Legendary India cricketer Sunil Gavaskar has said that the emotions got the better of him when captain Rohit Sharma lifted the ICC Champions Trophy 2025. Gavaskar was seen dancing in jubilation as India beat New Zealand by four wickets to clinch their third Champions Trophy title.
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00:00hello and welcome to battle of champions coming to you live from dubai one final time one
00:19final time because the champions trophy is done india are the victors i am nikhil naz
00:25with me as always sunny gavaskar through the next half an hour we're going to look at those
00:29winning moments reactions from the star players of the indian cricket team as well as try and
00:34answer that question is it the best white ball team on the planet at the moment or not but we'll
00:40kick start our program with mr gavaskar say bye all that euphoria and i'm not talking about the
00:45team i'm talking about you with all the dancing and everything has it settled down is it feeling
00:49even sweeter the next day it is it is it is because look at the joy that uh rohit and his
00:54team have given all of us uh you know we are we are all fans of indian cricket and we are all
00:59wanting the team to do well and we also get disappointed when they don't do well which is
01:04you know because we because we know the talent that these guys have and of course we also having
01:09played the game know that luck can sometimes go against you sometimes the opposition is just a
01:14little bit better so we all know that uh so that's why this joy uh to see them win this uh the cup
01:20when they won it uh in in great style the semi and the finals with exactly what you would want
01:27you know going down to the wire because that's what you want really okay it was nervous a little
01:31bit uh you know you had your little moments of you know nail biting and stuff like that
01:36but wonderful absolutely wonderful and thank you to rohit and his team for giving us this wonderful
01:42moment to cherish you know moments to cherish to see what you've done the joy that you've given to
01:47so many indian cricket followers not just in india but all over the world thank you so much
01:51how many uh whatsapp messages have you received of your clip that has gone viral of you instinctively
01:57dancing when rohit was lifting the trophy yes i think when rohit got the trophy and i think the
02:01emotion got the better of me at that stage uh like i like i said uh you know look i you know
02:08i'm what i am because of indian cricket uh i started watching cricket as a little kid because
02:13of all you know my uncle madhav mantri uh being a former india player my my parents also encouraged
02:20me my father was a club cricketer he took me to all the club matches that's how my interest in
02:24the game grew i grew up watching at the brabham stadium then at the at the maidans all the all
02:29the stars in mumbai uh you know the the manjrekas the vadekas ramakandesai dilip sardesai you name
02:35it and then and then late farrukh engineers and nari contractor and then then you know seeing the
02:41other like jaisima my hero uh tiger patodi all these guys salim durrani uh and so the the you
02:47know just the kid in me just wanted to you know you know play a bit of cricket and if i could play
02:52if i could maybe be with them was amazing i mean i got that opportunity when i played for india to
02:57be with my hero to play in the same team as my hero and then with salim uncle who was you know
03:02probably the most generous of all indian cricketers you know it was just wonderful
03:07and okay i had the good fortune thanks thanks to god uh to be able to play for for india
03:14after that also i love indian cricket and that therefore to see these youngsters
03:20do well uh you know like any elder in the family you know you feel very proud of what they achieve
03:26so that's exactly i'm feeling so proud of these young guys of having achieved so much for india
03:31right it is amazing to listen to that because it's the passing of the patent he talks about
03:36you know his uncle madhav mantri salim durrani jayasima uh you have the generation of sachin
03:41tendulkar talk about the kapil devs and the sunil gavaskars and of course the current generation
03:46talks about uh sachin tendulkar or a virinder sevag or a sort of ganguly it just passes on the
03:51success keeps coming started from 83 the first icc trophy and now we are in 2025 with the seventh
03:58icc trophy so i was talking about those moments and it happened all instinctively let's try and
04:03relive those moments you of course would have been watching it on tv mr gavaskar was lucky
04:08enough to be on the ground so we're reliving those uh winning moments the winning shot the
04:12celebration that followed and all the heartfelt reactions that came from the players right after
04:17india won the champions trophy this is an iconic moment this is this is sunil gavaskar for those
04:26of you who are uh what do we say gen z you might be watching you don't know what this man means to
04:31international cricket not just indian cricket he was a pioneer the first of many records
04:36that was achieved now you see him as an extraordinary broadcaster but to lead it
04:45and that's going away into the fence when ravindra jadeja sent the ball across the road
04:50an entire nation came together to celebrate champions it was india's hour of glory
04:59the men who worked tirelessly for it sang
05:03danced and embraced each other to celebrate their collective success
05:15back home within minutes the streets were filled with legions of cricket loving fans
05:29so
05:34in our studios too two absolute legends of the game danced their hearts out
05:50in dubai setting the tone for the big party were ashdeep jadeja and harshid who recreated
05:56virat kohli's famous gangnam style moves even the players who didn't play the game played
06:01their part you knew that if india got set in that first 10 overs it would mean but this time
06:07virat kohli wanted to play a bit of dandiya that's precisely what he did and as a leader
06:13was able to do that for his team then reminded everyone how good he really is with his footwork
06:27the coach too despite his reserved disposition was dragged into the celebrations
06:48adorning the famous white jacket the indian players are finally tasting the success
06:53they were always touted too as the country rejoices yet another golden chapter in its
06:59cricketing history sports bureau india today
07:09okay heartwarming scenes those witnessed at the dubai international stadium with me
07:14is mr gavaskar today of course is also the anniversary of the 1985 benson and hedges
07:21triumph that came under the leadership of mr gavaskar in fact sahiba i was thinking
07:26uh does that win compared to this i know i'm not comparing world cup to world cup
07:30that was in a sense a mini world cup this many call it a mini world cup quite similar
07:35quite similar because you had the test teams over there in that in that competition
07:39all the test playing nations at that stage uh limited overs cricket was relatively new
07:45it wasn't new but it was relatively new it had only been there about 10 12 years
07:50so yes i think therefore it was a very special win it was just a fantastic uh you know end to my
07:58captaincy career that was the the evening today for example 40 years ago after we won i said i
08:05was you know i i just thanked my teammates for giving me such a wonderful present on my last day
08:10as the captain of the indian cricket team and so therefore i think it was it was really a memorable
08:15occasion having one of the the tournament beating all the teams quite comfortably winning every
08:21single game comfortably dismissing everybody excepting pakistan in the final and pakistan
08:27in the final we took nine wickets yeah we did that was also quite similar all the top teams
08:32playing no easy games and quite similar here in the champions trophy as well now to the tougher
08:37question the one memory i have of that final special especially was ravi shastri winning
08:43the audi car and then driving around the boundary line and my question to you is if there was a
08:48similar prize in this tournament who would have you given it to yes uh it's a tough one because
08:55we had about three or four contenders from our team itself we had a kapil dev was there we had
09:01krishnamachari srikant who had done well we had laxman shivram krishnan who had bowled brilliantly
09:06so and sadhana and vishwanath who you know kept wickets so well was always you know the the spirit
09:12that was lifting the team up when there was a little bit of a partnership we were the one who
09:15was egging everybody on so there were so many contenders so here same here this time yeah oh
09:22same here i mean there's varun chakravarti kohli virat kohli uh there is a shreya sahiya for the
09:27way he batted akshar patel for the way he bowled and batted and fielded as well ravinder jadeja
09:32the way he bowled and also rohit sharma for the captaincy so so many uh and and uh i i would not
09:41like to make a make a choice here i would just like to say you know well done to everybody in
09:46the team and just like you know we for us whoever won we wanted an indian to win yeah because there
09:53were a couple of you know contenders from pakistan as well i think mudassar nazar was a contender we
09:58wanted an indian to win and that's what happened by getting the the car the champion of champion
10:04what a title the champion of champion it's a really memorable title uh and so i think over
10:10here as well you have to answer my question you have the keys to that car you have to give it to
10:15somebody you have the keys listen i'm an old-fashioned opening bat when there's a good
10:19ball around the off stump and it's moving away i shoulder arms and i let it go okay that just
10:24tells you how tough it is to really pick that because usually when i pin mr gavaskar down he
10:28has an answer for us and he answers it straight up this time he's finding it very difficult that's
10:33because uh those many people have contributed to india's win i forgot k l raul as well yes yeah i
10:38mean in the names that i mentioned k l raul did brilliantly yeah in the last two games so many i
10:44mean that's there you are bowling batting you know everything you just name it okay um now that
10:50you've you know seen that this bunch multiple match winners uh and now you're not going to have
10:55too much of one day cricket what do you see the future of the indian odi team is this a good
11:00enough bunch to continue uh because we now heard it from the the senior players they've all said
11:06ravindra jadeja we heard from rohit sharma you heard from that they retirement's not on their
11:10mind they want to continue playing they want to enjoy their success what do you see the future
11:14of this odi team you continue with this bunch going forward for the next two years that is
11:18going to be that's going to be the real question for the selection committee because they have to
11:22take into account that you know do these people look they are good enough players and and the
11:29experience will be handy when you have you know players with that many matches under their belt
11:34that much of success that many man of the matches a player of the series awards under the belt that
11:39is incredible no not not too many teams will be will be able to have that but also you want to
11:45blood a few youngsters so how they do that is going to be the key for the for the selection
11:49committee what would you do i would i would i would do it gradually okay i would do it gradually
11:54not not at one go you know just move around a little bit here and there so that there are
11:59youngsters who in case of an injury somebody gets up in the morning and has a little bit of a tummy
12:04or pulls a muscle in the morning there must be somebody ready to take over immediately something
12:09like that any youngsters you have in mind who you would want to draft into the odi for example
12:16i would also uh have a look at rishabh who did that i don't get to play in this in this
12:21entire tournament he's got age on his side he's got youth on his side he's got tremendous ability
12:28on his side so so you know i mean there are so many options but these two are the names that
12:33come straight to mind okay the point that we're discussing here is what should be the future of
12:38this indian odi team in particular but at the moment if you were to combine white ball success
12:44over t20 cricket and odi cricket as well you won two titles you reach the final of the third big
12:50title in the 2023 50 over world cup so the question is and this is what everyone is discussing is it
12:56the best white ball team on the planet we try and dwell with that question
13:04rohit and his men sent bags full of happiness from dubai
13:08to the millions cheering for them in india
13:16in the space of nine months india won their second consecutive icc title
13:22the monkey was off the back in 2024 the dominance continued in 2025
13:34the indian team has unleashed themselves with their ruthless brand
13:38of white ball cricket under the captaincy of rohit sharma
13:42rohit sharma
13:49the hitman has done the heavy lifting both as a captain and then as a batter
13:55in terms of setting the attacking template as a top order batter
14:01and with the presence of virat kohli shreyas aiyar hardik pandya and ravindra jadeja
14:06india's depth is a desire for several teams
14:11i think this is the best betting lineup that i've been part of personally
14:16rohit bhai and virat bhai i think all time one day grades in the world
14:22rohit bhai one of the best openers in white ball and virat bhai
14:28one of the best odi batsmen ever
14:36for me
14:47in the last three icc events india have lost just one match out of 24 matches
14:54the only match they lost was the odi world cup final
15:00but staying unbeaten in the next two icc tournaments spells pure domination
15:07stifling the runs boosted with genuine match winners india have dominated opponents
15:14with clinical aggression and calculated approach
15:26and now the champions trophy without a question they have to be the best white ball team on the
15:32no doubt whatsoever
15:52one game that shows the depth in their cricket that showed the leadership
15:57winning an icc trophy is tough winning two in nine months even tougher rohit's team
16:06are on course to achieve greatness that is unseen and unheard of in indian cricket
16:15sports bureau india today at 75 percent of its potential
16:21okay we saw all those factors that have been working in india's favor
16:25if i was to ask you what is that one factor that makes this white ball indian team better than the
16:32rest one or two you could pick i think i think all around the all-around strength all-around
16:39strength and the the captaincy these are the two factors that makes this team the best best
16:44white ball team on in the world at the moment no question about it it is it all-around strength
16:51means you know batting is there bowling is there fielding is there but all that needs a little bit
16:55of direction and the captain gives it the direction so the captaincy becomes a very very
16:59important factor now is the tough bit india's got seven icc titles four of them in the 50 over
17:06format 60 over if i could add you know from 83 so the one day format out of the four if you had to
17:12make a combined dream team a dream india team in the one day format what's your team looking like
17:19well you asked me to name a dream team with my eyes open that's a little bit difficult
17:25so it's very very difficult uh i've never wanted to be a selector anytime and in all this is just
17:33just a little bit of a you know headache because you're going to get probably
17:37as usual get criticized for you know dropping some or picking some but i'll take a chance and
17:42you know i mean you want me to run you through my level and that's quickly so i've got sachin
17:48rohit sharma to open virat at three jimmy paji at number four yuvraj singh at five ms at six
17:54kapil dev at seven uh ravinder jreja at eight harbhajan singh is my spinner at nine shami and
17:59zaheeram are two fast bowlers and of course kapil bhaji is there as a third fast bowler yeah this
18:03is a very good team yeah i think this is this is an excellent team no but you have to pick yours
18:09you can make changes no no this is this is the team that i would all go for and i would have
18:15two more in the in this is 11 that you're talking about yes but i would also include two or three
18:20more people in the 15 so you know depending on conditions etc one is saurav ganguly because he
18:26was a fantastic opening bat and there's another opening bat called virendra saiva yes so i would
18:31have you know these two also in the list so that would make it 13 maybe uh get uh i'll tell you a
18:39few names that i was confused with i was thinking of chika as well at one point you know at a good
18:44final at the 83 others roger binny who had the most wickets in the 83 uh there was ashwin who
18:50was part of the 2011 world cup just a lot of names that were coming uh through my head but then you
18:55could only fit it yeah so that would be that would be this would be my this would be the 13 that i
19:00would definitely uh look at okay so please count that as mr gavaskar's 11 and not mine i just
19:06went through the names i'm repeating mr gavaskar's 11 it'll be sachin rohit virat jimmy amarnath uv
19:13ms dhoni kapil dev ravindra jreja harbhajan singh shami and zaheer are the two fast bowlers i went
19:19with also took into consideration shami's performance in the 2023 world cup i mean of
19:23course you didn't win it but over the 50 over uh format yeah i'm afraid that's all the time that
19:28we have with mr gavaskar it's always been a pleasure having him throughout uh the tournament
19:33same way before we go one memory you're going to carry from here from the entire tournament doesn't
19:37have to be the winning of the thing it could be a wicket it could be a catch it could be one
19:42short one memory that you're going to carry i think i think for me the one memory would be you
19:48know the the shot that uh hardik pandya played when he just slapped the the fast bowler flat down
19:56for a boundary it was an incredible shot because you know the way he uh you know did that and then
20:01the second one was when he hit that second six straight in of i think zampa yes which took
20:07australia totally out of the game in the semi-final i think those are the two shots that
20:12for me you know memory because that time you know it was like touch and go kind of situation
20:15earlier matches india won comfortably these were the two tough games so that straight six is what
20:22on that perfect note uh it's time to wrap up our coverage from here
20:26in dubai i hope you enjoyed our coverage as much as we enjoyed it bringing to you
20:30this is mr garbuska nikhil naaz signing off from dubai for one final time
20:34news and updates continue on the other side of the spring