Shortly after India won the ICC Champions Trophy 2025, Sunil Gavaskar dubbed Rohit Sharma and his teammates the "best white ball team on the planet."

India defeated New Zealand by four wickets in the summit encounter at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, winning their third Champions Trophy championship following 2002 and 2013.

This victory gave India its second ICC title in eight years. Last year, Rohit's team broke a decade-long trophy drought by winning the T20 World Cup. India had also advanced to the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup but fell short in the summit game against Australia.

Throughout the Champions Trophy, there has been discussion regarding whether India had an advantage in the eight-team event because they were stationed in Dubai and were familiar with the surface conditions.

Unlike the other teams, India did not travel anywhere, and various cricket commentators, including Nasser Hussain, Michael Atherton, and Vivian Richards, emphasized India's substantial advantage.

Gavaskar quashed all this chatter, saying "Cribbers can crib" but no one can deny that India is the best white team on the planet.

"Without a question, any team that reaches all three finals, the 50-over final where they finished as runners-up, the T20 World Cup victory, and now the Champions Trophy must be considered the best white-ball team on the planet," Gavaskar told India Today.

India advanced to the final of the Champions Trophy 2025 after defeating Australia in the semi-final. The team previously topped Group A after defeating Bangladesh, Pakistan, and New Zealand.

Gavaskar repeated head coach Gautam Gambhir's remarks, noting that some people will continue to complain no matter what.

“There's no doubt whatsoever. Cribbers might crib, as Gambhir said, but to be able to reach all these finals, with no home advantage, and still win, speaks for itself,” Gavaskar said.

After India's semi-final triumph against Australia in Dubai, Gautam Gambhir was questioned if his team had the advantage of knowing the circumstances and preparing ahead of time. Gambhir dismissed these claims, claiming that certain people are "perpetual cribbers" who need to "grow up."

"There's a lot of debate about the undue advantage and all that. What undue advantage? We haven't practiced here even for a day. We're practicing at the ICC Academy. If you look at the wickets there and here, the difference is between the ground and the sky. Some people are just perpetual cribbers, man. They've got to grow up. So, I feel that there was nothing like we had any undue advantage or we had planned something like that," said Gambhir.

India now has the most Champions Trophy titles beating Australia’s record of two title wins.