{"id":272451,"date":"2025-04-15T16:30:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-15T23:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/?p=272451"},"modified":"2025-04-12T21:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-13T04:30:12","slug":"one-religion-cricket-india-bleeds-blue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/siliconeer.com\/current\/one-religion-cricket-india-bleeds-blue\/","title":{"rendered":"One Religion, Cricket \u2013\u00a0India Bleeds Blue"},"content":{"rendered":"

Matt Henry of New Zealand bowls during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between New Zealand and India. (All photos: Alex Davidson\/ICC\/Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n

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India cricket team clinched the ICC Men\u2019s Champions Trophy after dominating New Zealand by four wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in March.<\/p>\n

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Varun Chakravarthy of India celebrates with teammate Rohit Sharma after taking the wicket of Matt Henry.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Captain Rohit Sharma starred with a commanding 76 runs, building a crucial 105-run opening stand with Shubman Gill. When both departed, Shreyas Iyer and Axar Patel (29) steadied the innings with a 61-run partnership, before KL Rahul and Ravindra Jadeja guided India home in a tense finish.<\/p>\n

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Shreyas Iyer raises his bat after reaching his half century during the match.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Under Rohit Sharma\u2019s leadership, India has now won an extraordinary 23 of their last 24 matches across three ICC tournaments, establishing themselves as cricket\u2019s dominant force.<\/p>\n

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Kuldeep Yadav of India celebrates with teammate KL Rahul after taking the wicket of Daryl Mitchell of New Zealand.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Matt Henry of New Zealand bowls during the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 match between New Zealand and India. (All photos: Alex Davidson\/ICC\/Getty Images)   India cricket team clinched the ICC Men\u2019s Champions Trophy after dominating New Zealand by four wickets at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, in March. Captain Rohit Sharma starred with a commanding…<\/p>\n

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