Under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma, the Indian team has entered the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. He won the semi -final match against Australia by 4 wickets on Tuesday (March 4). The match was played at Dubai International Stadium.
In this match, Virat Kohli played an 84 -run match innings. After this brilliant victory, Indian coach Gautam Gambhir came to the press conference. During this, he answered questions about team selection and batting order. He became angry at some questions. During this, Gambhir also supported Kohli and KL Rahul.
‘It doesn’t matter what people talk’
On the question of team selection, Gambhir said, ‘I don’t care about it. My job is to be loyal to 140 crore Indians, players and dressing rooms. I do not care what people talk, what they say. What is their agenda? In the end, the only thing to me matters how loyal I am towards my work. Because this allows me to live peacefully.
‘We will keep sending letters to number 5’
Spin all -rounder Akshar Patel is being sent to bat at number five. He is followed by players like KL Rahul and Hardik Pandya. Akshar played an important innings of 27 runs in the semi -finals. Gambhir supported the letter about this order and said, ‘I have already said that I do not care what people say. I believe he is a quality player and this is a special thing.
Cricket should also be played in this way. We will continue to play like this. We know what qualities and abilities in character. We will keep giving him a chance at number five so that he can continue his performance. The special thing is that he has also shown his ability. He has played important innings while batting at number 5. You can continue to talk about why you send on marks 5 of the alphabet. But yes, the important thing for us is what we want as a team and we will continue to do so.
What did Gambhir say about Kohli’s weakness against leg -spinners?
Kohli played the match winning innings in the semi -finals. He scored 84 off 98 balls. But a journalist asked if there was any weakness against Kohli’s leg spin? On this, serious enraged and said, ‘It is okay to be dismissed against some spinners when you play 300 matches. He has scored a century in this tournament.
He said, ‘He has scored 80 runs in this match. When you score runs in the match, eventually dismiss some bowler. Therefore, instead of trying to find out if he is out against leg spin. I think when you play 300 ODIs, you will be able to dismiss a particular type of bowler and that’s fine.
