India and New Zealand will be face to face on Sunday (March 9) in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final. Before this match, the vice -captain of the Indian team, Shubman Gill said that the team would like to do everything this time, which could not do in the previous ICC ODI tournaments.
Significantly, India lost to Australia in the final of the ODI World Cup 2023, while New Zealand defeated India in the 2019 semi -finals. In such a situation, this time Team India has a chance to rectify the mistakes of their past.
“There will be a final pressure, but this time history will change” – Shubman Gill
The star batsman of the Indian team Shubman Gill also admitted that the pressure of the final will be on the players’ minds, but the team is fully ready.
In the press conference, Gill said –
“This is my second ICC event for the Indian team. I am very excited about this. Our best effort will be to achieve this time, which cannot be done last time. ”
he adds –
“There is always pressure of big matches, but the teams who face it better and do not think much about the final, they win. Look at teams like West Indies and Australia, they used to perform better in knockout matches because they kept the opportunity away from the game and gave their best on the field. ”
Will 12 -year drought break this time?
The Indian team last won the ICC Champions Trophy title in 2013, when they defeated England and won the trophy in ODI format.
Since then, the Indian team’s record was something in the knockout:
- ODI World Cup 2015: semi -finals (defeat to Australia)
- Champions Trophy 2017: Final (defeat to Pakistan)
- ODI World Cup 2019: semi -finals (defeat to New Zealand)
- ODI World Cup 2023: Final (defeat to Australia)
Now Team India has a golden opportunity to change history by winning the final against New Zealand. Will India be able to end 12 years drought by winning the Champions Trophy under Rohit Sharma’s captaincy this time? The answer will be found on Sunday!
