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Shreyas Iyer’s 48-run cameo helped India win their third Champions Trophy by beating Latest Zealand. Iyer was the second-highest run-scorer with 241 runs. KL Rahul’s calm 34 not out sealed the victory.
Shreyas Iyer (AP Photo)
Indian batter Shreyas Iyer was left ‘over the moon’ after helping India, with a fighting 48-run cameo, to lift their third Champions Trophy title by beating Latest Zealand by 4 wickets in the ultimate here on Sunday. Iyer ended the tournament because the second-highest run-getter having scored 241 runs in five matches behind Latest Zealand batter Rachin Ravindra. It’s the right-handed top-order batter’s first-ever ICC title.
“I’m over the moon, to be honest. It’s pretty hard to sum it up in words. This has been my first ICC Trophy, and I’m form of overwhelmed by it. Kudos to each one within the dressing room. The way in which we now have turned up on this tournament. It was simply magnificent.
“To be honest, I really like to bat under pressure. I thrive under pressure, and I actually, really like that challenge. I at all times need to get an enormous one, but in the event you can contribute enough in your Team and it leads as much as a victory, that’s good enough for me. I’m truly glad.”
While Iyer made 48 off 62 balls, it was KL Rahul who kept his calm to remain till the top and be 34 not out off 33 balls to make sure India got its third Champions Trophy title after 2002 and 2013. It’s also India’s second ICC trophy win in 12 months after the T20 World Cup triumph in June last 12 months.
The Dubai triumph now makes India probably the most successful team within the Champions Trophy’s history and so they achieved it in front of a stadium majorly filled by Indian fans. The win would also come as a soothing balm for the Indian team and its ardent fans after missing out on the 2023 ODI World Cup triumph on home soil.
Rahul admitted to being under plenty of pressure in the course of the closing moments of the but backed himself to maintain his calm and composure.
“I don’t think I can say this on camera but I used to be shitting myself. We had a few batters to return, but I used to be tense. It’s all about keeping yourself calm and composed in situations like this. I believe I’ve batted in times like this in 3 out of the 5 games (on this CT), and in one in all the games, I didn’t get to bat in any respect against Pakistan.
“Hard to place it into words, pure skill and the best way we’ve all played our cricket growing up, needed to face plenty of challenges, we’ve needed to face pressure from the time we’ve held a bat and decided to grow to be skilled cricketers. The way in which the BCCI has groomed us and the domestic circuit has trained us to handle pressure and do well in circumstances like these,” said KL Rahul.
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE)
