KL Rahul's father-in-law and Bollywood actor reacted after India beat New Zealand by four wickets in the final to clinch the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 final at Dubai International Stadium in Dubai. KL Rahul, who faced a lot of criticism for his lean patch, played an unbeaten 34-run match-winning knock that helped the Men in Blue to register a win against Blackcaps.
Sunil Shetty took his 'X' formerly known as Twitter to praise the India wicketkeeper batter for his performance in the mega event.
"INDIA’S WISH !!!! Rahul’s COMMAND ……" posted Sunil Shetty.
KL Rahul ended the Champions Trophy 2025 as India's fourth highest run getter after Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and Shubman Gill. The wicketkeeper batter scored 140 runs with a batting average of 140.00.
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KL Rahul was lost for words after guiding India to a historic Champions Trophy title win. He accepted that he was nervous at a point in the game but he was confident that he could get over the line.
"Not sure I can say this on air but I was s****** myself. As confident as I could be that I could get over the line. Keeping composure is all that matters, happy to have done it this time. I've batted in times like this in three out of the five games. Hard to put in words, but the team has pure skill. The way we've all had to play cricket growing up, we faced pressure from the time we became professional cricketers. The BCCI have groomed all of them and we've challenging ourselves to get better," KL Rahul said after India's Champions Trophy title win.
After winning the Champions Trophy 2025, the Men in Blue became the first team to win the title for three times. This was India's second consecutive ICC title, earlier the Men in Blue won the T20 World Cup in 2024. Champions Trophy 2025 win marked as India's seventh ICC title.