INDIA wins the ICC Champions Trophy after beating England in their home soil by 5 runs, singly for the first time since 2002 after a long wait for a decade.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni became the first captain in the planet to win the T20 WC, 50-over WC, ICC Champions Trophy, making India top the test playing nation's list with many more still to come.
England won the toss & decided to put India bat first which was a very good call for what it was a rain affected pitch difficult to bat on. INDIA lost early wickets in quick succession before Ravindra Jadeja & Virat Kohli fought back and got into a challenging score of 129 for the loss of 7 wickets.
Many thought it would be difficult to defend the score but the Indian bowlers proved how it's possible to defend such a low scoring total with precision and bowling accuracy.
England too, lost wickets at rapid intervals after Ravi Bopara & Eoin Morgan started giving some hopes for the English supporters not long before Ishant Sharma struck both of them in consecutive deliveries but eventually missing a hat-trick.
India finally bounced back and Ashwin and Jadeja too bowled beautifully helping India to restrict England to 124-8.The 50 over match was reduced to 20 over match due to rain and proved to be a worthy one for the spectators.
Ravindra Jadeja was declared Man of the Match as well as awarded with the ''GOLDEN BALL'' award for being the leading wicket taker in the championship followed by Shikhar Dhawan winning ''GOLDEN BAT'' award for scoring the most runs in the tournament.
Virat Kohli danced to the famous Gangnam style and champagne was thrown onto others body.
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