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Champions Trophy 2025: Shreyas Iyer© AFP
“Iyer did very well but I am not happy the way he got out in the final. He should have continued till the very end and finished the game. But happy to see him realise his potential. KL too played a few important innings at number six but still not convinced Axar Patel batting ahead of him at five. The left-hand right-hand combination could be the only reason,” he mentioned.
Vengsarkar additionally gave due credit score to the choice panel led by Ajit Agarkar.
“Credit needs to go to the selectors as well. They stuck with Rohit after the Australia series. Even the decision to take five spinners in the squad proved to be a master stroke,” he added.
Iyer completed as India’s prime run-scorer within the competitors with 243 runs in 5 video games, together with successive half-centuries in opposition to Pakistan and New Zealand within the group stage. He performed a key knock of 48 runs within the last, and performed a key position in India standing as much as the spin problem on Dubai’s gradual pitches.
“When you see that you’re the highest run-getter for the team, I think there’s no better feeling other than that. The feeling is surreal. But I feel that I could have finished the game (final).
“However you recognize what, on the finish of the day, each particular person desires to complete the sport for the crew. I’d take this on any given day, and I am extraordinarily blissful the way in which each particular person contributed in the direction of crew victory,” he added.
Iyer also landed a spot in Champions Trophy’s Team of the Tournament alongside Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, Mohammed Shami and Varun Chakaravarthy. “Profitable my first ICC trophy, I believe it is a sensible feeling general. That is the fifth title for me in a yr, and critically, grateful and blessed,” he concluded.
With IANS inputs
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