Legendary India captain Kapil Dev said he wanted to see a century from Rohit Sharma in the Champions Trophy 2025 final against New Zealand. India captain got out for 76 (83) in the summit clash as the Men in Blue won the final by four wickets.
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00:00Let's also listen in to our expert in Kapil Dev. This is what he said about India's win.
00:05Handling expectations of more than a billion people not easy but this gentleman knows how
00:10to do that so does the 11 people over there in uh don't ever say 11 people it's a full team
00:18it's not only 11 it's a 15 people's sporting staff coach manager everybody together right
00:27so in Dubai all those men along with the wishes and the expectations everything's just come out
00:33beautifully for the Indian team congratulations to you Mr. Kapil Dev. Oh to everybody everybody
00:37in the country I think this type of a win brings so much happiness around you can see the smiling
00:44face I think fantastic these type of things you can't plan something when it happen and you can
00:51see the people's face they want to say something they can't say because they don't know what to
00:57say they have 10 line in one line they want to say 10 line yeah I think it's fantastic victory
01:04like this required when they play bad cricket two series in Australia and India against New Zealand
01:11and Australia now here they come back and played such fantastic cricket I think oh there's no word
01:18to express you you said you know you find you you're always looking for multiple ways of expressing
01:23such feelings 10 lines come to your mind but in one line if you could describe the best in the
01:28best possible manner in that one line the whole winning feeling right now what would that be?
01:32English is not my language so I can't say that
01:42and if you say yes they made us proud. Indeed they did but the one man the nation's talking
01:48extremely happy I started with expectations the captain you know that all very well the captain
01:54is a little extra pressured by the expectations around the legacy of Rohit Sharma two back-to-back
02:00ICC titles where does this take Rohit Sharma? I think understand that captain get the biggest
02:06criticism also they get biggest respect and all the praise also so I think winning two series
02:15back-to-back it shows that he has the temperament even though I didn't like the way he got out
02:21today I'm so upset I wish he could have got 100 but nevertheless the team won that's more important
02:30the way he played cricket it's not easy to continue playing for 10 years a cricket like that
02:3899% cricketer change their thought process they just stay there for 10-15 balls and then they try
02:46this guy from very first ball he just think he can see the ball like football
02:53and sometime he got out also but I think his ability of hitting sixes we have seen
03:00big names big name Balinder Saiwag, Gale, Jai Surya but this guy comes out hit with so much
03:08ease absolutely ease and maximum sixes in the world of cricket oh hats off to him
03:16would you say that you know in this new brand of cricket that India are playing right now
03:20aggressive bold approach Rohit Sharma has played a big big part? I think everybody let's say
03:26it doesn't change overnight it's over the period of time and keep on changing if you see last 10
03:32years cricket Dhoni made a very big impact on that Sachin was there Rahul was Balinder Saiwag
03:39Anil Kumble you can say Lakshman, Harbhajan Singh and slowly the change took place then we have
03:47got this new brand of cricketer who fearless sometime we feel you know you can't you don't
03:55have to be so much fearless but they believe that if they're out they are not bothered that
04:01that's the way we want to play people like us sometimes we criticize that cool down man we
04:06will get enough time but no they say this is the way we want to play yes out of 10 twice or thrice
04:14out of 10 games you will be can lose very easy match but they haven't changed their thought
04:23that's important can it be said sir that this Indian team led by Rohit Sharma is indeed in
04:28this cricketing world right now the best white ball team that's there made it to the finals of
04:34the 2023 world cup winners of the 2024 edition of the T20 world cup and now champions trophy winners
04:42I think Rohit what he did he's put pressure the entire Indian cricket because now we expect every
04:49time Indian team will go out we'll expect they should win it's not going to happen it goes up
04:55and it will come down but their method of playing was fantastic their approach was people like us
05:02sometime we should sit and talk and we say why they do but again they come out and they
05:08like today Rohit went for that shot we like to criticize but that's the way they want to play
05:17sometimes you say why you have enough time but they said no we want to dominate the crease
05:24and that's what they did but but when it comes down to choosing the one team or that there's
05:28three four teams that's all that they're always there in the conversation India will always be
05:32there Australia England are there I think I give today a New Zealand lot of respect
05:39with their limitation and sentinel uh did the bowling chain make the match so exciting despite
05:47of Rohit played such a fantastically despite of that they come back they bounce back they brought
05:53the match up to the level where they given themselves a chance almost 40 percent in last
05:59six over or eight over they can win it I think we must respect New Zealand today the way they played
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