Staying true to his no-nonsense taskmaster picture, outgoing India head coach Rahul Dravid had an task for star batter Virat Kohli even on his final day at work and inside hours of India successful the T20 World Cup. “All three white ticked off, one crimson to go. Tick it,” Dravid informed Kohli in a video of the Indian dressing room celebrations shared by the ICC on its Instagram web page. By three white he meant the limited-overs international trophies — the T20 World Cup, the ODI World Cup and the Champions Trophy — all of which Kohli has collected as a participant.
What’s left now could be successful the World Take a look at Championship Last.
India have misplaced the WTC Last twice (in opposition to New Zealand in 2021 and Australia in 2023).
The 35-year-old Kohli, who retired from T20 Internationals after the World Cup triumph right here on Saturday, merely smiled at Dravid as he repeated himself to claim his level, albeit with a heat smile on his face.
“Go tick it.” The 51-year-old Dravid, who was appointed India coach in 2021, ended his tenure with this occasion.
“All three white ticked off, one crimson to go…tick it ” pic.twitter.com/0MLAcGgYyo
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India defeated South Africa by seven runs within the humdinger to say their second general T20 world crown, having received the title in its inaugural version in South Africa again in 2007 beneath Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
Within the ODI format, India received the 1983 and 2011 World Cups earlier than snaring the 2013 Champions Trophy.
The congratulatory video additionally featured Suryakumar Yadav, whose blinder of a catch to dismiss David Miller proved essential within the ultimate right here.
The Mumbaikar mentioned it might take him no less than two days to completely grasp the enormity of the achievement.
“No emotions proper now, I do not know what to say,” he mentioned.
Pacer Arshdeep Singh flaunted a few polaroid pictures of his, one taken on the morning of the ultimate and the opposite with the winner’s medal round his neck and the trophy in his fingers within the afternoon.
“That is what perception can do,” he mentioned.
The Indian staff is at present stranded right here as Barbados has been shut down attributable to hurricane Beryl, originating within the Atlantic. The class 4 hurricane has intensified with most sustained winds of 210 kmph.
The Indian staff was imagined to take an Emirates flight from New York by way of Dubai. A supply informed PTI that the plan now could be to take the staff again to India on a constitution flight.
The Indian contingent, together with assist workers, households, and officers, consists of about 70 members.
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