In a match reduced to 20 overs per side because of rain, World Cup holders India were held to 129 for seven after losing the toss.
But after Eoin Morgan and Ravi Bopara threatened to win the game with the bat for England, India took four wickets for three runs in eight balls with seamer Ishant Sharma starting the slide with two in two deliveries.
Ravindra Jadeja gets the Man-of-the-Match award for his fighting 33 and his brilliant 2 for 24
He
also wins the ‘golden ball’ award for taking maximum number of wickets
(12) in the tournament. Shikhar Dhawan receives the ‘golden bat’ award
for being the highest run-scorer (363 runs) of the tournament.
The world champions have beaten the hosts in an absolute rollercoaster of a final to win the Champions Trophy.
Kohli's
fighting 43 and Jadeja's heroic 33-run knock in the later stages of the
innings helped India recover from early setbacks to a modest 129 in a
game restricted to 20 overs due to persistent rain. The bowlers put up a
spirited performance defending such a small total. Ashwin and Jadeja
kept the pressure on England throughout with some outstanding spin
bowling.
England did seem to recover through a
brilliant stand between Bopara and Morgan in the middle, but Ishant came
in with a crucial double blow, removing both of them in the same over.
Ashwin finished with the figures of 2 for 15, Jadeja got 2 for 24 and
Ishant Sharma finished with 2 for 36
England needed a six off the last ball but that proved beyond tailender James Tredwell as the hosts finished on 124 for eight in 20 overs.
Defeat meant England had still to win a major ODI title having lost three World Cup finals (1979, 1987 and 1992) and the 2004 Champions Trophy final against the West Indies at The Oval when they last staged this event in 2004. (AFP)
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