Throughout the tournament, speculation swirled around whether the Champions Trophy would mark the final appearance of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma. As Ravindra Jadeja struck the winning runs in the final,

There was double delight for Rohit Sharma after his match-winning innings against New Zealand helped India win the 2025 Champions Trophy. Rohit led India to back-to-back ICC trophies for the first time in history.

Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli break into ICC’s top five ODI batting rankings after Champions Trophy 2025 (Photo Source - Getty Images) India's Champions Trophy 2025 triumph resulted in several of their players rising up in the International Cricket Council (ICC) rankings,

India captain Rohit Sharma jumped over teammate Virat Kohli and South Africa's Heinrich Klaasen to rise to the third spot in the ICC ODI rankings for batters, released Wednesday. Rohit, who was in the fifth spot,

India now have one white-ball trophy which they have not one for 14 years, and that is the ODI World Cup. After coming inches close to winning it in 2023, India will now have a chance to go once again for glory in the next edition in 2027 that is to be held in South Africa and Namibia.

Shane Watson believes a youngster will have to do something extraordinary to challenge Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli's place in the ODI side.