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Hardik Pandya in motion throughout Champions Trophy 2025.© AFP
India entered the Champions Trophy 2025 last after a candy victory over Australia within the semi-final. The aspect chased down a goal of 265 – the very best towards Australia in ICC ODI occasions – due to important contributions by quite a few their batters. Whereas Virat Kohli (84) and Shreyas Iyer (45) had laid the platform, the stress to complete the sport was on the shoulders of Hardik Pandya and KL Rahul. Pandya hit three large sixes in a vital cameo, serving to India recover from the road.
With the run chase happening to the wire and India requiring greater than run-a-ball within the last 10 overs, there have been seemingly some nervous faces within the dressing room.
After getting out with India needing solely six runs to win, Pandya entered the dressing room all smiles. Talking after the sport, Pandya joked with fellow all-rounder Axar Patel concerning this.
“I was smiling. I mean, I didn’t think of hitting two sixes. I knew it would happen at any time. But I knew that people must have gotten a little tense in the dressing room. I was laughing a little inside,” Pandya mentioned, talking in a video shared by the Indian cricket crew on social media.
Pandya performed a precious cameo of 28 off 24 balls, hitting one boundary and three sixes. KL Rahul stayed unbeaten until the tip on 42 off 34.
Axar Patel then elaborated on the nervousness contained in the dressing room, and what folks inside had been considering.
“You (Pandya) didn’t think about what would happen inside? People were thinking, ‘hey, run twos, run singles’,” Axar instructed Pandya.
“But I knew. I had trust in you. I was just observing the environment around me,” Axar added.
India will tackle New Zealand within the Champions Trophy 2025 last on Sunday, March 9. Ought to they win, it will be a document third title for them.
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