After assisting India to win their third Champions Trophy title by defeating New Zealand four wickets in the final here on Sunday, Indian batter Shreyas Iyer was left ‘over the moon’ with a hard 48-run cameo. With 241 runs in five matches behind New Zealand batter Rachin Ravindra, Iyer finished the tournament as the second-best run-getter. The right-handed top-order batsman wins his first ever ICC title.
To be real, I am over the moon. Using words, it’s rather difficult to encapsulate this. I’m a little bit nervous about my inaugural ICC Trophy. Credit to everybody in the dressing room. The way we have shown for this competition. It was quite outstanding.
“On honest note, I really enjoy batting under pressure. I excel under pressure, and I absolutely love the challenge. Although I always want to go big, if you can help your team enough to carry them to a victory, that will suffice for me genuinely. I am sincerely delighted.”
Iyer scored 48 off 62 balls, but KL Rahul stayed cool until the close and am 34 not out off 33 balls, guaranteeing India its third Champions Trophy title following 2002 and 2013. India’s second ICC trophy win in 12 months came after the T20 World Cup victory last June, so it also points to June next year.
The victory in Dubai means India is now the most successful team in the Champions Trophy’s history, achieved before a stadium largely Indian audience. Furthermore, after the loss of the 2023 ODI World Cup at home, the victory would be a relief for the Indian side and their enthusiastic supporters.
Rahul confessed to feeling a lot of pressure at the close of the but supported himself to maintain his cool and poise.
” on camera I was pooping myself; I don’t really think I can say this.” I was stiff although we had several batters to come. In circumstances like this, staying calm and cool is all there is to it. I believe I’ve batted thrice like this in five games (in this CT) and in one of those games, I absolutely couldn’t bat against Pakistan.
“Difficult to describe, pure ability and the way we’ve all played our cricket growing up—challenges abound; we’ve had to deal with pressure since we first held a bat and chose to become professional cricketers.” The way the BCCI has developed us and the domestic scene has taught us to manage stress and succeed in situations like this, stated KL Rahul.
