Indian team’s wild celebrations at T20 World Cup caught on camera

The crazy celebrations of the Indian team, where captain Rohit Sharma, veteran Virat Kohli, spearhead Jasprit Bumrah and other players could be seen expressing their happiness after winning the T20 World Cup 2024 in a special charter flight, which took them back to New Delhi, is doing the rounds on the internet.

The video begins with captain Rohit Sharma making funny faces, leaving fans laughing out loud.

His teammates join in the celebrations as the camera shows them in a joyful mood.

Rohit Sharma and his Team India colleagues landed in New Delhi on Thursday morning before heading to the luxurious ITC Maurya hotel in the national capital.

On Saturday, in the summit clash of the T20 World Cup 2024 against South Africa, India won the toss and decided to bat first.

The men in blue lost two early wickets of captain Rohit Sharma and Rishabh Pant. However, on the sport’s biggest stage, Virat Kohli held his hand high by scoring an impressive 76 off 59 balls.

Virat Kohli held the Indian innings together by blocking one end while the other batters like Axar Patel and Shivam Dube played around him.

It should be remembered that the Delhi-born cricketer was entering the final after seven consecutive failures in the 2024 T20 World Cup, including ducks against the USA and Australia.

But when the Indian cricket team found itself in a deep hole, and when it mattered the most, Virat Kohli was the one who delivered, proving Rohit Sharma and head coach Rahul Dravid right.

With the dry pitch at Kensington Oval making it difficult for the batters to score runs, Virat Kohli quickly realised that it was not a track to play aggressive cricket and quickly changed gears.

From an aggressor, he turned into an accumulator, who anchored the Indian innings, allowing Axar Patel and Shivam Dube to play their natural game. This tactic gave them the right to go for the kill. While the former contributed 47 off 31, the latter played an entertaining cameo of 27 off 16 balls.

More importantly, both were involved in crucial partnerships of 72 and 57 runs, respectively, with Virat Kohli.

The trinity were responsible for India’s final total of 176/7 in their allotted 20 overs.

Needing 177 to clinch their maiden International Cricket Council (ICC) title, South Africa were rocked early on by India spearhead Jasprit Bumrah batting in the second over before his new ball partner Arshdeep Singh removed Proteas captain Aiden Markram in the third over.

At 2/12, the South African team looked set to collapse. But things started to change quickly when veteran Quinton de Kock and Tristan Stubbs combined to put on a 58-run partnership.

Subsequently, the momentum completely swung in South Africa’s favour when Heinrich Klaasen took on the Indian spinners and brought the equation back to 30 runs from 30 balls.

Just when it seemed certain that the Rainbow Nation would lift the T20 World Cup trophy in the Caribbean, a short injury break taken by Rishabh Pant turned the match on its head.

The break caused a lapse in concentration from Heinrich Klaasen, who lost his wicket to Hardik Pandya for 52 off 27 deliveries in the 17th over.

Jasprit Bumrah bowled the 18th over and didn’t give up. He even scalped Marko Jenson to get a foot in the door.

As the pressure mounted on David Miller and only the tail followed, the South Africans buckled under the pressure as India snatched defeat from the hands of defeat to win their first T20 World Cup title after 17 years.

India’s seven-run win over South Africa saw the subcontinental powerhouse end its 11-year wait for an ICC title and its 13-year World Cup drought.

India’s last World Cup win came in 2011 while they won their first T20 World Cup crown in 2007. Both these victories in white-ball cricket were won by the legendary MS Dhoni.

Meanwhile, outgoing India head coach Rahul Dravid has thanked Rohit Sharma for asking him to continue after India’s heartbreaking defeat to Australia in the ODI World Cup final last November.

Rahul Dravid’s tenure as India coach had originally ended after the ODI World Cup but Rohit Sharma and Board of Control for Cricket in India (BBCI) general secretary Jay Shah urged him to extend it till the 2024 T20 World Cup.

As luck would have it, Rahul Dravid ended his stint with the Indian team on a high after Rohit Sharma and his boys won the 2024 T20 World Cup in the Caribbean.

“Ro, thank you very much for calling me in November and asking me to continue,” Rahul Dravid said in a video shared by the Indian board.

“I think it’s been a real privilege and a pleasure to work with all of you, but Ro, thank you also for your time. We have a lot of time to discuss, we have to agree, we have to disagree sometimes, but thank you very much,” he added.

“I am not usually at a loss for words, but on a day like today, I couldn’t be more grateful to have been a part of this. For the respect, the kindness, the effort that each and every one of you has shown towards me, towards my coaching staff and towards my support team,” Rahul Dravid said.

“You will all remember these moments. We always say it’s not about runs, it’s not about wickets, you never remember your career but you remember moments like this, so let’s really enjoy it,” he summed up.