Rohit on India’s unbeaten ICC run: ‘Shows the quality in the crew’

Although in this Champions Trophy, India have performed all of their 5 matches in Dubai, their schedules in the 2023 World Cup (albeit at dwelling), and in the T20 World Cup they gained final yr, have been tougher. In 2023, they performed in 9 totally different venues, shedding solely the closing to Australia. In final yr’s T20 occasion, they performed three matches in New York state to begin, however then performed their final six matches (one in all which was deserted) throughout 5 totally different venues.

“That’s a great, great milestone to have, honestly speaking,” Rohit mentioned about India’s 23 victories. “It speaks to the kind of team this is. I know we reached the ODI World Cup and lost that final. But then we went to the T20 World Cup and didn’t lose a single game. We went on to win the trophy here as well.

“That reveals the quality in the crew. Lots of depth. Lots of understanding inside the group. Lots of pleasure. And that’s how we wish to play our cricket. That’s what we had spoken earlier than the event – that there is an excessive amount of stress on the outdoors. If one recreation, India loses, or the match goes right here and there, there’s a lot hypothesis that occurs.

“But the boys and the team have actually managed to put that aside, and just focused on how to win games and how to enjoy the game. That’s been the most important aspect of our game in the last two or three years that we’ve been here.”

If you slim the pattern down to simply 2024 and 2025, India have now gained 13 out of 13, throughout two totally different codecs. MS Dhoni helmed India’s victory costs to all three limited-overs trophies, profitable the 2007 T20 World Cup, the 2011 ODI World Cup, and the 2013 Champions Trophy. But solely in the 2013 Champions Trophy did his crew go undefeated by means of the event. And at no level did Dhoni’s India crew win two ICC trophies in succession.

“It is a great team achievement for the team to win two ICC trophies and to go undefeated is the icing on the cake,” Rohit mentioned. “I have seen very few teams that have won two tournaments undefeated. We used the conditions well and won. There’s no future plan, whatever is happening will keep happening.

“We misplaced the 2023 closing after enjoying such terrific cricket in 9 video games. So with the identical mindset, with the identical intention, with the identical recreation plan, we went to play the closing. But we talked about the undeniable fact that [we] do not quit until the recreation is over. This is what we spoke about earlier than these two finals – that we have to remain in the recreation until the finish.”

Rohit also paid tribute to a versatile XI, packed with allrounders, with almost everyone who played making a serious impact on the tournament.

“If you have a look at Nos. 1 to 11, the gamers who received an opportunity to bat or bowl, they’ve contributed in their very own methods. Eventually, when everybody performs collectively and lots of people contribute, you get quite a lot of success persistently. In this event, we noticed the gamers who received an opportunity to bowl performed their half. The gamers who received an opportunity to bat gained us video games.

“It was not like only one player scored all the runs in the tournament. Everyone has contributed here and there because we knew that wickets were challenging here, and it’s not easy for everyone. So getting all contributions from top to bottom was crucial.

“There is quite a lot of starvation and quite a lot of ardour. These issues are usually not presupposed to be taught. It could be very pure to quite a lot of guys right here.”