Shubman Gill on winning trophies: It’s not good when desperation kicks in | Cricket News
India will meet New Zealand in the Champions Trophy 2025 final. India has broken the 13-year-trophy drought at the 2024 World T20 Cup co-hosted West Indies and the USA. Shubman Gill believes that winning the first trophy after so long helps on big occasions like these he says, “it’s not good when desperation kicks.”
“It gives you the momentum, also you are not very desperate about getting the title. It’s not good when desperation kicks in. Then it becomes hard to put the occasion out of the equation,” he told reporters at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium on the eve of the final.
“Sometimes once you get one title, I think that kind of breaks the jinx,” he would add. “In all these big matches, the players or the teams that can put aside the pressure and take the occasion out of the game have a better chance of winning.
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Gill would also mention that winning the 2024 title has not made the Indian team less hungry. “I think winning the title in 2024 doesn’t mean that we are less hungry but I think it makes us more balanced that yes we’ve won an ICC title and we’ll try to do our best to win this one.”
India are favorites but New Zealand not walkover
Former India coach Ravi Shastri said India are the firm favourites to win the 2025 Champions Trophy but New Zealand won’t give them a walkover in the final “If there’s one team that can beat India, it’s New Zealand,” Shastri said in ‘The ICC Review’. “So India start as favourites but only just,” he said.
Shastri also highlighted Virat Kohli’s current form as a potential game-changer, while also acknowledging Williamson’s ability to seize crucial moments.
