IND vs NZ: Win or lose the Champions Trophy, this final is important for Team India fans in many ways

Fourth final in three years. Lost two, won one and now waiting for the result of the fourth. This is not just a wait for the final, it is not just the eagerness to win the second trophy in 8 months, but this final has also become a dam of anxiety, which will break on March 9 and then there will be a huge flood of emotions. Everyone has the hope and confidence that Team India will win this title. Everyone is also a little afraid that Team India will lose this final. But it is certain that on the evening of March 9, Indian fans will be diving in this ocean of emotions and the reason for this will not be just defeat or victory.

After waiting for many days, the match has finally arrived, for which it was already being speculated that one of the teams in it will be India, captained by Rohit Sharma. The final of the Champions Trophy will be played between India and New Zealand on Sunday, March 9 at the Dubai International Stadium. This final is a new version of the match that was played in Nairobi about 25 years ago. At that time, this tournament was called the ICC Knockout Trophy and in the title match, New Zealand defeated India and won its first and only limited over ICC tournament.

This fear of Indian fans is bigger than defeat

This time the story may be different. This time Team India looks stronger and ahead in the title claim. But this time the story is a little different compared to that final played 25 years ago and the importance of this final is more than a trophy. Last year in the T20 World Cup, the Indian team ended the 11-year long wait by winning the title. Now Rohit Sharma's team has a chance to win the second consecutive title. But with the final held on 29 June in Barbados, not only the wait ended, but some great careers also ended and Indian fans are afraid of the same story being repeated in Dubai on Sunday.

If Team India wins the final, the fans will be happy. This happiness may not be as much as the title of T20 World Cup. If Team India loses, the fans will be sad. This grief will definitely not be as deep as on 19 November 2023. Apart from all this, if there is even a little truth in the news coming from Dubai, then this evening will break the Indian fans apart from the result of the final. Claims are being made that whatever be the result of this final, this will be Captain Rohit Sharma's last match in the blue jersey of Team India. This is such a bitter truth, no matter how much efforts are made to ignore and postpone it, but it will happen and despite seeing everything with their own eyes, the fans are not ready for it.

New Zealand may force Rohit and Virat

Whether Rohit announces his retirement after this final or not, it will be known only after the final but it is almost certain that this will be his last match and this is enough to disappoint the fans. But this disappointment can increase even more if Virat Kohli also announces something similar to Rohit like in the T20 World Cup final. As of now, the possibility of this happening seems less, but some percentage of apprehension of this is still there in the minds of the fans.

The wish of both the legends is that they play for a few more years. The dream of bidding farewell by winning the 2027 World Cup is still in the eyes of Rohit and Virat, but not every dream comes true. Rohit's dream is closer to being shattered, while Virat is still closer to fulfilling it. But if the hearts of these two legends are broken once again at the hands of New Zealand, then the fans may also have to be ready to shed their tears. Whatever happens, the curtain will be lifted on Sunday evening.