"Short of words..." Rahul Dravid's first comments after India lift the T20 World Cup

Jun 30, 2024

Barbados, June 30 (ANI): Shortly after India’s victory in the T20 World Cup Final 2024, Coach Rahul Dravid while talking to the media got emotional. He said that he felt short of words. " As a player, I was not lucky enough to win a trophy but I gave my best...I was lucky enough to be given an opportunity to coach a team, I was lucky that this bunch of boys made it possible for me to be able to win this trophy. It is a great feeling, it is not like I was aiming for some redemption, it was the job I was doing...it has been a great journey...I will miss him as a person...what impresses me is the kind of person he is, the respect he has shown me, the kind of care and commitment he had for the team, the kind of energy he had to spend and he never backed down. For me, it will be the person I will miss the most…This was a journey of 2 years, this T20 World Cup. The construction of this team and the kind of skills we wanted, the players we wanted. The discussions started when I started in 2021...this is not the work of just this World Cup...It feels like a journey of 2 years...I have really felt short of words…The boys nowadays, there is fantastic talent in the Indian cricket team. Their energy and confidence is on another level at this time...in the coming times, India will win so many trophies, in the next 5-6 years..." said Rahul Dravid.