India's journey to ICC tournament finals: Know which captain led India to the most finals
The final match of the Champions Trophy 2025 will be played between the Indian cricket team and the New Zealand cricket team in Dubai on March 9. India last won the title of this tournament in 2013 and after a long time, the team would like to win it.
The Indian team will present its challenge under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma. Meanwhile, let us know about those players under whose captaincy India has played the most ICC tournament finals.
Rohit Sharma
This is going to be India's fourth final (ICC tournament) under Rohit's captaincy. Earlier, under Rohit's leadership, India had to face defeat in the final of the World Test Champions (WTC) 2023.
After this, in the final of ODI World Cup 2023, the Indian team was the runner-up due to defeat against Australia. Under Rohit's captaincy, India won the T20 World Cup 2024 title.
Mahendra Singh Dhoni
Mahendra Singh Dhoni has been one of the most successful captains of India. Under his leadership, the Indian team won the T20 World Cup played in 2007.
After this, under his leadership, India won the ODI World Cup 2011. The Indian team also won the 2013 Champions Trophy under Dhoni's captaincy. Under his leadership, India was the runner-up in the T20 World Cup 2014.
Sourav Ganguly
The Indian team has played 3 finals under the captaincy of Sourav Ganguly. Under his leadership, the Indian team lost to Australia in the final of the ODI World Cup 2003.
Earlier, in the final of the 2000 Champions Trophy, India had to face defeat against New Zealand by 4 wickets. After this, the final match of the 2002 Champions Trophy was not played due to rain and India-Sri Lanka were joint winners.
Kapil Dev and Virat Kohli
Under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, India won the ODI World Cup 1983 title. For the first time, the Indian team won an ICC tournament. Under the captaincy of Virat Kohli, the Indian team lost against Pakistan in the final of the 2017 Champions Trophy. Apart from this, under Kohli's leadership, India also faced defeat in the final of the first edition of the World Test Championship.