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Congratulations India on winning ICC T20 World Cup 2024

125 crore INR. Not sure if everyone will get equal money or playing eleven gets more than 15 member squad, support staff and coach etc.

Even if it's distributed equally, I guess each member will get around 4 cr INR which is a decent amount.
 
Thanos said:
125 crore INR. Not sure if everyone will get equal money or playing eleven gets more than 15 member squad, support staff and coach etc.

Even if it's distributed equally, I guess each member will get around 4 cr INR which is a decent amount.
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Its comparable to what you get for winning Olympic medals!
 
No one stopped Team India in this World Cup, they were unstoppable….. finally hurricane beryl stopped them.. Team India not yet deported from Barbados…

'Team India To Stay Indoors' - Rediff.com

'Nobody knows what's in store the next 24 hours. Unsure about travel plans.'
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The Indian team's departure from Barbados after winning the T20 World Cup has been delayed because of bad weather.

A curfew was declared in Barbados after Hurricane Beryl made landfall in the Caribbean on Monday.

Barbados airport has been shut, all offices and stores closed and residents and visitors told to stay indoors.

'An outer band of Beryl will bring heavy showers and storm-force winds across the island after midnight. The center of Beryl expected to pass about 80 miles (130 km) south of Barbados early Monday morning 1st July 2024,' sBarbados Meteorological Services posted on X.

'Hurricane Beryl remains a strong category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 MPH (215 Km/h) and therefore, a hurricane warning remains in effect for Barbados.'

Vikrant Gupta, managing editor of Aaj Tak, who is in Barbados to cover the T20 World Cup, said the Indian players have been told to stay in their hotel room and the travel plans are not yet clear.

'So the Barbados airport has been shut. It's now a curfew like situation and nobody is allowed to step out. Hurricane Beryl is expected to hit in the next 6 hours. Already started drizzling. Beryl upgraded to Category 4 (the second most severe).' Gupta tweeted.

'Team India to stay indoors, packed in their hotel. Nobody knows what's in store the next 24 hours. Unsure about travel plans,' Gupta added.
 

Team India to leave Barbados amid hurricane threat, to land in Delhi tomorrow​


The Indian team is all set to fly out of Barbados on Tuesday, July 2 on a special flight arranged by the BCCI. India, who won the T20 World Cup 2024 by beating South Africa, has been stuck in Barbados since the Hurricane Beryl arrived on the shores of the island nation. The Rohit Sharma-led team has been stuck in Barbados for the past few days as the hurricane escalated from category 3 to 4 on Monday, July 1.

The Indian team were forced to stay inside their hotel after the hurricane was expected to make landfall in Barbados on Monday. In the latest update provided by India Today's Vikrant Gupta, the team is now all set to leave Barbados on Tuesday at 6 pm Barbados time. This will be approximately 3:30 am on Wednesday morning in IST. The team is expected to land in Delhi by 7:45 pm on July 3, Wednesday.

"Good news. The Indian team to finally fly out of Barbados on a special flight arranged by BCCI Tuesday 6pm local time. To land in Delhi around 7.45 pm Wednesday," tweeted Vikrant Gupta.

Barbados airport to open on Tuesday

The Barbados Prime Minister Mia Mottley said earlier that she expected the airport in the island nation to become operational in the "next six to 12 hours", ending the shutdown forced by a category 4 hurricane.

"We hope, and we're working towards later today. I don't want to speak in advance of it, but I've literally been in touch with the airport personnel and they're doing their last checks now and we want to resume to normal operations as a matter of urgency," Mottley, who has been overseeing relief operations on the ground, told PTI.

"There are a number of people who were due to leave yet last night late or today or tomorrow morning. And we want to make sure that we can facilitate those persons, so I would anticipate that within the next six to 12 hours that the airport will be open," she said.

Source: India Today
 
I support every team over a Pakistan in which Babar and Rizwan opens. There is no denying this, it’s an open fact.

But you are not genuine in your praise towards India. That’s a fact too.
 
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Rana said:
I support every team over a Pakistan in which Babar and Rizwan opens. There is no denying this, it’s an open fact.

But you are not genuine in your praise towards India. That’s a fact too.
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so basically for you players > country.

Which means you dont really care about Pakistan.
 
Rana said:
I support every team over a Pakistan in which Babar and Rizwan opens. There is no denying this, it’s an open fact.

But you are not genuine in your praise towards India. That’s a fact too.
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I do praise India where required, what i dont praise is there blind nationalism.

I have been here since 2013, alot of posters had an issue when i used to support or praise India. Dont judge me on a few posts that you dont like
 
Lovely to see the phrase mayer doya in this context.
 
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Thanks to all those who have wished for your sincere wishes....
Best of luck to ur team for the next series!
 
Major said:
Btw indian posters, you should had seen the thread i had drafted incase India would had lost.

it had everything, a long post, a reminder of all icc tournaments since 2013, Pakistan being mentioned twice. Oh man, it was the best creation ever. The amount of trolling that could had taken place, we all could had stayed up all night where we would had let you know and celebrated as being a current trophy holder while you defending and justifying everything :ROFLMAO: :p .

The thread had everything, the mirchi, the drama, the chances of 1 or 2 posters getting banned. It could had been a great riot.

Damn you South Africa, ruined a good trolling campaign.

I will return. Maybe in 2 years, maybe in 5 years.

You may have won the battle, but the war has just began
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The war has been ongoing for nearly 8 years now :D
 
captain.hansolo said:
Jadeja should bid farewell to the sport.
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This has to rank among the worst ever takes.

He's probably the MVP in the Indian test side. A proper batsman who also happens to be a world class bowler. India are playing 12 players with him in the side, home or away.

He has not been upto the mark in this world cup as a bowler or a batter. It can happen to anyone. Inzy had a laughably dire 2003 world cup but that doesn't diminish his overall career a bit. Even then, his 17 not out from just 8 balls in that semi final when batting was most difficult showed how good he can be and also out the match firmly beyond England's reach.

Jadeja just two test matches back won India a pivotal test match literally on his own - scoring a rearguard hundred coming in at no.5 when India were 30/3 on the opening day morning, and then backed it up with a superb five wicket haul to demolish Eng in the last innings.
 
Can somebody tell me how this was safe? :

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Congrats to India and especially Kohli/Rohit for delivering a trophy, I knew they’d come good when they were being bashed by a lot of people.

This is the first time where India winning doesn’t actually bother me, it’s because they are deserved winners and Pakistan is a miserable swamp on life support, in the past you were proud of the team despite the ups and downs / bothered when India won, but now it’s just business as usual and you just know that when the chips are down, Pakistan will keep stooping to new lows, minnow lows while India keep the momentum going, it just feels like it was a matter of time before you won even with the 10 years no trophy etc doesn’t feel that long because they’ve been doing good in general.
 
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Can somebody tell me how this was safe? :

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As per reports 3 lacs Mumbaikars joined victory parade celebration….. hats off to Mumbaikars as they behaved patiently.

5 dozens phones goes missing
11000 kgs.waste collected by BMC next morning (mainly footwears)

Kudos to Mumbai police for managing this unexpected huge crowd
 
globetrotter said:
As per reports 3 lacs Mumbaikars joined victory parade celebration….. hats off to Mumbaikars as they behaved patiently.

5 dozens phones goes missing
11000 kgs.waste collected by BMC next morning (mainly footwears)

Kudos to Mumbai police for managing this unexpected huge crowd
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Bet the Western Line locals were choked that evening!
 
I mean undefeated
Clutch performances
Beat every big team.
Thrashed Aussies and England.

Sums it up. Great stuff
 
One month since T20WC win and We still get goosebumps watching this!

"Long Off, Long Off, Long Off... SKY .
 
Major said:
i will give little credit to Bumrah and more credit to Rohit. The timing of when he brings Bumrah is phenomenal. Same situation Babar has been in every icc tournament and Babar has often decided to save overs and give it to other lunatics.


Even in this match, 17th over went to Bumrah, and with his qouta finish, one was wondering who would rohit use. Rohit out captained everyone here in this tournament
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Naah .. he wouldnt be in that position had he realized that Klassen eats spinners and should not have asked Axar to bowl that over where he went for 24 runs.

But yes he got his act together after that .... courtesy Hardik, Bumrah and Arshdeep in that order.
 
Dream victory for India this.

Still cannot forget about this win huh??
 
uppercut said:
Naah .. he wouldnt be in that position had he realized that Klassen eats spinners and should not have asked Axar to bowl that over where he went for 24 runs.

But yes he got his act together after that .... courtesy Hardik, Bumrah and Arshdeep in that order.
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its been months since the match took place, ab tou yaad bhi nahi kuch... :P
 
Mamoon said:
India didn’t win, South Africa lost it.
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We just handled pressure better in the end. Defending 30 something in last 5 overs of a T20 match is tough even against associates. We held our nerves, took a stunner catch in the last over.
 
Bhaijaan said:
We just handled pressure better in the end. Defending 30 something in last 5 overs of a T20 match is tough even against associates. We held our nerves, took a stunner catch in the last over.
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Indian players don’t know the first thing about handling pressure. Neither India nor South Africa handled pressure; South Africa just handled it worse than India.

Any other team, including Pakistan, would have beaten India in the final.
 
Mamoon said:
As you should.

Who wouldn’t enjoy it after 10 years of failure including the biggest ever spanking received in an ICC tournament final history?
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What happened to Elite mentality of England players you were talking before Semifinals match against India.

India has more ICC trophy than any country bar australia.

In next 5 year Indian team will win atleast 2-3 more ICC trophy .

But what happened to your favourite babar Azam , maybe waiting for November to Play against Zimbabwe.
 
Devadwal said:
What happened to Elite mentality of England players you were talking before Semifinals match against India.

India has more ICC trophy than any country bar australia.

In next 5 year Indian team will win atleast 2-3 more ICC trophy .

But what happened to your favourite babar Azam , maybe waiting for November to Play against Zimbabwe.
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Don't question his new avtar. lol It is good for India. Indian team doesn't need validation from anyone except their fans. Most of these guys have to hide behind the success of some other teams like Australia like it is their own team while ignoring their losses. Call it India Derangement Syndrome (IDS) :) Just plainly ignore without any reaction.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Don't question his new avtar. lol It is good for India. Indian team doesn't need validation from anyone except their fans. Most of these guys have to hide behind the success of some other teams like Australia like it is their own team while ignoring their losses. Call it India Derangement Syndrome (IDS) :) Just plainly ignore without any reaction.
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True . India fan's are/ were never take any other countries success to undermine another country like Pakistan and Bangladesh fan's doing .

And yea it's good that he becomes anti India and as soon as we become champion. :kp
 
Mamoon said:
Indian players don’t know the first thing about handling pressure. Neither India nor South Africa handled pressure; South Africa just handled it worse than India.

Any other team, including Pakistan, would have beaten India in the final.
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After Australia, we are the best team at performing under pressure. Pakistan could not chase 120 against us when the pressure was on.
 
Mamoon said:
As you should.

Who wouldn’t enjoy it after 10 years of failure including the biggest ever spanking received in an ICC tournament final history?
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Both India and Pakistan are better at handling pressure than England. England received three spankings in World Cup final and then for 27 years forgot about reaching an ODI tournament final, only to somehow fluke it via small margins of luck and irrelevant rules like boundary count.
 
Mamoon said:
As you should.

Who wouldn’t enjoy it after 10 years of failure including the biggest ever spanking received in an ICC tournament final history?
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Are you referring to this :hamster:

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Ab Fan said:
Both India and Pakistan are better at handling pressure than England. England received three spankings in World Cup final and then for 27 years forgot about reaching an ODI tournament final, only to somehow fluke it via small margins of luck and irrelevant rules like boundary count.
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England have historically been poor in terms of handling pressure, but their current crop of players have won 2 World Cups in 3 years which is more than what India has done in the last 10 years.
 
Bhaijaan said:
After Australia, we are the best team at performing under pressure. Pakistan could not chase 120 against us when the pressure was on.
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You have 1 trophy in 10 years. You are not even close to being the second best.
 
Devadwal said:
What happened to Elite mentality of England players you were talking before Semifinals match against India.

India has more ICC trophy than any country bar australia.

In next 5 year Indian team will win atleast 2-3 more ICC trophy .

But what happened to your favourite babar Azam , maybe waiting for November to Play against Zimbabwe.
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Current crop of England players have won two World Cups in three years. Come back when India replicate that.

We will see what happens in the next five years. Hopefully it won’t be anything like the last five.
 
Mamoon said:
You have 1 trophy in 10 years. You are not even close to being the second best.
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Yes and a lot of the KOs we lost were eventually very one sided matches.

Matches that actually enter a tense locked horns situation, we are very solid at getting out of such matches with a win.
 
Mamoon said:
England have historically been poor in terms of handling pressure, but their current crop of players have won 2 World Cups in 3 years which is more than what India has done in the last 10 years.
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Handling pressure is not just about winning ICC tournaments. If you perform against top teams away from home in their backyard, that is also a sign of doing well under pressure.

India have won two test series in Australia, drawn one in South Africa and one in England which shows that they have been good in handling pressure against top teams.

Additionally, alongwith handling pressure, India have been pretty ruthless as visible by their home dominance against all teams and regular wins in Sri Lanka, West Indies and Bangladesh. The ruthlessness was visible in 2023 WC too despite absence of Hardik Pandya but they just had an off day in Finals where they missed his batting and the conditions were against them due to dew playing a major role. Nevertheless, the T20 2024 World Cup was quite dominant itself with zero loss in that tournament.
 
^ I missed adding one point here.

Usually a home test series vs Bangladesh won't be considered as a great example of handling pressure for most teams but I am not sure if that holds true for Pakistan. :amla
 
Ab Fan said:
Handling pressure is not just about winning ICC tournaments. If you perform against top teams away from home in their backyard, that is also a sign of doing well under pressure.

India have won two test series in Australia, drawn one in South Africa and one in England which shows that they have been good in handling pressure against top teams.

Additionally, alongwith handling pressure, India have been pretty ruthless as visible by their home dominance against all teams and regular wins in Sri Lanka, West Indies and Bangladesh. The ruthlessness was visible in 2023 WC too despite absence of Hardik Pandya but they just had an off day in Finals where they missed his batting and the conditions were against them due to dew playing a major role. Nevertheless, the T20 2024 World Cup was quite dominant itself with zero loss in that tournament.
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Cool story, but none of that changes the fact that current England team have won two World Cups in three years.
 
Bhaijaan said:
Yes and a lot of the KOs we lost were eventually very one sided matches.

Matches that actually enter a tense locked horns situation, we are very solid at getting out of such matches with a win.
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Those KOs wouldn’t have been one sided affairs if Indian players players hadn’t choked. There is no shame in losing close matches.
 
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Mamoon said:
Cool story, but none of that changes the fact that current England team have won two World Cups in three years.
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That's fine. It doesn't change the fact that India have been the best team combining all formats since 2016.
 
India won it because they held their ground on that day. South Africa was cruising towards victory but they ended up chocking once again.
 
Ab Fan said:
That's fine. It doesn't change the fact that India have been the best team combining all formats since 2016.
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It is not true, and if even it is, it is not an achievement. India has controlled and influenced each and every aspect of the game in this period.

They have been flaunting their wealth like a rich kid and have bullied ICC into submission.

India should have been a dominant force like Australia and West Indies in this period but Indian cricket lacks talent and heart.

The fact that they bottled the 2023 World Cup after controlling each and every aspect of the World Cup says everything that needs to be said about Indian cricket.
 
Mamoon said:
It is not true, and if even it is, it is not an achievement. India has controlled and influenced each and every aspect of the game in this period.

They have been flaunting their wealth like a rich kid and have bullied ICC into submission.

India should have been a dominant force like Australia and West Indies in this period but Indian cricket lacks talent and heart.

The fact that they bottled the 2023 World Cup after controlling each and every aspect of the World Cup says everything that needs to be said about Indian cricket.
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Looks like someone got bored of trolling their own countrymen as nobody falls for the baits anymore and looking for greener pastures across the LOC ?

:excitedtroll
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Seemingly.
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No even then he was fine saying bazball died and it was meant to hammer hapless teams like pak.Bazball was not meant for for Stronger teams like Aus ,Ind as per his opinion.i think t20 wc shifted many of them and of course no one from pak gives to his opinion anymore
 
Vikram1989 said:
No even then he was fine saying bazball died and it was meant to hammer hapless teams like pak.Bazball was not meant for for Stronger teams like Aus ,Ind as per his opinion.i think t20 wc shifted many of them and of course no one from pak gives to his opinion anymore
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They are entitled to their opinion. At the end of the day Indian fans are the worst critics when India doesn't do well. It is hard to escape criticism. If they escape that is good enough. No need of validation from anyone else. Imagine making fun of a team that reaches every final and only falters there when their team is not even remotely close to making anywhere near the final.
 
jnaveen1980 said:
Imagine making fun of a team that reaches every final and only falters there when their team is not even remotely close to making anywhere near the final.
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That's all they got till wc and now it's gone too.so now a lot of imaginary things have to pop up
 
Rohit Sharma reflects on India’s T20 World Cup triumph

It's one year since India's historic triumph in the ICC Men's T20 World Cup Final and skipper Rohit Sharma sat down with JioHotstar to reminisce on the thrilling victory against South Africa and all the mayhem during the lead-up to the ground-breaking win.

The T20 World Cup success was on the back of years of planning and delivered a trio of India greats their most defining moment of their glorious career.

For Rohit and fellow Indian legend Virat Kohli it marked their final T20I match prior to retirement, while for outgoing coach Rahul Dravid it was also his final game in charge.

Uncharted territory in New York

India's first tough test came against arch-rival Pakistan in New York and their chances looked forlorn when the side was just dismissed for 119 on a tricky pitch at Nassau County International Cricket Stadium.

Pakistan were cruising at 80/3 in reply with Mohammad Rizwan and Imad Wasim at the crease, but Jasprit Bumrah made the key breakthrough and Hardik Pandya and Arshdeep Singh delivered in the clutch overs to ensure India's unbeaten start to the tournament continued.

"This was a big wicket in the context of the game," Rohit recalled of Rizwan's dismissal.

"With where the game was heading, a set batter and Rizwan is such a quality player for them who has got so many runs for them in the past and won them a lot of games.

"So, it was very important to get him out at that time."

While a victory over the arch-rival is always a big moment for India at any ICC tournament, Rohit knew sterner tests awaited his side.

"The Pakistan win was a tick in the box to move ahead in the tournament and nothing else," Rohit said.

"You want to reach Super Eights. It's a tick in a way where we know we are one step closer to Super Eights and nothing else.

"I know you want to beat Pakistan and there is so much hoo-ha around it. But for us it's an opposition that we want to come up against and play well and win. We don't need to think more than that and I don't think we should look at, if we win this, then we’ve won the World Cup. It’s not like that.

“If we beat Pakistan and don't win the World Cup, would everyone be happy witht that? No, right?

“Yes, It's an opposition that we want to beat to move forward in the competition. That's how I look at it."

Orchestrating Australia's defeat

India's strong start to the group stage didn't win them too many accolades, it meant they just progressed through to the Super Eights stage of the event where more difficult challenges remained.

Consecutive victories against Afghanistan and Bangladesh meant they were on the brink of qualification for the semi-finals, but one key match remained as they took on Australia in St Lucia.

Australia had just fallen against Afghanistan and needed to win themselves to reach the semi-finals and Rohit admitted his team still had scars from their loss to the Aussies in the final of the ICC Men's Cricket World Cup in 2023.

The skipper himself stood up when it mattered most to smash 92 of just 41 deliveries to help India post 205/5 and a clinical performance with the ball saw India register a 24-run victory and move through to the final four and eliminate Australia at the same time.

"We knew that if we won this contest, then Australia would be out," Rohit recalled.

“That was a decent motivation for all of us: If we win this they can be out. But we can't play a cricket game thinking about what happened last time, and that we have to get back at them.

“It was in the back of our minds, that they spoiled our [prospective win on] 19th November (2023 World Cup Final), not just for us but for the entire country.

“We have to give them a good gift. All these things are in our mind but when I am batting, I don’t think that we’ve to kick them out of the tournament. It’s not like that. We do discuss such stuff lightly in the dressing room, but after toss, when the game is on, it’s all about how you can do the best.”

Rohit smashed eight massive sixes during his match-winning innings, attacking every bowler that the Aussies threw at him during his knock.

"My plan was to attack everyone," Rohit said.

"I know Mitchell Starc quite well and I have played against him for several years.

“I knew he would try to swing the ball after pitching it up, he tries to pitch it right at the top. I had my plans against him.”

Discussing this knock, further, Rohit considered it as one of his finest T20I knocks.

“Hundreds are special. But some of the 70s, 60s that you get in the context of the game and the occasion of the game makes it even bigger.

“This was a World Cup and a World Cup has its own importance. So yes, I have to put it right up there (with my best innings)."

Familiar foe awaits in Guyana

Rohit once again led the way in the cut-throat semi-final with his third half-century of the tournament, but 171/7 seemed a gettable score for England with their strong batting line-up.

It was England openers Jos Buttler and Phil Salt that were causing much concern for Rohit and it was Bumrah that once again delivered on the biggest stage to remove the dangerman and put his side on the path to victory and a place in the final.

"If you take early wickets in the Powerplay, half the job is already done as those early breakthroughs are vital,” Rohit said.

"How you get them, and with which bowlers—that’s a tactical decision. But the wickets themselves are non-negotiable.

"Especially for a team like England, their openers—Buttler and Salt—are very strong players. They score most of their runs at the top, so getting them early was critical. Luckily, we got Buttler, who is their key batter. He’s got so much experience and has played cricket all over the world.

"And he’s faced our Indian bowlers a lot—he knows how to play Axar (Patel), Kuldeep (Yadav), Bumrah... he knows all of them well. So getting his wicket was absolutely crucial. We managed to get him in the third over, I think. Then in the very next over, Salt got out and (Jonny) Bairstow followed shortly after.

"At that point, we knew half the job was done. But we still had work to do. But these wickets were important, because their top three or four players can be very dangerous.

"After that, we slowed the game down, brought in the spinners. Kuldeep came and picked up wickets in the middle. Axar bowled well, and so did Jaddu (Ravindra Jadeja).

"The pitch was definitely helping the spinners, and my plan was to get the slower bowlers on as quickly as possible."

Keeping celebrations in check

While India had qualified for the final in style, Rohit knew there was still work ahead and wanted to make sure his team kept their celebrations in check that night ahead of the title decider against the Proteas.

"We hadn’t won yet. We’ve played so many semi-finals over the years. Winning this one was important—but it wasn’t something new for us.

“We’d lost against them [England] last time [2022] too, we lost to them in the semi-final in the 2019 World Cup.

"In 2015, in Australia, again a semi-final loss. We’ve lost finals too. The 2023 World Cup final, we lost. In 2014, we lost the T20 World Cup final. In 2017, the Champions Trophy final.

"So this whole cycle of losing in finals and semi-finals—it’s been haunting us for years. That’s why this time, we celebrated quietly. Nothing too loud, nothing over the top. Because we knew we had come here for something bigger.

"Our intent was very clear—let’s celebrate only when the real job is done. After the semi-final, we had a small get-together. But the challenge for us was that we had to leave that very night. We only had one day in between, and the final was the next day.

"Even for that, our flight was really late. We reached Barbados well past midnight—I still remember it was around 1 or 2 AM. Flight delays are pretty normal in the West Indies. But before we reached, we had spoken to the players. We said—logistics are not in our control.

"Let’s not let that distract us. We’re here for a job, so let’s focus on doing it. No complaining, no irritation, no excuses.

“Let’s keep our heads in the right space and play the game and play it well.”

The big day against South Africa

The stage was set for India to break the drought in style and defeat South Africa in the title decider, but the Proteas had other ideas.

Heinrich Klaasen and David Miller were cruising at 147/4 and South Africa only needed to score at a run a ball across the final five overs to break their own trophy drought at ICC tournaments.

But Rohit still had two overs from Bumrah up his sleeve and the champion fast bowler picked up a key wicket and kept runs to a minimum as the asking rate slowly began to rise and pressure on the batting side followed suit.

There was still hope for South Africa when they needed 16 from the final over and with Miller still at the crease, but Surykumar Yadav delivered a moment of immense skill that will live in Indian folklore for years to come when he held on to a superb outfield catch on the boundary to all but clinch the victory.

Rohit recalls the moment Suryakumar took the catch on the boundary to dismiss Miller.

"I thought it was gone, and it was a six because I was on the long off. I was standing right opposite Surya," Rohit said.

"I saw this and thought 'Oh ****', (they now need) 10 (runs) off five balls. But then I saw that the ball is coming into Surya’s hands.

"It would have taken a lot of effort to take that catch because when it was in the air it looked like it would cross the rope easily. Maybe the wind pulled the ball a bit into the ground.

"I was standing with Surya. When the umpires were checking the catch and I said 'Surya, tell me. You tell me. I don't want to look there. And he said I have caught it.

"Surya is honestly one of the safest catchers in the team—without a doubt. I haven’t seen him drop many catches. He’s got incredibly safe hands.

"Even in that game against Australia—not the final—he pulled off that stunning catch of David Warner, diving in the slips. And again, in the match against Pakistan in New York, he took that sharp one at first slip to dismiss Babar Azam."

Victory celebration alongside Virat Kohli

The celebrations on the field commenced almost immediately after the final ball was delivered by Hardik Pandya and the Indian players didn't hold back.

There were tears of joy, plenty of hugs and even some impromptu dancing from India's host of stars as Rohit held aloft the trophy he so dearly wanted.

"It meant a lot to all of us, to that group actually, which had seen so much and gone through so much.

"That’s why it was so special for us. Because we worked really hard and we planned really hard day in, day out. Just thinking about how we can win the World Cup.

"The emotion of every player came out during that celebration. Because through our eyes they've also realised that winning a World Cup is not easy.

“Especially for the guys who've not played a lot of World Cup matches or were playing for the first time. They also realise how important it is and nothing can be taken for granted."

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