy. India's most successful captain among them is MS Dhoni. Who made the team win 69% of the matches. He also has 3 ICC titles to his name.

Rohit is second in terms of winning matches. Under his captaincy, the team won the second ICC trophy. With this, Rohit became India's second most successful captain in ICC tournaments. After him, Sourav Ganguly and Kapil Dev have won 1-1 ICC titles.

Rohit has 94% success in ICC ODI tournaments

Rohit captained India 16 times in 2 ODI tournaments of ICC. The team won 15 and lost just 1. However, this defeat was suffered by Australia in the 2023 ODI World Cup final. Which snatched away India's dream of winning the World Cup at home.

India won 75% ODIs under Rohit's captaincy

Rohit captained India for the first time in ODIs in 2017. Since then, he has captained in 56 matches and led the team to victory in 42. The team lost only 12 matches. 1 match was inconclusive and 1 was also tied.

India's most successful captain in terms of win%

Rohit led India to victory in 75% ODIs. This is the best win percentage among captains who have led India in more than 50 ODIs. Virat Kohli is second with 68% wins and MS Dhoni is third with 55% wins. However, Dhoni was the only Indian captain who led India to victory in more than 100 ODIs.

First Indian captain to win 2 consecutive ICC trophies

Captain Rohit Sharma led India to victory in 2 ICC tournaments within 9 months. Before the Champions Trophy, on 29 June 2024, India also defeated South Africa in the final of the T20 World Cup. With this, he became the first Indian captain to win 2 consecutive ICC tournaments. MS Dhoni did win 3 ICC titles, but he too could not win 2 titles consecutively.