Champions Trophy 2025 Final: Did Ravindra Jadeja retired from ODIs?

At the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, March 9, India defeated New Zealand in the 2025 Champions Trophy final, with Ravindra Jadeja scoring the game-winning runs. But even before the momentous occasion, the Saurashtra all-rounder was in the news because of a gesture made by Virat Kohli in the first innings that raised questions about whether he would retire.

Despite the fact that neither the team nor any of the players have issued an official statement, internet users have concluded that Jadeja may be playing his farewell game after Virat Kohli was seen hugging his longtime teammate following his 10-over stint in Sunday's final in Dubai.

After Jadeja ended his bowling stint, giving up just 30 runs in his ten overs and taking the crucial wicket of Tom Latham, the event took place. Discussions over whether this was the all-rounder's last appearance in white-ball cricket began when Kohli hurried over to embrace his longtime pal Jadeja.

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Jadeja bowled out his target while giving up just 30 runs with a highly accurate and economical stint in the middle overs. He also took the crucial wicket of Tom Latham, ending the left-hander and Daryl Mitchell's developing partnership.

Nothing scares me more than Virat Kohli hugging a senior player for no reason in the last few months 🥺 pic.twitter.com/W0JT0r7ipT

— Sameer Allana (@HitmanCricket) March 9, 2025

Supporters observed that Kohli and Steven Smith had previously hugged each other following their semifinal match, with the Australian legend retiring from ODI cricket following that defeat. Before the all-rounder made his own unexpected international retirement announcement during the Border-Gavaskar Trophy, he was also spotted hugging R Ashwin.

After helping India win the T20 World Cup, Jadeja, Kohli, and Rohit Sharma all announced their retirement from T20I cricket last year. Jadeja came out to bat in the second innings of the Champions Trophy final when India had 15 balls remaining and only 11 runs needed to win. With a boundary through the square leg to end the run-chase, he was still undefeated at nine off six balls.

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