Former India captain Sunil Gavaskar reserved blockbuster reward for the Rohit Sharma-led facet following their Champions Trophy 2025 triumph in Dubai on Sunday. Gavaskar labelled Rohit’s India because the “greatest white-ball workforce on the planet”, highlighting their latest dominance in ODI and T20I cricket. The legendary batter additionally echoed India head coach Gautam Gambhir’s “cribbers can crib” comment, slamming critics for claiming that India had an ‘undue benefit’ as a consequence of them enjoying all Champions Trophy video games on the similar venue.
“With no query, any workforce that reaches all three finals, the 50-over ultimate the place they completed as runners-up, the T20 World Cup victory, and now the Champions Trophy have to be thought-about the perfect white-ball workforce on the planet,” Gavaskar advised India At present.
“There isn’t any doubt in anyway. Cribbers may crib, as Gambhir mentioned, however to have the ability to attain all these finals, with no residence benefit, and nonetheless win, speaks for itself,” he added.
Gavaskar’s remarks comes after Gambhir advised the ‘perpetual cribbers’ to ‘develop up.’
“Initially, that is as impartial a venue for us as it’s for another workforce. We’ve not performed right here. I do not bear in mind which event we performed on this stadium final. And actually, we did not plan something like that. The plan was that when you decide two front-line spinners within the 15-man squad, then even when we performed in Pakistan or wherever, we might have picked two front-line spinners as a result of it was a contest on the subcontinent. So, it was nothing like we wished to arrange a spinners’ lure. If you happen to take a look at it, we solely performed one front-line spinner within the first three matches,” Gambhir mentioned throughout a post-match press convention.
Former Pakistan spinner Danish Kaneria additionally rubbished the talks of India having a bonus of enjoying all its matches in Dubai, together with the ultimate, and mentioned such issues are past understanding.
“For the subsequent two or three days, there will probably be discussions about how Pakistan was the host and India received the trophy. Many individuals in Pakistan have been speaking about how India had the benefit. I do not perceive how such issues may be mentioned… (Dubai) It wasn’t India’s residence floor. It was once Pakistan’s residence floor.
“I do not suppose India has performed matches in Dubai earlier than the Champions Trophy. This similar query was requested by a Pakistani journalist to Gautam Gambhir, and he gave a really apt and sharp response,” Kaneria advised IANS.
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