DUBAI: Sportspersons tend to be fired up for the big games in their careers. They can also be emotional. As soon as he learnt that he would not be able to play in the 2025 ICC Champions Trophy final against India at the Dubai International Stadium on Sunday due to a shoulder niggle - he failed the fitness test on the morning of the summit clash - New Zealand pacer Matt Henry, unable to control his disappointment of missing out on the big game, broke down, failing to hold back his tears.
Even as Henry was enduring the heartbreak of missing out on the occasion, the news of his absence was expectedly met with loud cheers from the crowd, a majority of the 25,000-spectators being Indians.
