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How Many ICC Champions Trophies Has India Won?
Could India claim a third ICC Champions Trophy in 2025? SportsBoom has detailed their past wins and overall performance as the tournament moves to Pakistan. With less than a month until the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy, almost every participating nation has unveiled their respective squads for the 50-over tournament.
Virat Kohli of India celebrates victory with team mates//Getty Images
India have generated some discussion recently with their player selection and how this team will shape up, particularly in the competition’s latter stages. India is a great team when it comes to ICC events as they have won several ICC events before.
Pacer Mohammed Siraj, leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal and batsman-wicket-keeper Sanju Samson have been excluded, to mixed reactions.
With the ODI tournament returning after eight years, India would be aiming to claim the outright lead in all-time Champions Trophy wins with a third title.
Like Australia, India has gone all the way twice. SportsBoom looks at their previous wins, their performance in the competition, and what we could expect.
India’s ICC Champions Trophy Victories
India has claimed the ICC Champions Trophy twice - the first time during the 2002 edition in Sri Lanka and the second time in 2013 in England and Wales.
2002 Champions Trophy Victory
The 2002 edition of the ICC Champions Trophy ended under controversial circumstances.
The final was held on September 29 in Colombo, with hosts Sri Lanka setting a target of 245 and India at 14/0 in two overs when rain began to fall.
The match was subsequently abandoned and moved to the reserve day (September 30).
During the second attempt at the final, Sri Lanka set a target of 223 but with India at 38/1 after 8.4 overs, heavy rains washed the game out again.
As a result, both nations were declared co-winners and shared the prize.
Iconic Indian opening batsman Virender Sehwag was the top scorer at the 2002 Champions Trophy with 271 runs at an impressive average of above 90.
Pace bowler Zaheer Khan claimed eight wickets from five games and his international teammate, the crafty spinner Harbhajan Singh took six wickets.
To exemplify their ethos in the field, India captain Sourav Ganguly and hard-hitting middle-order legend Yuvraj Singh added four catches each.
Teammates congratulating Tendulkar on Jayawardene's wicket//Getty Images
2013 Champions Trophy Victory
11 years after their first title win, India had to contend with another rain-soaked final in England and Wales.
The 2013 Champions Trophy final was delayed due to rainfall and eventually reduced to just 20 overs per inning.
Being sent in to bat first, India set a total of 129/7 with Virat Kohli top-scoring with 43.
In reply, the English ended on 124/8 as India won by five runs.
Among milestones set by India included MS Dhoni becoming the first captain to win a T20 World Cup (2007), Cricket World Cup (2011) and Champions Trophy (2013).
This cemented his place among the greatest international cricket captains.
India’s Shikhar Dhawan scored the most runs in the 2013 Champions Trophy with 363 from five innings at an outstanding average of 90.75.
Ravindra Jadeja also claimed the most wickets: 12 at an economy of 3.75.
In addition, India’s Shikhar Dhawan, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Ravindra Jadeja were included in the 2013 Champions Trophy Team of the Tournament.
The highest first-wicket partnership in the ICC Champions Trophy is 192 between Virender Sehwag and Sourav Ganguly in the 2002 edition.
India’s performance in the ICC Champions League
| Year | Host nation | Round | Position |
| 1998 | Bangladesh | 3rd out of 9 | Semi-final |
| 2000 | Kenya | 2nd out of 11 | Runners-up |
| 2002 | Sri Lanka | 1st out of 12 | Champions |
| 2004 | England | 7th out of 12 | Group stage |
| 2006 | India | 5th out of 10 | Group stage |
| 2009 | South Africa | 5th out of 8 | Group stage |
| 2013 | England/Wales | 1st out of 8 | Champions |
| 2017 | England/Wales | 2nd out of 8 | Runners-up |
| 2025 | Pakistan | To be determined | To be determined |
India has advanced to the finals of the ICC Champions Trophy four times, ending as runners-up twice and winning the title twice - a 50% winning rate at this stage of the tournament.
India’s performance in the ICC Champions League
| Year | Host nation | Round | Position |
| 1998 | Bangladesh | 3rd out of 9 | Semi-final |
| 2000 | Kenya | 2nd out of 11 | Runners-up |
| 2002 | Sri Lanka | 1st out of 12 | Champions |
| 2004 | England | 7th out of 12 | Group stage |
| 2006 | India | 5th out of 10 | Group stage |
| 2009 | South Africa | 5th out of 8 | Group stage |
| 2013 | England/Wales | 1st out of 8 | Champions |
| 2017 | England/Wales | 2nd out of 8 | Runners-up |
| 2025 | Pakistan | To be determined | To be determined |
1998 Champions Trophy
With the inaugural edition of the competition hosted in Bangladesh under a shorter format, India beat Australia by 44 runs in the quarter-finals.
India then lost to West Indies by six wickets in the semi-finals.
Legendary batsman Sachin Tendulkar ended fourth for the most runs in the tournament and India also set the highest team total with 307/8 against Australia.
2000 Champions Trophy
Two years later, India denied Australia their revenge with a 20-run win in the quarter-finals and then trounced South Africa by 95 runs in the semi-finals.
However, India would fall short in the final game in a four-wicket loss to New Zealand.
Leading from the front, Sourav Ganguly was the tournament’s top scorer with 348 runs and Venkatesh Prasad was the top wicket-taker with 8 dismissals.
2002 Champions Trophy
During the group stages of the edition in Sri Lanka, India defeated Zimbabwe by 14 runs and then beat England by eight wickets to advance.
India then reached the final with a 10-run victory over South Africa before rain washed out the final against Sri Lanka and the reserve day encounter.
2004 Champions Trophy
India’s run of poor form at the ICC Champions Trophy began in England in 2004, when they failed to advance from the group stages.
They began well enough with a 98-run win over Kenya.
However, Pakistan’s three-wicket victory over India left Sourav Ganguly’s side in second place in Group C and allowed their fierce rivals to advance instead.
Naved-Ul-Hasan celebrates Sehwag's dismissal//Getty Images
2006 Champions Trophy
It was a similar story in the 2006 Champions Trophy despite India starting off their campaign with a four-wicket victory over England and the home-field advantage.
Losses to West Indies and Australia saw India eliminated as the hosts. Australia, being one of the best teams in cricket, won the Champions Trophy this year.
2009 Champions Trophy
In South Africa, India failed to move beyond the group stages for the third consecutive year, losing to Pakistan and drawing against Australia in a wash-out.
A win over the West Indies was not enough to see India advance.
2013 Champions Trophy
Perhaps the shift from a biennial competition to a quadrennial tournament served India well, as they bounced back to form in emphatic fashion.
MS Dhoni’s team went unbeaten throughout the tournament to claim the title.
Ian Bell is stumped by MS Dhoni//Getty Images
2017 Champions Trophy
The campaign was once again affected by rain, with India defeating Pakistan in their opening game via the DLS method and then losing their second game to Sri Lanka.
With qualification on the line, India beat South Africa by eight wickets and then accounted for Bangladesh in the semi-finals.
In the final against Pakistan, India sent their rivals in to bat but would regret that choice as Pakistan set their highest-ever ICC tournament final total - 338 runs.
In reply, India were bundled out for just 158 runs and ended as runners-up.
While India have a mixed bag of results at the ICC Champions Trophy, their two overall victories and reasonable win rate in the finals makes them a credible threat.
If India make the most of their neutral ground in the UAE and their star players shine, it could well be Rohit Sharma and his team hoisting the trophy in March.
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