Team India all set to play the Champions Trophy 2025 final against New Zealand on Sunday. And, star India opener Shubman Gill will play a vital cog. He also stated that this is an overwhelming feeling of tension in a tournament decider as well.

“Obviously some nerves in that match,” he said, ahead of India’s date with New Zealand in Sunday’s decider. “(I learned) a lot of things. It was my first ICC Final … I was very excited.”

Gill also hinted that he’ll draw on the experience of the 2023 World Cup decider to make sure he takes things with more patience, and not feel quite as rushed, this time around as well.

“(It felt like) I was losing time to dominate in that game,” he continued. “I think in big ICC knockout matches, you can give yourself a little bit more time than you think. We lost (the World Cup Final) in ‘23 and then won in the T20 World Cup (in 2024). So I think we have got good momentum going with us in this tournament. It’s going to be a really exciting game for us and definitely, if we are able to win this one, I think it would be a great way to end this format this year.”

“It’s a very big opportunity for us and in general, in any ICC tournament or any ICC event that happens, we have a lot of responsibility, a lot of pressure from our fans. And the last two ICC tournaments that we have played, we went on to (make the Final),” Shubman Gill concluded.