On Wednesday, March 5, India captain Rohit Sharma’s wife, Ritika Sajdeh, took to social media to celebrate his historic milestone as captain after India’s triumph over Australia in the 2025 Champions Trophy semifinal. The match, held on Tuesday, March 4, at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, saw India clinch a four-wicket victory.
Batting first, Australia were bowled out for 264 in 49.3 overs, with captain Steve Smith leading the scoring with 73, while Mohammed Shami picked up three wickets for India. In response, Virat Kohli anchored the chase with a superb 84 off 98 balls, ensuring India’s win with 11 balls to spare.
With this victory, India advanced to the Champions Trophy final, and Rohit Sharma made history as the first captain to lead a team to the final of all four major ICC tournaments: the ODI World Cup, T20 World Cup, World Test Championship (WTC), and Champions Trophy.
To honor her husband’s remarkable captaincy milestone, Ritika Sajdeh reposted an Instagram story featuring Sportskeeda’s post. Check it out:
Rohit has led India in 141 matches across all formats, securing victory in 102 of them, with an impressive win rate of 72.34%.
Rohit Sharma lauds India’s composed chase in CT 2025 semifinal vs. Australia
Rohit praised the Indian batters for their resilience in the 2025 Champions Trophy semifinal against Australia. On a tough Dubai pitch, India chased 265 with determination, sealing the win in the second-last over Speaking at the post-match presentation, the 37-year-old stated [as quoted by Cricbuzz]:
“Till the last ball is bowled, nothing is certain. That’s how this game is. Halfway through the game, we felt like it’s a reasonable score.”
”We had to really bat well to get that score because the nature of the pitch doesn’t allow you to just come in and keep playing the way you want to play. We were very clinical with the bat. Yes, we got the runs in the 48th over, but I thought we were calm and composed in our chase.”
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