India won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 by defeating New Zealand in the final at Dubai International Stadium on 09.03.2025.It is a prestigious men’s cricket tournament organised by ICC . It is India’s third ICC Champions Trophy. This time the host country was Pakistan but India played their matches in Dubai including the final. Top eight teams participated in the tournament and they were – India, New Zealand, Australia, South Africa, England, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Bangladesh. In the semifinals India beat Australia and New Zealand defeated South Africa. In the final New Zealand skipper Mitchell Santner won the toss and elected to bat first. They scored 251/7 after their 50 overs. Darell Mitchell scored highest runs for them (63 runs ) and Indian spinners bowled beautifully. Both Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav took two wickets. In reply Indian captain Rohit Sharma led the team from the front and scored the highest runs ( 76 runs ) . Middle order batters also played well. KL Rahul’s knock ( 34 not out ) at the end of the innings helped India to win the match by 4 wickets. Both Mitchell Santner and Bracewell took 2 wickets each for the Kiwis. Rohit Sharma was awarded as the Player of the Match. Rachib Ravindra from New Zealand was awarded the Player of the Tournament award . He also scored the top most runs in the tournament ( 263 runs ) and Matt Henry from New Zealand took the most wickets ( 10 wickets ) in the tournament. The Indian team achieved the trophy along with the iconic white jacket for every team member.
A . Read the passage and answer the questions below – 1×3=3
1 . How many times India won the ICC Champions Trophy?
2. Who was chosen as the best player of the tournament?
3. How many teams participated in the tournament?
B. Fill in the blanks with suitable information from the passage – 1×4=4
1 . The final was played ————————–.
2. The player of the match award in the final was given to ————————————-.
3. Indian players were wearing —————————– jackets while taking the trophy.
4. The skipper of the New Zealand team ——————————–.
C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false sentences and provide supporting statement – 2×3=6
1 . India lost only five wickets while chasing.
Supporting Statement –
2. Indian spinners did not bowl well in the final.
Supporting Statement –
3. Indian captain Rohit Sharma lost the toss.
Supporting Statement –
D. Give a suitable title to the passage and provide reason to choose the title.    2
E. Writing Skills –
1 . Write a newspaper report based on the final of the ICC Men’s Champions Trophy 2025.          10
2. Write a paragraph on the achievement of the Indian Cricket team in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.     10
3. Write a conversation among three friends about the performance of the Indian players in the tournament.      10
4. Write a letter to your friend describing your feelings about the final match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.    10
