Gautam gambhir praise axar patel and kl rahul ind vs nz final: Prior to the final of the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 against New Zealand, Team India head coach Gautam Gambhir (Gautam Gambhir on Ind vs NZ FI explained the reason behind the reshuffle in the batting order and revealed that the role of the letter gives him a chance to prove himself and show his talent in front of the world. In the finals, New Zealand (IND vs NZ Champions Trophy 2025 Final) will be undefeated in the tournament, and the Kiwi team under the captaincy of Michelle Santner is looking stronger with the bat and ball.
Men in Blue 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup semi -finals and 2021 ICC World Test Championships would like to avenge the defeat to Blackcaps in the final. India did not visit Pakistan for security reasons and played all their matches in Dubai, while other teams in the tournament had to travel from Pakistan to Dubai and Pakistan to Dubai for their matches during the league phase and semi -finals. Due to the teams being favorable to different sports conditions, it has created some controversy in the cricket world, in which former cricketers like Nasir Hussain and Michael Attart have alleged that scheduling is beneficial for India as they have to reduce the travel time significantly, they play in only one place where they know the circumstances well and they have selected their team keeping in mind the situation.
Gambhir said in a press conference after the match on Tuesday night, “We have said earlier that we do not care what people say. I think he is a great player and it is important. Cricket should be played like this and we will play like this. We will continue to play the game like this. We know the ability and ability of the letter and we will continue to give him a chance and we will continue to give a chance to give him a chance.
Apart from the selection of the players, Akshar Patel’s coming at number five and the success he got has been the subject of discussion in this big tournament. In the semi -finals against Australia, Akshar gave stability by playing an innings of 27 (30) runs, including the only boundary and the same sixes. Overall, he has done well in his new role in the tournament and scored 69 runs in two matches. Apart from this, Gambhir gave clarity about sending KL Rahul to number six instead of above. For the former left -handed batsman, sending Rahul down in order brings further depth in batting, which gives India a chance to play the game in its own way.
“You know, in sports and team games like cricket, numbers do not matter, batting situation does not matter, this effect matters. You should only think about choosing yourself in playing 11 and whatever the team needs to do, you should happily do it and KL has done so well and KL has done well and KL has really done it. Keep talking, I do not know when they have been talking about it, why we have pushed KL to the sixth number, “Gambhir said.
He said, “We think he gives us more depth and we want to play the game in this way. And the conversation with them or the conversation with everyone is exactly the same. In a team game, especially in cricket and in this format, we are not going to talk about the batting situation. We are going to talk about how we can create an impact and we will continue to do so.”