Veteran Indian batter and current ODI skipper Rohit Sharma heads into his third ICC Champions Trophy as the captain. After his title-winning exploits during the 2024 T20 World Cup, there are massive expectations that India"s skipper will repeat the feat. Under Rohit"s captaincy, team India have also reached two ICC finals in 2023. On both occasions, they lost to Australia in the World Test Championships and ODI World Cup. Advertisment Rohit played his first Champions Trophy in 2013, where he began opening the batting for India. In his very first match as an opener, which came against South Africa, the stylish right-handed batter from Mumbai scored 65 and added 127 runs for the first wicket. This was followed by his knock of 52 against the West Indies in the next match. The Men in Blue have won the Champions Trophy twice, the first as co-winners in 2002 with Sri Lanka. Their second title triumph was in 2013 with MS Dhoni at the helm as captain. In 2017, India had to endure the pain of losing to Pakistan in the finals by 180 runs. Also read: Champions Trophy: Virat Kohli's complete batting records, best moments, and achievements Here is Rohit Sharma"s complete Champions Trophy record Matches Innings Runs Highest Average 50/100 10 10 481 123* 53.44 4/1 Indian skipper Rohit Sharma"s Champions Trophy debut was in 2013 and that too as an opener. After scoring 65 and 52 in the opening two matches, Rohit scored 18 and 33 against Pakistan and Sri Lanka, respectively. In the finals, the right-handed batter scored just nine runs but his biggest achievement came in the field. Tim Bresnan, who was known for his big hits, was run-out by Rohit in a crucial moment of the game. 2017 turned out to be a better year for Rohit in the Champions Trophy. Just like the last campaign, Rohit began with two fifties in the first two matches. The opening match against Pakistan saw the talented batter score 91 and follow it up with 78 against Sri Lanka. If we look at Rohit Sharma's Champions Trophy numbers, his first campaign produced 177 runs while the second campaign produced 304 runs. After scoring just 12 against South Africa in the final group match, Rohit scored unbeaten 123 in the semi-finals. The unbeaten knock of 123 came off 129 balls against Bangladesh that took India to the finals. In the massive clash at the Oval, India"s opening batter was out for a third-ball duck to Mohammad Amir. How will Rohit Sharma perform in the 2025 Champions Trophy? If there is any other batter who has taken ICC tournaments by storm in the last few years, it is Rohit Sharma. The Indian skipper has scored 648 runs during the 2019 ODI World Cup. Rohit also scored 597 runs during the 2023 ODI World Cup, second only to Virat Kohli, who had 765 runs. The veteran star also scored 257 runs in the 2024 T20 World Cup. With such numbers at his disposal, Rohit Sharma is expected to have a huge tournament with the bat during the ICC Champions Trophy tournament. Rohit Sharma