India's record in Champions Trophy: Never lost a match against these teams

The Champions Trophy, also known as the Mini World Cup, is a prestigious tournament organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The history of this tournament is full of many exciting matches and memorable moments. This time the Champions Trophy will start on February 19, 2025, and the Indian cricket team will start its campaign against Bangladesh on February 20. Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team is once again committed to winning this prestigious title. This time all the matches will be played in Dubai, which will be a special experience for both players and fans.

The Indian team has performed tremendously against many teams in the history of the Champions Trophy and some teams have not won a single match against India in this tournament. Let's know about those teams.

South Africa

India has played 4 matches against the South Africa cricket team in the Champions Trophy and has won all of them. The last time both the teams were face to face was in the 2017 edition, which the Indian team won by 8 wickets. Earlier in the 2013 edition, India defeated the Proteas team by 26 runs. At the same time, in the 2000 and 2002 editions, the Indian team had won one match each.

England

India has played 3 matches against the England cricket team in the Champions Trophy and has won all three. The Indian team also faced England in the final of the 2013 Champions Trophy and won the title match by 5 runs. The match played in Birmingham was 20-20 overs, in which India batted first and scored 129/7 and in response, England could only score 124/8.

Bangladesh

In the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy 2017, the Indian team defeated the Bangladesh cricket team by 9 wickets. This was the only encounter between the two countries in this tournament. In the upcoming edition, both teams are in the same group and will clash on February 20.

Kenya

The teams of India-Kenya have faced each other twice in the Champions Trophy and the Indian team was successful in both. In the edition played in 2000, India won by 8 wickets against Kenya. In the match played in Nairobi, Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid scored half-centuries from India. After this, in the 2004 edition, India defeated Kenya by 98 runs in a match played in Southampton.

Zimbabwe

In the 2002 edition, India defeated the Zimbabwe cricket team by 14 runs. In that match, Mohammad Kaif scored a century from India.

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