Internet Desk: India skipper Virat Kohli gave all the credit to the Pakistan team for showing a lot more courage on the field and winning the ICC Champions Trophy today. Kohli’s men faced a humiliating 180-run loss in the hand of arch-rivals Pakistan. Mohammad Amir was the star of the match as he took three crucial wickets of Shikhar Dhawan, Rohit Sharma and skipper Virat Kohli.
“I want to congratulate Pakistan, they had an amazing tournament, the way they turned things around, speak volumes for the talent they have,” said Kohli in the post-match presentation ceremony, “They proved it again, they can upset anyone on their day, disappointing for us but I have a smile on my face because we played well to reach the final.”
“Credit to them they outplayed us today in all departments, this is what happens in sport,” said Kohli, “We can’t take anyone lightly but they were more intense and passionate on the day. With the ball we could have had a few more wicket-taking opportunities. We tried to do out best, but even with the ball, they were aggressive, we didn’t show any resistance apart from Hardik, whose knock was outstanding.”
Hardik Pandy was the only star of Indian batting but he was dismissed on 76 off 46 balls.
According to Kohli his team weren’t good enough on the most important day of the tournament and they will now move on after this result.“Small margins can be massive but we’ve only lost a game of cricket, we need to move forwards and learn from our mistakes,” said Kohli, “The pitch was consistent throughout, we backed out strengths but wren’t good enough.”