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Cricket fraternity lauds Team India and Rohit Sharma for winning third Champions Trophy title

Cricket fraternity comes out and lauds Rohit Sharma and Team India for winning the Champions for a third time in the final versus New Zealand on Sunday

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Cricketers react to India's Champions Trophy win

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The Indian cricket team scripted history as they beat New Zealand by four wickets to win their ICC Champions Trophy title. It was a pulsating encounter, as the New Zealand bowlers didn’t give up till the last moment. Ravindra Jadeja then hit the winning runs as Rohit Sharma and his Indian cricket team were confirmed as the champions. 

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Some of the biggest names in the cricket fraternity took to social media and applauded the Indian cricket team. Afghanistan spinner Rashid Khan was one of the earliest to tweet along with former India skipper Sourav Ganguly. Rashid congratulated Rohit and also paid huge compliments to the New Zealand side. 

Read the tweets here: 

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella wrote, “Congratulations to Team India on their incredible victory in the Champions Trophy final against New Zealand! Special shoutout to (Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli) for their stellar performances. Legends!”. Sourav Ganguly wrote, “Superb effort by India... What a performance in world tournaments last 2 years. so much depth in the squad. congratulations to all .. Rohit Sharma captain marvellous”

KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja reflect on special win 

Speaking to the host broadcasters, KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja, who played stellar roles with the bat, were joyous in their win. Rahul played a key knock with the bat just like he had in the first semi-finals against Australia. Jadeja, on the other hand, scored nine not out and also picked one for 30 with the ball. 

Rahul speaking to the host broadcasters said, “I don’t think I can say this on camera but I was shitting myself. We had a couple of batters to come but I was tense. It’s all about keeping yourself calm and composed in situations like this. I didn’t get to bat at all against Pakistan. Hard to put it into words, pure skill and the way we’ve all played our cricket growing up, had to face a lot of challenges; we’ve had to face pressure from the time we’ve held a bat and decided to become professional cricketers.”

Jadeja said, “My batting number is such that I'm either a hero or a zero at the end of the game. It was important that KL and Hardik did well in that partnership; their scoring runs was a game-changing moment. The wicket wasn't easy going into batting at first, it's an important tournament, playing for India and winning the Champions Trophy for the country is big, you do regret when you don't be part of winning teams after having played for so many years.”

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