“We have fantastic talent in Indian cricket right now,” Dravid said after the final. “The energy and confidence the players have is at another level. We were aiming for an ICC trophy for a long time and I am sure the team will carry this confidence forward and will win a lot of trophies in the next four, five, six years because the ability and talent this bunch has… they…
Just seven months after India’s heartbreak in Ahmedabad, they roared to a come-from-behind victory at the T20 World Cup final in Barbados against South Africa in fine fashion. Here’s how their key players reacted to the occasion. Hardik Pandya, India vice captain: “It means a lot. It’s very emotional. We’ve been working very hard but something was not clicking. But today was a day where we kind of fulfilled what…
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Just because of the desperation with which he coveted a world title, Rohit Sharma placed this T20 World Cup win as the greatest time of his career, the greatest achievement. “This has to be the greatest time, I can say that,” Rohit said at the press conference after the match. “It’s only because how desperately I wanted to…
Aiden Markram vowed that South Africa’s near-miss in the T20 World Cup final will “fire us up” for future tournaments, but admitted that their failure to win their first major title after needing 30 runs from the final five overs was “gut-wrenching” and “pretty tough to deal with”. This was South Africa’s first men’s World Cup final in either white-ball format and they looked nailed on to chase 176 after…
“This was my last [T20I] game as well,” Rohit said at the press conference after the final. “No better time to say goodbye to this format. I’ve loved every moment of this. I started my India career playing this format. This is what I wanted, I wanted to win the cup. “I wanted this badly. Very hard to put in words. It was a very emotional moment for me. I…
“We wanted to win this, but I know to win a tournament like this, a lot goes behind the scenes,” Rohit said at the presentation ceremony. “A lot of effort, lot of minds need to come together, and I’m very, very proud of the bunch of boys that I have, and the management as well. “For giving us the liberty to go and play and execute and having that trust…
India 176 for 7 (Kohli 76, Axar 47, Maharaj 2-23, Nortje 2-26) vs South Africa 169 for 8 (Klaasen 52, Bumrah 2-18, Arshdeep 2-20, Hardik 3-20) by seven runs Suryakumar Yadav snatched a boundary catch for the ages, Jasprit Bumrah snuck in two electric final overs, and Hardik Pandya pilfered the two big wickets as India pulled off one of their great heists to win a World Cup, finally. With…
Thirty runs from as many balls. This was the equation that separated South Africa from a first World Cup title, from the end of a journey of countless heartbreaks. ESPNcricinfo’s Forecaster gave them a 96.65% chance of winning and lifting the T20 World Cup at the Kensington Oval. It wasn’t to be, as India staged one of the most dramatic bowling comebacks in the history of the T20 format, and…
Virat Kohli has ended his T20 international career with a World Cup trophy. He made the announcement shortly after India clinched their second T20 World Cup title at Kensington Oval in Barbados. “This was my last T20 World Cup and this is exactly what we wanted to achieve,” Kohli said after winning the Player of the Match award for his 76 in India’s seven-run victory. “This is an amazing game,…
Lauren Filer insists that England will not be getting ahead of themselves in their ongoing ODI series against New Zealand, despite a comprehensive nine-wicket victory in the series opener in Durham. Nevertheless, she admits that the T20 World Cup in October, and her potential role on those slower wickets in Bangladesh, will be a factor in her preparations for the rest of the summer. Filer, England’s fastest bowler, made her…