Although in this champions trophy, India has played all of its five games in Dubai, their 2023 World Cup times (although at home), and during the T20 World Cup, they won last year, were more difficult. In 2023, they played in nine different places, losing only the final against Australia. In last year’s T20 event, they played three games in New York to start, but then played their last six games (one of which was abandoned) in five different places.
“This is an important step to have, honestly speaking,” said Rohit about the 23 victories of India. “It talks about the team kind.
“This shows the quality of the team. A lot of depth. A lot of understanding within the group. A lot of excitement. And that’s how we want to play our cricket. This is what we talked about before the tournament – that there is too much pressure outside. If a game, India loses, or that the match goes here and there, there is so much speculation that occurs.
“But the boys and the team managed to put this aside, and simply focused on how to win matches and how to enjoy the game. It was the most important aspect of our game in the last two or three years that we have been here.”
If you reduce the sample to only 2024 and 2025, India has now won 13 out of 13, in two different formats. Ms. Dhoni directed the victory charges of India to the three limited trophies, winning the 2007 T20 World Cup, the ODI 2011 World Cup and the Champions 2013 trophy. But it was only in the 2013 champions trophy that her team was undefeated throughout the tournament. And at no time did the Dhoni Indian team won two successive ICC trophies.
“It is a great team success for the team to win two ICC trophies and to become undefeated is the icing on the cake,” said Rohit. “I saw very few teams that won two undefeated tournaments. We have used the conditions well and won. There is no future plan, everything that happens will continue to happen.
“We lost the 2023 final after playing a cricket as formidable in nine games. So, with the same state of mind, with the same intention, with the same match plan, we went to play the final. But we talked about the fact that [we] Do not give up before the end of the game. This is what we talked about before these two finals – that we have to stay in the game until the end. “”
Rohit also paid tribute to a versatile XI, filled with versatile, with almost all those who played a serious impact on the tournament.
“If you look at the numbers 1 to 11, the players who had the chance to beat or make a bowl, they contributed in their own way. In the end, when everyone plays together and many people contribute, you get a lot of success regularly. In this tournament, we saw the players who had a chance to play their role. The players who had a chance to beat us.
“It was not like only one player had scored all the races of the tournament. Everyone contributed here and there because we knew that the counters were difficult here, and it is not easy for everyone. So getting all the contributions from top to bottom was crucial.
“There is a lot of hunger and a lot of passion. These things are not supposed to be taught. It is very natural for many guys here.”
Andrew Fidel Fernando is a senior writer at Espncricinfo. @Afidelf
