Team India registered a thrilling win over New Zealand in the Champions Trophy 2025. While there were a lot of buzz around Rohit Sharma’s retirement, he has confirmed that he won’t retire anytime soon. However, Rohit Sharma registered his first-ever fifty in an ICC event final, playing a brilliant knock against New Zealand in the final of ICC Champions Trophy at Dubai as well.
“I am not going to retire from this format. Just to make sure no rumours are spread moving forward. Koi future plan hai nahi, jo chal raha hai chalega (there is no future plan, whatever is going on will continue as it is),” Rohit Sharma said. “There is a lot of hunger even in guys who have played lot of cricket and it rubs down on even the younger players. We have five to six players who are real stalwarts makes job easier for all of us.”
On the other hand, Indian batter Shreyas Iyer was happy after helping India, with a 48-run cameo, to lift their third Champions Trophy title win by beating New Zealand by four wickets in the final in Dubai on Sunday as well. However, Iyer finished the tournament as the second-highest run-getter having scored 241 runs in five matches behind New Zealand batter Rachin Ravindra as well.
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“I am over the moon, to be honest. It is pretty hard to sum it up in words. This has been my first ICC Trophy, and I am kind of overwhelmed by it. Kudos to each and every one in the dressing room. The way we have turned up in this tournament. It was simply magnificent. To be honest, I love to bat under pressure. I thrive under pressure, and I really, really like that challenge. I always want to get a big one, but if you can contribute enough for your Team and it leads up to a victory, that’s more than enough for me. I am truly happy,” he stated.
While Shreyas Iyer made 48 off 62 balls, it was KL Rahul who kept his cool to stay till the end and scored 34 not out off 33 balls to take the team home.
“I don’t think I can say this on camera but I was shitting myself. We had a couple of batters to come, but I was tense. It’s all about keeping yourself calm and composed in situations like this. I think I’ve batted in times like this in 3 out of the 5 games (in this CT), and in one of the games, I didn’t get to bat at all against Pakistan. Hard to put it into words, pure skill and the way we’ve all played our cricket growing up, had to face a lot of challenges, we’ve had to face pressure from the time we’ve held a bat and decided to become professional cricketers. The way 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.
