INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Cricketing hero Virat Kohli has praised his teammates for all stepping up at various points in their successful ICC Champions Trophy 2025
mission.In the Final, it was Rohit Sharma that led the way
In the semi-final, it was Virat Kohli with the bat and Mohammed Shami with the ball, among others.India won five straight games to claim the
Champions Trophy 2025 and in each of those contests, a handful of their star players shone bright.Those contributions led to another
title-yielding run in a major ICC event
And Kohli exemplified that in Dubai, scoring an unbeaten ton against Pakistan and a crucial 84 off 98 balls against Australia to help his
side qualify for the decider.&I think to win titles, which has been missing in the past, the whole team must step up in different games,&
Kohli said after India&s memorable Final win against New Zealand.&If you look at this tournament, over the course of five matches, everyone
has put their hand up somewhere or another.&These are the things, after playing for so long, you look forward to
Being in situations where you are put under pressure, and you walk in, and you put your hand up.&After Rohit took full advantage of the new
ball, it was Shreyas Iyer that came in and played a commanding helping hand, as India went about surging towards the Black Caps& total of
251.Shreyas scored a clutch 48 through the middle overs, where runs had proven infamously hard to come by on the Dubai surface, which was
enough to set up KL Rahul for finishing duties, with one over to spare.&That is why we ended up winning this tournament,& Kohli
continued.&People have made such impactful knocks and produced such impactful spells, and it is only a collective effort that can win you a
I am just so happy we were able to play as a unit and really enjoy ourselves
We have had such an amazing time as a team
It has been an amazing tournament for us.&Kohli believes the future is bright for India, with the experienced batter now tipping a prolonged
period of dominance in the coming years.&We have the squad that is ready to take on the world in the next eight to 10 years and these guys
definitely have the talent to do so,& Kohli said.&They have stepped up already with so many impactful innings that this guy (Gill) has
Shreyas beautiful, KL (Rahul) has been finishing games and Hardik (Pandya) is a match-winner so we are in good hands.&One of the stories of
the Champions Trophy has been India&s mid-campaign inclusion of Varun Chakaravarthy, who took 5/42 against the Kiwis in the group stage, in
his first tournament appearance.He would go on to become a crucial member of India&s knockout stage run, finishing with nine wickets from
his three games.Chakaravarthy was a key cog in his side&s spin bowling cartel that, game after game, choked the life out of their opponent&s
batting innings.Kuldeep Yadav was the other slow bowler that reaped rewards, picking up two scalps in the Final, while Ravindra Jadeja&s
accurate and quality execution was also on full display, finishing with figures of 1/30 off 10 overs.New Zealand&s captain Mitchell Santner
was full of praise for India&s attack.&It was good bowling,& Santner said.&We lost a couple of wickets after the powerplay and then they
really got the squeeze on
Credit to the way their spinners bowled, all four of them
They are world class bowlers, and they showed that again today.&It&s now back-to-back ICC events for India&s Men&s team, after their ICC
Men&s T20 World Cup success last year.It sets them up to be the team to beat at the ICC Men&s Cricket World Cup in South Africa, Zimbabwe
and Namibia in 2028.Indian players spoke about riding the momentum they have created through their dominance in ICC tournaments
And that certainly shone through on the big stage in Dubai.The post Kohli praises teammates for unbeaten Champions Trophy campaign first
