NEW DELHI: In a pleasant post-match second, Indian cricketing stalwarts Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma lit up the Dubai Worldwide Cricket Stadium with their ‘Dandiya’ steps.
After India’s thrilling four-wicket victory over New Zealand within the 2025 Champions Trophy ultimate, the 2 Indian icons celebrated in type — by performing an impromptu Dandiya dance, utilizing the match stumps as their sticks.
Smiling from ear to ear, Kohli and Rohit twirled their stumps, recreating the colourful Gujarati people dance, a lot to the amusement of teammates and followers alike.
The playful celebration symbolised not only a main trophy win, but in addition a heartfelt camaraderie on the finish of a historic night time.
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“It has been wonderful, we wished to bounce again after a troublesome Australian tour, and wished to win an enormous event, so to win the Champions Trophy is wonderful. A lot expertise within the dressing room, they’re attempting to take their sport additional and we’re simply completely happy to be of assist (function of the seniors), sharing our expertise and that is what makes this Indian group so robust,” stated Kohli after his second Champions Trophy title.
“It is extremely good. We performed some actually good cricket by the event, to come back out and have the outcome our means is a good feeling, very pleased with how we performed this sport. It’s not pure to me however it’s one thing I actually wished to do, when you find yourself attempting one thing totally different you want the backing of the group and so they had been with me, Rahul bhai within the 2023 World Cup and now with Gauti bhai,” Skipper Rohit, who was additionally awarded the Man of the Match, stated within the post-match presentation.
Earlier, India chased down 252, with captain Rohit main from the entrance with a fluent 76 off 83 balls, setting the tone.
KL Rahul remained calm beneath strain, ending unbeaten on 34, guiding India to 254/6 in 49 overs and sealing their third Champions Trophy title.
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New Zealand had earlier posted a aggressive 251/7, powered by gritty half-centuries from Daryl Mitchell (63) and Michael Bracewell (53).
Regardless of a brisk begin, the Black Caps had been pulled again by India’s spinners, led by Kuldeep Yadav and Varun Chakaravarthy, on a dry, turning pitch.
This victory comes only a 12 months after India lifted the 2024 T20 World Cup, additional solidifying their dominance in white-ball cricket.
All of India’s matches on this event had been performed in Dubai, with the group not touring to host nation Pakistan resulting from government-imposed safety issues.
