The National National Cricket team led by Rohit Sharma faced the National National Cricket team led by Mitchell Santner in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025.
The game between Team India and Team New Zealand was played at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on Sunday, March 9.
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I want to appreciate all those who left and supported us: Rohit Sharma after India beat New Zealand
Both India and New Zealand gave the best in the final, but it was the men of Azul who came out victorious. After restricting the Kiwis to 251/7, India pursued the target with 6 remaining balls and won by 4 Wickts.
Speaking during the presentation ceremony after the game, Rohit Sharma thanked the multitude of Dubai for supporting the Indian team throughout the competition. Said:
“I want to appreciate all those who came out and supported us. The crowd has been magnificent here, it is not our native land, but our native land did. The number of people who came here to see us play, to give them that victory was Satssifying.”
“Not only this game, but, in particular, our spinners, there are too many expectations when you play in a release like that. We understand their strengths and use it for our benefit.”
Very solid mind, it is never too stunned by the pressure around it: Rohit Sharma in KL Rahul
Rohit Sharma shower richer in KL Rahul for playing well at number 6 of the ICC 2025 champions and said:
“(In KL) very solid mind, it never pounces the surrounding pressure, that is the shelter we wanted to have it in the middle phase, there is a bit of calm when it beats and chooses the right shot to play the situation, it gives freedom to others to play freely as Hardik.”
Rohit Sharma signed talking about the mysterious Spinner Varun Chakravarthy, who turned out to be a change of game for India in the competition and chose 9 WICKETS. Said:
“(In Varun) he has something different about him. When we are playing in such releases, we want the batters to do something different. He did not start in the tournament for us, but when he played against New Zealand and picked up a 5-FER, we want that to have a great quality in his bolero. Very grateful, I really appreciate their support and support the team. When they come out and get a big difference, it makes a big difference, it makes a big difference.”
India beat New Zealand in his previous match of ICC Champions Trophy 2025 also
India presented a strong general performance against New Zealand in its previous ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match at the Dubai International Crickt Stadium on March 2. They won the game for 44 races and finished the campaign of the undiced group stage.
Batting First, India faced early setbacks, losing three Wickts in seven overs when Shubman Gill, Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli left at a low price.
Then, the Shreyas Iyer stars (79 of 98) united forces with the all -terrain Axar Patel (42 of 61) to bring to India to recovery. The duo hit well and sewed a crucial support of 98 races that pushed the Kiwis in the background for a while.
After Iyer and Axar came out, Hardik Pandya came with a good 45 -ball races to help India to finish with a total of 249/9 in her 50 overs.
While defending the score, India’s decision to play four spinners proved to be correct, since they drown the race flow and did not allow the black caps to score quickly.
The mysterious Spinner Varun Chakravarthy was the show star, since he registered winning figures of the 5/42 match. He dropped Will Young, Glenn Phillips, Michael Bracewell, Mitchell Santner and Matt Henry.
Kuldeep Yadav, Ravindra Jadaja, Hardik Pandya and Axar Patel supported Varun very well as India withdrew New Zealand by 205 in 45.3 overs despite the brilliant blow of 81 races of Kane Williamson.
