- Rachin Ravindra: In the final match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 played in Dubai on Sunday, the Indian team performed brilliantly and won the title against New Zealand. After 12 years, India has been successful in winning the trophy of the tournament.
Rachin Ravindra: In the final match of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 played in Dubai on Sunday, the Indian team performed brilliantly and won the title against New Zealand. After 12 years, India has been successful in winning the trophy of the tournament. Even though the Kiwi team could not win the Champions Trophy, young batsman Rachin Ravindra was given the title of Player of the Tournament. So let’s know what he said after winning this award.
Rachin Ravindra, who became the Player of the Tournament, was disappointed
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New Zealand’s young batsman Rachin Ravindra‘s performance in the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 was amazing. He played a stormy innings while thrashing the bowlers and made a significant contribution in taking the team to the final. Playing four matches in the tournament, his bat produced 263 runs at an average of 65.75, which includes two centuries. Due to this performance, Rachin Ravindra won the Player of the Tournament title. He was also impressive in the final match against India. However, during this time only 37 runs came off his bat.
statement after defeat
After winning the Player of the Tournament title, Rachin Ravindra said that he was happy to achieve this feat, but it is more important for the team to play. He said,
“It is definitely a bittersweet feeling. The final was great. Individual awards are great, but playing for the team is what matters the most. [How do you do so well in ICC tournaments?] Maybe we get to play on good wickets. I love playing tournament cricket because you play for a target. I am proud of my performance and want to thank a lot of people. It would have been better to end this journey with a trophy, but cricket is a ruthless game. Every member of our team has an important role. There is no veteran or new player, we all do our job and play as a team.”
This is how the match went
Talking about the match, New Zealand, who won the toss and came to bat first, had a great start. Rachin Ravindra along with Will Young shared a 57-run partnership for the first wicket. However, during this time both the batsmen missed out on scoring a half-century. But Daryl Mitchell scored 63 runs and Michael Bracewell scored 53 runs to take New Zealand’s scoreboard to 251 runs. In response, Team India scored 254 runs at the loss of 6 wickets and won the match by four wickets. During this, Rohit Sharma contributed 75 runs, Shreyas Iyer 48 runs, Shubman Gill 31 runs, and KL Rahul 34 runs.