Gautam Gambhir lauds BCCI decision to dedicate IPL 2025 closing ceremony to armed forces

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New Delhi, May 28, 2025 (ANI): On BCCI's decision to dedicate the IPL 2025 closing ceremony to the Armed Forces, Head coach of the Indian cricket team, Gautam Gambhir said, "It is an unbelievable step...BCCI has taken a great initiative from a point of view where the entire nation is one and the nation has to salute the armed forces...I give a lot of credit to BCCI and the Armed Forces, who have been unconditionally helping, saving and protecting us."

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00:00The country has been in the tournament and performed in this tournament.

00:05This is a legacy of Delhi.

00:07If you can select the country's name in Delhi,

00:10you can run in the tournament in the country.

00:15The selectors also recognize the tournament's performance.

00:19I hope that the tournament's performance will be recognized.

00:21I hope that the players will be recognized in Delhi,

00:23the other players will be recognized in the tournament's performance.

00:26We will consider the performance of the tournament and then we will select the team from Delhi.

00:31From 1974, 2015-2050 years of this tournament.

00:36I have said that this is a historic tournament.

00:38We need to give a lot of weight and mileage to the tournament.

00:41When you select the trophy of Delhi or other teams,

00:44because the kids can see their caliber and their potential.

00:48If they can see their potential in the tournament,

00:50then things will be better in Delhi.

00:52I am not a selector, this is a better question.

00:57Sir, IPL and the BCCI have decided to dedicate the closing ceremony,

01:06calling it a tribute ceremony to our armed forces,

01:09defense chiefs being invited and everything being done for the armed forces.

01:13How do you look at this?

01:14It's an unbelievable step.

01:15We normally used to criticize a lot to BCCI for a lot of things,

01:19but this is something which is unbelievable.

01:21I think BCCI has taken a great initiative from a point of view

01:24where the entire nation is one and the entire nation has to seduce the armed forces,

01:28what they do unconditionally.

01:30So I feel that with BCCI taking such an initiative,

01:32we've got to give a lot of appreciation and a lot of credit to BCCI

01:35and more importantly to our armed forces,

01:37who have been unconditionally helping us, saving us and protecting us.

01:41So, what do we do?

01:42For the rest of our buds, all the way, all the way we do is to take a lot of attention when we do this,

01:46the system is in the way we do that.

01:47Let's see what we look like.

01:48Let's see what we got here.

01:49Let's see what we are saying.

01:50We are going to show up on the front of the line of our lands when we are working on this one.

01:53In the meantime, to the side of the side of our heads,

01:56this is what we are going to do so.

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