“Ecstatic”: Shreyas Iyer hails Team India’s champion mentality after gold medal win over Pakistan

Aichi-Nagoya [Japan], October 3 (ANI): India males’s cricket group captain Shreyas Iyer expressed his delight after main the facet to an exciting 19-run victory over Pakistan within the gold medal conflict on the ongoing 2026 Asian Games on Saturday, as Team India accomplished a golden double in cricket.

Iyer praised the group for sustaining its focus regardless of heavy rain in Japan stopping the gamers from practising for nearly per week. He stated the gamers continued to coach at any time when doable and didn’t make excuses for the shortage of follow.

After the ladies’s group, the lads’s group beat Pakistan within the gold medal conflict by 19 runs on the ongoing Asian Games on Saturday, on the again of heroic efforts from Abhishek Sharma, Tilak Verma and Axar Patel. 

‘If I’ve to make use of a phrase, I’d say ecstatic as properly as a result of for the reason that day we arrived in Japan, it was raining cats and canines and we could not follow for nearly per week. But the boys, the best way they prepped themselves and likewise had been doing their coaching on the facet, we did not complain; we did not give any causes. So that was an indication of a champion itself, champion group. And at present was only a reflection of that,’ Iyer stated after the match. 

‘Well, they had been cruising fairly properly, they usually bought that momentum in between. I simply needed to see that I get that fifth (bowler) over as quickly as doable, end it off, after which Bumrah was there, Washi was there, the lead bowlers; they needed to return in as properly. So I mainly paced their overs fairly properly. That’s what I felt. And particularly when the run price is about 13 to 14, we all know that the batsmen are going to take cost, and one wicket goes to vary the momentum, shift the momentum in direction of us. So that is what occurred, and that essential wicket of.. I do not keep in mind the title of the batsman (Ayub), however that modified the momentum,’ he added. 

Chasing a frightening goal of 212, Pakistan’s Hasan Nawaz stood out as a lone warrior, smashing 96 off simply 51 balls. However, India’s bowlers stored the strain on, with Washington Sundar, Axar Patel and Shivam Dube claiming two wickets every. 

Earlier, India posted a commanding 211/6 in 20 overs within the males’s cricket last of the 2026 Asian Games in Nisshin on Saturday. Opener Abhishek Sharma offered a blazing begin with 61 off 28 balls, whereas Tilak Varma remained unbeaten on 51 off 22 balls and Shivam Dube contributed a fast 27 off 14 balls, powering India previous the 200-run mark. (ANI)