Brian Lara on India Win the Champions Trophy 2025: India won the title by defeating New Zealand by 4 wickets in the final of the Champions Trophy (India Win the Champions Trophy 2025), Rohit Sharma played a brilliant innings of 76 runs in India’s victory and was successful in leading his team to victory.

Rohit has also created a stir in world cricket with his strategy as a captain. At the same time, now West Indies great Brian Lara has given a statement about Rohit’s captaincy and he has termed Rohit’s captaincy as amazing. Apart from this, Lara has compared India’s current ODI team to the West Indies team of the 1970-80s. (India team’s depth reminds Lara of the 1970s-80s Windies)

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Speaking with Hindustan Times, Lara said about the Indian team, “This Indian team reminds me of the West Indies team of the 1970s-80s.” Brian Lara further said on Rohit’s captaincy, “It’s amazing, Rohit Sharma has done very well in captaincy, won the T20 World Cup (2024) in the Caribbean and now winning the Champions Trophy. He definitely has great leadership skills. And he has a team that plays for him.. He may not have some key players, but the reserve players in the Indian team at the moment remind me of the West Indies team of the 1970s and 1980s, so, it’s great for Indian cricket.” The former West Indies captain further said, “In most of the tournaments I have seen in the last 5-10 years, India starts as favorites. ..they have not won all, but they have the team and talent to do so. Winning the Champions Trophy, you cannot say that it is expected because you are playing against other great teams, and of course they have the players to win the tournament.

Brian Lara spoke about the future of Kohli and Rohit (Brian Lara big Statement on Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohi)

Brian Lara talked about the future of Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma and said, “They should take this decision when they feel that it is the right time. He will know when the passion is over and when fitness has left him. As long as you can make a positive contribution to your team, you have passion … then you should keep playing. It is always good to leave the game when you are on top. You have to make sure that nobody pushes you out of the door… players like Rohit and Virat, we have seen how they have contributed and are still contributing… I think it is a decision that they have to take.