Ravindra jadeja retirement: As soon as Ravindra Jadeja finished his spell against New Zealand in the final of the Champions Trophy 2025, Virat Kohli embraced him. The video of this emotional moment became increasingly viral on social media. The Indian team is playing the final match of the Champions Trophy against New Zealand at the Dubai ground. Jadeja gave the team significant success in the middle overs during this period. He first lodged Tom Latham to LBW, who returned to the pavilion after scoring 14 runs off 30 balls. By this time, New Zealand had lost 4 wickets for 108 runs in 25 overs. Jadeja gave just 30 runs in 10 overs, his economy 3, which was a great performance.
Ravindra Jadeja may not have taken much wickets in the Champions Trophy, but he has always worked to stop the run on the important matches of the match. In this match, Varun Chakraborty and Kuldeep Yadav also bowled brilliantly with him, and both took 2–2 wickets. Mohammed Shami also got a wicket. As a result, the New Zealand team scored 251 runs losing 7 wickets.
Fans reacted a lot on Twitter at this moment and some also said that Jadeja can end his ODI career after this final. Virat Kohli hugged Jadeja because he probably thrown the last spell of his ODI career, although there has been no official confirmation about it.
Talking about the match, New Zealand won the toss and decided to bat first. Will Young and Rachin Ravindra started the innings, but Varun Chakraborty gave India the first success by dismissing Young. Rachin Ravindra scored 37 runs, but Kuldeep Yadav dismissed Rachin and Kane Williamson to give India an lead in the match. Derryl Mitchell scored 63 runs, while Glenn Philips and Michael Bracewell added 53 to New Zealand to 251 runs. During this, New Zealand lost 7 wickets.