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 new zealand by Sunday. Iyer ended the tournament as the second-highest run-gold scored 241 runs in five matches behind new zealand batter rachin Ravindra. It is the right-handed top-order batter’s first-Eve ICC title. “I am over the moon, to be honest. It is pretty hard to sum its up in words. Turned up in this tournament.
“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. “
While Iyer Made 48 Off 62 Balls, it was kl rahul who kept his calm to stay till the end and be 34 not out off 33 balls to enSure India Got Its Third Champions Trophy Title 2002 and 2013. India’s second ICC Trophy Win in 12 Months after the T20 World Cup Triumph in June Last Year.
The dubai triumph now makes India the most successful team in the champions trophy’s history and they accounted 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 a Lot of Pressure during the Closing Moments of the but Backed Himself to Keep His Calm and Composure.
“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 time 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 we 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 a bat and decideed to bee Professional Cricketers. The way the bcci has groomed us and the domestic circuit has trained us to handle pressure and do well in circumstans like these, “said kl rahul.
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