Indian skipper Rohit Sharma opened up on the Males in Blue’s second ICC T20 World Cup title win, saying that the sensation has not sunk in fully and he needs to stay every second to the fullest. A superb exhibition of dying bowling by the trio of Arshdeep Singh, Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya and stupendous knocks by Virat Kohli and Axar Patel helped India finish their ICC trophy drought, securing their second ICC T20 World Cup title by beating first-time finalists South Africa by seven runs in an exciting ultimate at Barbados on Saturday.

In a video posted by the Board of Management for Cricket of India (BCCI), Rohit stated that the sensation of successful the event is surreal and it nonetheless seems like a dream, because the crew had labored for it since a very long time.

“Yeah, the sensation really is surreal. I’d nonetheless say it has not sunk in completely. It has been an awesome second. Proper from when the sport bought over until now, it seems like a dream. We nonetheless really feel that it has not occurred. Though it has occurred, but it surely feels prefer it has not occurred. That’s the emotion, that is the sensation that you’ve got. We now have dreamt about this for such an extended time frame. We labored onerous as a unit for such an extended time frame and to see this now with us feels fairly, you realize, relieved as nicely as a result of whenever you work onerous for one thing and you ultimately get it on the finish, it feels good. Final night time, I imply, We have been having a superb time,” stated Rohit.

The celebrations, the successful gesture and what all of it means

Captain Rohit Sharma takes us via the surreal feelings after #TeamIndia‘s T20 World Cup Triumph – By @Moulinparikh @ImRo45 | #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/oQbyD8rvij

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 2, 2024

The skipper stated that the crew celebrated their win until the following morning, inflicting him to overlook out on his sleep, but it surely was value it.

“We had a blast with the teammates until very early morning. So once more, I’d say I didn’t sleep correctly. However that’s completely superb by me. You recognize, to not have sleep after a day like that, I’m completely superb. There’s numerous time for me to return dwelling and sleep. So I’m going to atone for that. However once more, like I stated, this second was very, very particular for all of us. And I need to stay it. I need to stay every second, every second, every minute that’s passing by. I need to benefit from it. See, these issues are literally not… I don’t suppose I can describe that as a result of nothing was scripted. It was… It was all… You recognize, no matter was coming instinctively,” he stated.

On his act of tasting the soil of Barbados pitch, Rohit stated that the pitch helped them get their second and he needed to have a bit of it with him. He additionally stated that he would bear in mind the Kensington Oval floor in Barbados ceaselessly.

“You recognize… I used to be feeling the second after I went to the pitch as a result of that pitch gave us this. We performed on that exact pitch and we received the sport, that exact floor as nicely. I’ll do not forget that floor ceaselessly in my life and that pitch as nicely. So I needed to have a bit of it with me. So yeah, these moments are very, very particular. And the place the place all our goals got here true, I needed one thing of it. That was the sensation behind it,” he concluded.

Within the ultimate match of the event, India received the toss and opted to bat first. After being diminished to 34/3, a counter-attacking partnership between Virat Kohli (76) and Axar Patel (47 in 31 balls, with one 4 and 4 sixes) of 72 runs restored India’s place within the sport. A 57-run stand between Virat and Shivam Dube (27 in 16 balls, with three fours and a six) took India to 176/7 of their 20 overs.

Keshav Maharaj (2/23) and Anrich Nortje (2/26) have been the highest bowlers for SA. Marco Jansen and Aiden Markram took a wicket every.

Within the run chase of 177 runs, Proteas was diminished to 12/2 after which a 58-run partnership between Quinton de Kock (39 in 31 balls, with 4 boundaries and a six) and Tristan Stubbs (31 in 21 balls, with three fours and a six) introduced again SA into the sport. A half-century by Heinrich Klaasen (52 in 27 balls, with two fours and 5 sixes) threatened to take the sport away from India. Nevertheless, Arshdeep Singh (2/18), Jasprit Bumrah (2/20) and Hardik Pandya (3/20) made a superb comeback in dying overs, retaining SA to 169/8 of their 20 overs.

Virat secured the ‘Participant of the Match’ for his efficiency. Now, by securing their first ICC title because the Champions Trophy in 2013, India has ended their ICC trophy drought.

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