Staying true to his no-nonsense taskmaster image, outgoing India coach Rahul Dravid was assigned to batsman Virat Kohli even on his last day of work and just hours after India won the T20 World Cup. “All three whites scored, one red missing. Score,” Dravid told Kohli in a video of the celebrations in the Indian dressing room shared by the ICC on its Instagram page. By three whites he was referring to the limited-overs global trophies – the T20 World Cup, the ODI World Cup and the Champions Trophy – all of which Kohli collected as a player.
What remains now is to win the World Test Championship final.
India has lost the WTC final twice (against New Zealand in 2021 and Australia in 2023).
The 35-year-old Kohli, who retired from T20 Internationals after the World Cup triumph here on Saturday, just smiled at Dravid as he repeated himself to make his point, albeit with a warm smile on his face.
“Go score.” Dravid, 51, appointed India coach in 2021, ended his tenure with this event.
“All three whites marked, one red missing… mark” pic.twitter.com/0MLAcGgYyo
– Gaurav (@Melbourne__82) June 30, 2024
India defeated South Africa by seven runs in the humdinger to win their second overall T20 world title, having won the title in its inaugural edition in South Africa in 2007 under Mahendra Singh Dhoni.
In the ODI format, India won the 1983 and 2011 World Cups before lifting the 2013 Champions Trophy.
The congratulatory video also featured Suryakumar Yadav, whose blind catch to dismiss David Miller was crucial in the final here.
The Mumbaikar said it would take him at least two days to fully comprehend the enormity of the achievement.
“No feelings now, I don’t know what to say,” he said.
Pacer Arshdeep Singh displayed some polaroid photos of himself, one taken on the morning of the final and another with the winner’s medal around his neck and the trophy in his hands in the afternoon.
“That’s what belief can do,” he said.
The Indian team is currently stuck here as Barbados has been closed due to Hurricane Beryl, which originated from the Atlantic. The Category 4 hurricane intensified with maximum sustained winds of 210 km/h.
The Indian team was supposed to take an Emirates flight from New York via Dubai. A source told PTI that the plan now is to take the team back to India on a chartered flight.
The Indian contingent, including support staff, families and employees, comprises around 70 members.
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