By Ravi - Mar 03, 2025 06:04 PM
Taking five wickets in the Champions Trophy is very important for India. Since the inception of the tournament in 1998, when it was known as the ICC Knock-Out Tournament, Varun Chakravarthy's achievement is the second-best performance by a bowler for India in the history of the Champions Trophy. So, let's take a look at all the best bowling performances by an Indian in an innings in the history of the Champions Trophy.
Ravindra Jadeja took 5/36 against West Indies in the 2013 edition of the Champions Trophy. In the match played at the Oval ground in London, Jadeja took five crucial wickets of Jonathan Charles, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Sunil Narine and Ravi Rampaul to restrict West Indies to 233 runs in 50 overs. In his 10 overs, Jadeja conceded only 36 runs, bowling 40 dot balls including two maidens. In reply, India won the match easily in 39.1 overs thanks to openers Shikhar Dhawan (102*) and Rohit Sharma (52) along with Dinesh Karthik (51*).
.@imjadeja recorded India's best-ever figures & only five-for at the ICC Champions Trophy with his 5-36 vs West Indies in 2013! ๐ฎ๐ณ #CT17 pic.twitter.com/x8HUEvAdEQ
— ICC (@ICC) May 9, 2017
Varun Chakravarthy has performed brilliantly against New Zealand. He took 5 wickets for 42 runs against New Zealand at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium in the current edition of the Champions Trophy 2025. In this match, India, batting first, managed to score 249 runs for the loss of nine wickets. Varun Chakravarthy dismissed Will Young, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner and Matt Henry to bundle out the Kiwis for 205 runs and give India a big win by 44 runs.
๐ฏ ๐๐จ ๐๐ฌ๐๐๐ฉ๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง'๐ฌ ๐๐๐! ๐ธ๏ธ๐ฅ
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) March 2, 2025
Santner had no clue as Varun's cross-seam rocket crashes into the stumps! 4๏ธโฃ and counting! ๐ฅ๐#ChampionsTrophyOnJioStar ๐ #INDvNZ | LIVE NOW on Star Sports 1, Star Sports 1 Hindi, Star Sports 2 & Sports18-1!
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Mohammed Shami, who had claimed figures of 5/53 against Bangladesh in the opening match of the Champions Trophy 2025 this year, bowled 10 overs in the match in Dubai and conceded just 53 runs at an economy of 5.3 as India bowled out Bangladesh for 228. Rohit Sharma's side then reached the target in 46.3 overs, thanks to Shubman Gill's 101*.
5-๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐๐! ๐ฅถ
— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) February 20, 2025
Take a bow, @MdShami11! The only Indian pacer with 5 wickets in Champions Trophy, leading the charge as he bowls Bangladesh out for just 228! ๐คฉ
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Sachin Tendulkar, who registered figures of 4/38 in 9.1 overs against Australia in the 1998 edition of the Champions Trophy, formerly known as the ICC Knock-Out Tournament. Tendulkar picked up four wickets in Dhaka as India bundled out Australia for 263 in 48.1 overs. Batting first, India made 307 and once again Tendulkar scored an incredible 141 off 128 balls and Ajay Jadeja's 71 helped India post a mammoth total.
๐All Round Performance in ICC Knockouts! 141 & 4/38๐
— CrickeTendulkar ๐ฎ๐ณ (@CrickeTendulkar) October 1, 2022
Champions Trophy 1998 QF Vs Australia From 8-2 to 307-8 @sachin_rt Made 141 & 4 Wickets of Waugh Bevan Martyn & Young.
Single handedly Most complete performance by an๐ฎ๐ณ in a ICC Knockouts.pic.twitter.com/fXLhwMH07q
India's left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan bowled 4/45 in 10 overs against Zimbabwe at the RPS Stadium in Colombo. Zaheer achieved this feat in the 2002 edition of the Champions Trophy, in which India finished joint winners. In the third match of the tournament against Zimbabwe, India scored a respectable 288 and prevented the Chevetons from chasing the target as Zaheer Khan's four wickets restricted them to 274, leaving Zimbabwe 14 runs short of the target.
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