Rohit Sharma says winning the Champions Trophy is as sweet as winning the World Cup

Though the India captain prioritises the 50-over World Cup, he admits that winning the Champions Trophy 2025 is “no less.”

For the India captain, Rohit Sharma winning the 50-overs World Cup has always been the ultimate dream. Since losing the 2023 World Cup Final, Rohit Sharma-led India team has won the T20 World Cup and now the Champions Trophy 2025. The ODI World Cup is the only major white-ball ICC tournament Rohit has yet to win.

What did Rohit Sharma say in the post-match conference?

India captain Rohit Sharma said, “Whatever ICC tournament comes in front of you, you obviously want to win them all. One-day World Cup is One-Day World Cup. Because that’s the only World Cup we’ve grown up watching. We didn’t have the World Test Championships or many Champions Trophy. That’s why I said what I did earlier. But this [holding the Champions Trophy] is no less. Arre aap mujhese puchho kitna ‘WOH’ lagta hai jeetne ke liye. (Ask me how much of an effort it takes to win this).”

“A trophy is a trophy.”

He added, “A trophy is a trophy. Winning any final gives us a lot of pride. And today it’s not just me, but the entire nation is feeling immense happiness. Winning the final of any event is huge. That’s all I have to say.” He also said, “It shows a lot of quality in the team, a lot of depth, a lot of understanding within the group, a lot of enjoyment, a lot of excitement. That is how we want to play our cricket. There is too much pressure from the outside…there is so much speculation that happens. The boys in the team have managed to put that aside and just focus on how to win games and how to enjoy the game. I’m really, really proud being the captain of this team…to play the finals of all four trophies was really good and shows how consistent we are as a team.”