BRIDGETOWN: A beautiful Barbados evening was setting in as the Indian team trooped out of the dressing room. Three hours had gone by since those magical moments had fashioned Indian cricket’s redemption song at Kensington Oval. As a group, for one last time, they walked to the centre wicket — every member of the team, including the support staff — and savoured the moment of history together.
This group has won a lot, but they have endured the most painful defeats that you can think of. The World Test Championship mace was within touching distance but Australia snatched it away at the Oval. WISH TEAM INDIA The ODI World Cup was a win away but Travis Head decided to have the day of his life in Ahmedabad on Nov 19, 2023.
And it was very close to an encore of disappointment on Saturday as well before Heinrich Klaasen’s edge off Hardik Pandya started the South African choke. And when Suryakumar Yadav latched on to David Miller’s skier off the first ball of the 20th over to complete the greatest catch in Indian cricket history since Kapil Dev’s catch to dismiss Viv Richards in the 1983 World Cup final, the Cup was well and truly India’s. But this World Cup was not won in a day.
Outgoing coach Rahul Dravid , after numerous requests to come for a chat, revealed how the planning had started long back. “It was way back in Sept 2021 that ideas started forming. We worked on it over the years, and here we are, on this beautiful Barbados afternoon,” Dravid said.
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