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T20 World Cup final: Gautam Gambhir refused to say that it is an era of dominance for India in ICC events after they lifted the T20 World Cup crown. It was India's second ICC title win in a row.
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00:03Hi, congratulations to both of you and to the entire team of course.
00:07Surya, just too many records with this win, becoming the first team to win consecutively,
00:12the first team to win three titles, the first team to win playing at home.
00:17Just how is the feeling? What are you feeling right now?
00:20How has the celebration been? What is the plan ahead?
00:22And just how are you soaking it all in as a captain, as a leader?
00:26You had said in the beginning at the captain's PC that call me a leader,
00:30because captain, when you call me there can be some sort of complacency,
00:33so being, you know, the leader, just your entire journey, this World Cup win,
00:37what does it mean to you?
00:39Firstly, Happy Women's Day to you and obviously very happy,
00:43but it will take a little bit of time to sink in.
00:46We've just come out of a game and it was a good game obviously,
00:51playing at home definitely when we wake up tomorrow and go back home
00:55or I don't know where we are going but it will be a special feeling.
00:58But yeah, very excited whatever happened in the last two years post 2024,
01:02T20 World Cup until today.
01:04I think it was unbelievable and the feeling, I think,
01:08currently I don't know how do I share it but it has been a wonderful journey.
01:36I think the credit needs to go to the players, which is professionalism and the most important,
01:41the captain, just bravery, this tournament.
01:44As the captain said, we have talked a lot of times,
01:48that we play in a different way, but ICC tournaments are different.
01:52I think that's one thing we want to change.
01:54I'm sure, I think everyone has seen that,
01:57that if you play in the semi-final and final,
01:59you play in the semi-final,
02:00then the judges show the quality and the bravery and courage
02:05this tournament.
02:07Coach, I have a question for you first.
02:11There were a lot of doubters who talk in the social media,
02:14that the team is not good.
02:15But your effort behind the scenes,
02:17that the players are not good with it.
02:20If you talk about the individual process,
02:23how do you handle the players,
02:24how do you handle it?
02:25If you can understand that,
02:27how much effort you put on your side,
02:29being the head coach of the team.
02:31You have done mentorship,
02:32of course, captaincy in the IPL.
02:34But as a head coach of the team,
02:35how much different is this challenge to take this team
02:38to where it is right now?
02:39First of all, my accountability is not on social media.
02:43My accountability is the most of the 30 people
02:46who are sitting in the dressing room.
02:48And not on anyone's side.
02:50Because if I can work with them,
02:51if we can work with them,
02:53if we can work with them.
02:56Besides that,
02:57my accountability was not before,
02:58nor today, nor before.
03:01Whether I win two ICC trophies as a coach,
03:03it really doesn't matter.
03:04Because in the future,
03:06I think those 30 people
03:07are the most important thing to me.
03:08In my coaching tenure,
03:09the rest of the team doesn't matter.
03:12The most important process was in the ST20 format,
03:15that we don't want to be scared from being killed.
03:18Because if you are scared from being killed,
03:19then you won't win.
03:21Because I always believe that
03:23high risk, high reward is an important thing in this format.
03:27Because many times,
03:28you play with a conservative way.
03:30I would have been happier,
03:32if we get out of 110-120,
03:34but our target always is that
03:36we want to make 200 runs.
03:37But we don't want to play 160-170 cricket.
03:40I think for too long,
03:42we play 160-170 cricket.
03:44But in the past two months,
03:46the captain's philosophy,
03:47the captain's ideology,
03:48obviously.
03:49If the captain and coach
03:49won't be on one page,
03:50it will never be possible.
03:52The captain himself wanted to play high risk,
03:54high reward.
03:54And I think the credit needs to go to the captain as well.
04:15I think the two of you have been working together,
04:21you know,
04:21the time of the team,
04:23the team,
04:24the team,
04:25the team,
04:26and the team.
04:26It will not be giving you audio.
04:26of selection calls which were debated, questioned,
04:29dropped this player, and now they are playing.
04:32But you seem to have a plan figured out for this team
04:34right through since that Sri Lanka series.
04:36So when you look back, how was it for you working with Surya?
04:39I'm not saying the partnership is ending,
04:41but the last two years, and Surya's same,
04:44how did you work with coach?
04:46First, in IPL, you have been working with your team,
04:48but when you work with a team,
04:50and a goal is clear that you have to defend the World Cup,
04:53you have to win the first team,
04:53you have to win the title at home.
04:54So if the two of you can just talk about
04:56working with each other in the last two years.
04:58I think, I have played with Gauti Bhai for 4 years,
05:03so I knew that there will be some expectations
05:07from both of us.
05:08How many times has happened,
05:10that when we have talked about the team,
05:11playing 11 or playing 15,
05:14our 14 players are always the same.
05:16So if there is a success rate,
05:18we don't need to discuss that much.
05:20Because we were always on the same page
05:22as we started working with the Srilanka Series,
05:26when we went to Srilanka.
05:27That's why I don't remember that
05:29there is no time when we had a argument
05:31on our players,
05:33that there is no argument,
05:34or that there is no argument.
05:35What do you think?
05:36Because they knew that
05:37we always had the interest of the team
05:39that can win the team,
05:40and if we put the team in the same place,
05:43that can be a benefit of the team.
05:44So our goal was always the same,
05:47that the team can achieve something good
05:48at the same time.
05:49That's why we were always comfortable,
05:52take any selection calls,
05:53play 11 or 15,
05:55or sit off the field,
05:57because that camaraderie was set before us.
05:59Because I was playing with them,
06:01I knew what they were thinking,
06:03they will go two steps,
06:04I will go two steps,
06:05so we will get to see them.
06:06How many times have happened,
06:08that we didn't need to discuss a lot.
06:10So this is a special thing,
06:12which is very important,
06:13when you have to win a big tournament,
06:15you have to win the World Cup,
06:16so it's very important to live on the same page.
06:20Trophy is next to you.
06:23Look, I've said it before,
06:24I think Suresh made my life a lot easier in this format,
06:27I think he's a phenomenal leader.
06:28I think yes,
06:29he very rightly mentioned that
06:30he doesn't want to be called as a captain,
06:31he wants to be called as a leader,
06:32because leader is a far bigger figure,
06:35farther figure in a dressing room than a captain.
06:37And again, I think my simple philosophy,
06:39with Suresh has always been that,
06:41milestones don't matter.
06:42It's the trophies that matter.
06:43For too long in Indian cricket,
06:45we've spoken about milestones.
06:46And I hope,
06:47till I'm there,
06:48we're not going to talk about milestones.
06:49You can see it very easily as well,
06:51you can see it in the last three games,
06:52what Sanju did.
06:5397 not out, 89, 88.
06:55Imagine if we would have been playing for a,
06:57for a milestone,
06:58probably we wouldn't have got 250.
07:00So I think,
07:01this is for you guys as well,
07:02stop celebrating milestones,
07:04celebrate trophies.
07:05That is going to be important,
07:06because,
07:06the bigger purpose,
07:08of a team sport,
07:09is to be,
07:10winning trophies,
07:12not scoring individual runs.
07:13It has never mattered to me,
07:15and it will never matter to me.
07:16And I think,
07:17Surya,
07:17has,
07:18actually,
07:19I've been very fortunate,
07:20that Surya and me,
07:21were on the same page,
07:22especially on this front.
07:25Surya,
07:26question to Surya.
07:27What is your message to the 130,000 people,
07:31and the billions who rooted for you,
07:34and the role that each player played for you?
07:39Obviously,
07:39I just wanted to say,
07:40thank you,
07:41for keeping,
07:42keeping us,
07:43all the prayers,
07:43players and support staff,
07:45in their prayers.
07:46Everyone wanted to win this World Cup.
07:48No one,
07:49no team has done this before,
07:50at home soil.
07:51I'm sure,
07:52it will be a special feeling,
07:53for all the Indians,
07:54in India,
07:55and all over the world.
07:56And,
07:57but,
07:57it is a special feeling.
07:58I mean,
07:59I just want to say,
07:59thank you.
08:00Maybe tomorrow,
08:01when I wake up,
08:02and I get to,
08:03get to talk to a lot of people,
08:04of course,
08:05I'll say the same thing.
08:06But yeah,
08:06it is a special feeling,
08:07and message,
08:08as you said,
08:08message to all the players,
08:10or who?
08:11The players.
08:16I mean,
08:17very happy,
08:18obviously very happy,
08:19because the way they played,
08:20they responded really well,
08:21throughout the last two years,
08:23the way,
08:23the brand of cricket,
08:24which we wanted to play.
08:26I think it was really important,
08:28to sit together,
08:29understand what this team demands,
08:32and performing their roles,
08:33understanding their responsibilities,
08:36chipping in at the right time,
08:38talking to each player,
08:39when someone is not doing well,
08:40I think that is more important for me.
08:42When someone is not doing well,
08:43you try and spend time with him,
08:45take him out for dinners,
08:46talk to him,
08:47because those are the players,
08:48who at the right time,
08:49will do something special for you,
08:52like how Abhishek did just now,
08:54and Sanju did in the last three games.
08:55So,
08:56all these things really matter to me,
08:58I think,
08:59a freedom of speech in the dressing room,
09:01that is very, very important for me,
09:03and obviously,
09:04Gauthibai will agree with me as well,
09:06because if you don't listen to everyone,
09:09you can't take everyone together and win a trophy.
09:15Surya,
09:16last four matches,
09:18your team scored 250 plus,
09:20and defended them successfully,
09:22what went into defending such big totals,
09:25and to Gautam,
09:262011,
09:28player winning at home,
09:30now as coach,
09:31guiding the team to a World Cup victory,
09:33how different were the pressures of playing a home World Cup,
09:38then and now.
09:39I think you all only wanted us to score 300,
09:41so we were trying our best,
09:43to reach the total,
09:44but then yeah,
09:45very happy with the batting unit,
09:47definitely what I asked them to do,
09:50they were very courageous,
09:51I told them the same thing,
09:52that in big tournaments,
09:54you have to be very, very courageous,
09:55when it comes to batting first,
09:58taking those calls when you are batting,
10:00and they delivered it really well,
10:02very happy for them.
10:04Look, I can't ask for more,
10:06I played one World Cup at home,
10:07that was a 50-year World Cup,
10:08and we ended up winning that,
10:09I was very fortunate to be part of the winning World Cup team,
10:13and then first time at home,
10:14as a coach,
10:15and then winning that as well,
10:16and see the only,
10:18only thing we spoke about was that,
10:21how can we give ourselves the best chance to win this World Cup,
10:23and the best chance to give ourselves,
10:25to win this World Cup was that,
10:26how we react,
10:28when someone like a batter is close to 100,
10:30if someone is batting on 94,
10:31does he have the courage to go and get 100,
10:33next ball,
10:34rather than thinking about getting 100,
10:36for three or four balls,
10:37so I think guys have done that brilliantly,
10:39so I,
10:40I feel I think,
10:41sometimes it's very difficult to change that mindset,
10:44but guys,
10:44some of,
10:45all of them,
10:46in the dressing room,
10:47bought into that mindset,
10:48and that is where the result is,
10:50and I'm not going to take credit,
10:51that the amount of times you scored what,
10:53we scored 290s,
10:55we scored 270s,
10:56280s,
10:56250s,
10:57and the only way you could do it is,
10:59when you're putting your team ahead of your own self,
11:01and everyone in that dressing room,
11:03was putting the team ahead of himself,
11:05and that is,
11:06that is the reason why we could achieve something special like this.
11:10Surya,
11:11hi,
11:11congratulations,
11:13Gautam to you too.
11:15See,
11:16last one month,
11:17if you have to reflect on the last one month journey,
11:19how tough,
11:20or how memorable,
11:21how happy it has been,
11:22and were there any occasion,
11:24when you thought that,
11:25some doubts have crept in,
11:27and secondly,
11:28is the Olympic gold next target for us?
11:32Obviously,
11:33it was,
11:33it has been a wonderful journey in the last one month,
11:36though,
11:37though it didn't start the way we wanted it to start,
11:39but then it's part of the sport,
11:41throughout the journey till today,
11:44it has been very special,
11:45and collectively as a team,
11:46what we've achieved,
11:48I think it's right front of you,
11:49so very happy with that,
11:50and as you rightly said,
11:52definitely the next goal is,
11:54Olympics,
11:55Olympic gold,
11:56and also the T20 World Cup that year,
11:57don't forget.
12:00Coach,
12:01international cricket,
12:02we have seen that,
12:03in some time,
12:06oh,
12:06no,
12:07international cricket,
12:07we have seen that,
12:09in some time,
12:10it is incredible,
12:13to see that,
12:15this Indian team has lost,
12:16just two matches,
12:17in the last four ICC events.
12:19So,
12:19what can we say in white ball cricket,
12:21this is the era of Team India?
12:25I won't talk about white ball cricket,
12:27because in white ball cricket,
12:28we have two series in one day,
12:29in the last three years,
12:30in the one day format.
12:31If there is an era,
12:32then we have two series.
12:35ICC,
12:36yes,
12:36ICC obviously,
12:37that's a completely different ball game,
12:38and the pressure is different,
12:41and I don't believe in those eras,
12:42you have to turn up every day,
12:44whether you play any match,
12:46when you play your country,
12:47you want to win each and every game.
12:49So,
12:49there is no,
12:50if and but,
12:51it is not,
12:52that it is bilateral,
12:53ICC trophy,
12:54World Cup,
12:55that you turn up,
12:58thinking that,
12:58ICC trophy,
12:59for me,
12:59I think,
13:00there are a lot of privilege,
13:01people in that dressing room,
13:02who have to represent their country,
13:04that they have to represent their country.
13:05There are millions of children,
13:06who want to live in our position,
13:08that they are my position,
13:09thousands of people,
13:10who want to live in my position,
13:11in their position,
13:11there are millions of crore kids,
13:13who want to live in their position,
13:14in their dressing room,
13:16who want to live in their position.
13:17So,
13:18we can never take anything for granted.
13:20And,
13:20when you wear a jersey,
13:21you can never afford to take anything for granted.
13:24That's why,
13:24bilateral and ICC
13:26differentiate,
13:28because it is the same,
13:30everything exactly remains the same.
13:31ICC.
13:34Congratulations to all of you,
13:35and thanks for the entertaining cricket,
13:37through the tournament.
13:38This is not a sense of comparison,
13:40but,
13:40over the last few months,
13:41we've seen such,
13:43iconic moments,
13:43that will,
13:44stay with us forever.
13:45One is of course,
13:46Abhishek almost saying,
13:47you know,
13:48he loves the team,
13:49and he's almost in tears,
13:50talking about how much faith you have,
13:51all showed in him.
13:53Cut to a few months back,
13:54we had Jamima Rodriguez,
13:55doing the same thing.
13:56It just tells us something,
13:58that Indian cricket is working towards,
13:59making everyone feel secure,
14:01and the sense of failure,
14:02the sense of,
14:03not belonging,
14:04the sense of,
14:04oh my god,
14:05is not there,
14:06you know,
14:06what next,
14:07what if.
14:07There has to have been something cohesive,
14:10that's been said in the dressing room,
14:11that's been worked on,
14:12to take that sense of fear away,
14:15and put a sense of security,
14:16safety in.
14:17Can both of you,
14:18shed some light on that,
14:20please?
14:25No, I think,
14:26see,
14:26it's really important to understand,
14:28that,
14:28you'll definitely,
14:30fail more times,
14:31than you succeed in sports.
14:33I mean,
14:34he must have seen it in his career,
14:36I have seen it,
14:36last year,
14:372025.
14:38Whole year,
14:39I couldn't get a 50.
14:40It took me 400 plus days,
14:42to get a 50 for India,
14:43but,
14:43that's what I told the boys,
14:45the same thing,
14:46ups and downs will definitely,
14:48keep on coming in sport,
14:49but you have to understand,
14:50you have to,
14:51you have to respect the game,
14:53you have to,
14:53you have to,
14:54try and spend time with,
14:55all good people around you,
14:57that's more important.
14:58Be true to yourself,
15:00you can't cheat the man in the mirror,
15:01when you get up in the morning,
15:02or you are going to sleep.
15:04So,
15:05those small,
15:05small things are very,
15:06very important,
15:07to understand them,
15:09to take them out,
15:10as I rightly said,
15:10for dinners,
15:11to spend time with them,
15:12understand them,
15:13what are their strengths,
15:14what are their weaknesses.
15:15So,
15:16all these small,
15:16small things,
15:17which we do off the field,
15:18I think when we come on the field,
15:20that actually gives you a lot of confidence,
15:21that gives them,
15:22a lot of composure,
15:25and also,
15:26I feel,
15:27you need to understand,
15:28each character in the team.
15:30Every,
15:30everyone is different,
15:31they bring a different,
15:32different skill to the table,
15:33so you need to speak to them,
15:35their temperaments,
15:36understand them,
15:37that is actually very important,
15:39and that's what,
15:39that's what we did,
15:40throughout the last one,
15:41one and a half years,
15:42two years,
15:42we wanted to understand,
15:44how these people are,
15:45when do we press,
15:46press the pedal,
15:47when do we leave them,
15:48I think that is very important,
15:49and that's what we did,
15:50we,
15:51you have to understand,
15:51you have to talk to them,
15:52give them freedom of speech,
15:54and,
15:55let them not change their identities,
15:57I mean,
15:57what has given them success,
15:59in the last,
15:59so many years,
16:00playing for the state,
16:01respective franchises,
16:03we don't,
16:03they don't need to change anything,
16:04when they play that for India.
16:05Yes,
16:06the jersey colour changes,
16:07brings in a lot of emotion,
16:09the tricolour,
16:10but at the same time,
16:10what has given them success,
16:12they shouldn't be running away from it.
16:14Look,
16:15my answer is very simple,
16:16I think,
16:17you pick the team,
16:18on trust and faith,
16:20you don't pick on hope,
16:21so when you pick someone,
16:22on trust and faith,
16:23you don't lose that trust and faith,
16:25after four or five games,
16:27as simple as it can get.
16:28I've never,
16:29I've never,
16:30felt that,
16:31we've ever picked a team,
16:33on hope,
16:34the trust and the faith,
16:35that,
16:35all of us had,
16:37in the squad,
16:37that we had in the dressing room,
16:39irrespective,
16:40whether,
16:40we would have won this tournament,
16:41whether we wouldn't have won this tournament,
16:43that is irrespective,
16:44the faith and,
16:45trust,
16:46would have exactly,
16:47remained the same,
16:48so for me,
16:48I think that is something,
16:49which is very important,
16:50and that will never,
16:51go away,
16:52the trust and faith.
16:55Surya and Gauthi,
16:56many many congratulations,
16:58for winning this trophy.
16:59Surya,
17:00to you first,
17:00Kisiko dedicate karre hai aap ye win,
17:03and Gauthi,
17:04to you,
17:06Sanju winning,
17:07the player of the tournament award,
17:09does it bring a sense of,
17:11deja vu to you,
17:12in,
17:13you know,
17:14in 2011,
17:15Yuvrat Singh was almost,
17:16not making the team,
17:17Sanju,
17:18you know,
17:19he wasn't a part,
17:20of the first 11,
17:21and then he,
17:22turns it around,
17:23and,
17:23becomes the player,
17:24of the series.
17:26Look,
17:26first of all,
17:27I will tell you,
17:28I think,
17:30I should dedicate this trophy,
17:33first of all,
17:33Rahul bhai,
17:34and then,
17:35Lakshman bhai,
17:36because,
17:37what Rahul bhai has done,
17:39to keep Indian cricket,
17:40in such a good shape,
17:42I,
17:43I have to thank him,
17:44for everything,
17:45what he's done,
17:46during his tenure,
17:46and then,
17:47VVS Lakshman,
17:48for unconditionally,
17:50doing so much,
17:50for Indian cricket,
17:51especially,
17:52behind the,
17:52behind the doors,
17:53because,
17:54COE,
17:55remains,
17:56the pipeline,
17:57for Indian cricket,
17:58and third,
17:59is obviously,
17:59Ajit Agarkar,
18:00because he does,
18:01take a lot of flag,
18:02in the amount of honesty,
18:03he's worked with,
18:04and,
18:05last but not the least,
18:07I have to thank,
18:08Jai Bhai,
18:08because,
18:08not many people,
18:09have actually called me,
18:10when I've gone through,
18:11the lowest moments,
18:12in my tenure,
18:13whether it was,
18:13after New Zealand,
18:14whether it was,
18:15after South Africa,
18:16the only person,
18:17who called me,
18:17actually was,
18:18Jai Bhai,
18:19and,
18:19I had to thank him,
18:20for,
18:21trusting me,
18:22with this job,
18:23because,
18:23I,
18:23very well remember this,
18:25that,
18:25when I was given this job,
18:27I had no experience,
18:28of being the head coach,
18:30of any franchise,
18:32or any team,
18:32but trusting me,
18:33for this,
18:33with this job,
18:34so,
18:34I had to thank these guys,
18:36and,
18:36I think these,
18:38till these guys are,
18:39there,
18:39I think Indian cricket,
18:40is very,
18:40very safe hands.
18:43The question about,
18:44Sanju,
18:45and Yuraj,
18:45the parallel.
18:47Look,
18:47it's,
18:48it's,
18:48it's not fair,
18:48to compare two people,
18:50I think Sanju,
18:51what he's done,
18:52and,
18:52the kind of,
18:54the two people.
18:57See,
18:58again,
18:58Sanju,
18:59did that three in a row,
19:01three in a row,
19:01doing it,
19:02and specially,
19:03after coming back,
19:04from the kind of form,
19:04that he was in,
19:05you know,
19:06it takes so much,
19:07of character,
19:07and courage,
19:08where you know,
19:09that,
19:10maybe your career,
19:11is online.
19:12Even if,
19:13me and the captain,
19:15can show,
19:15as much faith,
19:16trust,
19:16everything on him,
19:18but deep inside,
19:18you know,
19:19that obviously,
19:20you didn't have a great series,
19:21against New Zealand,
19:22before the start of the World Cup,
19:23and then you didn't start,
19:25in the playing eleven,
19:26during the World Cup,
19:27and then making a comeback,
19:28like that,
19:29and playing,
19:29those kind of innings,
19:30with that kind of,
19:31what,
19:32strike rate,
19:33or with that kind of flamboyance,
19:34you need to have,
19:36you need to be a special player,
19:37you need to be a special talent,
19:38and hopefully,
19:39he can kick off,
19:40from here,
19:40and,
19:42I think he deserves,
19:43a lot more,
19:45than actually,
19:45he's got till now,
19:46so I hope,
19:47that going forward,
19:48I think,
19:49I'm not gonna say,
19:50that he's gonna kick start,
19:51his career,
19:52hopefully he can achieve,
19:53a lot of great things,
19:53because,
19:54that's the kind of talent,
19:55Sanju is,
19:55and there was never any doubt,
19:56on his talent,
19:57it was just about,
19:58going out there,
19:59and just be as free,
20:00as he wanted to be,
20:00and that is what,
20:02he has shown it to everyone,
20:03that,
20:04when you start believing in yourself,
20:06I think nothing matters to you,
20:08apart from that.
20:10Gautam,
20:11you talked about Rahul Bhai,
20:14that Rahul Bhai's team,
20:15which has won in 2024,
20:16after that,
20:18your team has won this step-up,
20:19how difficult it was,
20:20to come to the shoes,
20:22Rahul Bhai's style,
20:23you have a different style,
20:25that you want to know,
20:26from this two years,
20:27and from Syria,
20:28you were leading this team,
20:31this team has played a completely different template,
20:34this team has played a completely different template,
20:36in the tournament,
20:36where you thought,
20:37that this World Cup is going to happen.
20:41When we started the tournament,
20:43I thought that we have to win the World Cup in India,
20:45because many people were saying,
20:46that no home team won't win the World Cup,
20:48back-to-back has never happened,
20:49so when you go to the tournament,
20:51you think that you have to win the tournament,
20:54but at the same time,
20:55that process and routine is necessary,
20:56that you have to win the tournament,
20:58so I told everyone,
20:59that we have played in the last couple of years,
21:01so we will try to play the ICC tournament,
21:05and when we played in Zimbabwe,
21:07actually in Chennai,
21:08after that,
21:09I thought that we had to play a different brand of cricket,
21:12I had to understand,
21:13how to play ahead and going forward,
21:15and then,
21:15when we played a quarter-final game,
21:17like a quarter-final game in Eden Gardens,
21:19then,
21:19I thought that there was a different confidence in this team,
21:23because everyone didn't enjoy it before,
21:26they were enjoying it before,
21:27they were playing good cricket,
21:28but they started a little turning point,
21:30that we started at peak,
21:31and that time,
21:32our gameplay started.
21:33Sorry,
21:34you have to ask once.
21:37Rahul bhai,
21:37who has won the team,
21:39you got the team that they won,
21:41that was a step-up team,
21:42I did not get one series,
21:44what was it tough,
21:45what was it like?
21:46What was the plan?
21:46The plan was very simple,
21:49I am a character of different types,
21:50every person looks different,
21:52it is very difficult,
21:54and it is not fair to compare,
21:58I have always believed that high risk high reward is the only way to play a T20 format and you
22:06don't fear to lose a game of cricket to win a game of cricket, if you start fearing to lose
22:10a game of cricket you will never win.
22:11And that's why, as I said before, my ideology was very simple. We won't play a match with 160-170.
22:20I would rather accept that we are all out, but 150-160 takes you nowhere.
22:28So if you play high risk, then you will make 250-260 runs like this. And in that case, you
22:34will come and come and come and come.
22:36And even South Africa's games, we have a match with 100. But that ideology has never changed, never changed the
22:43mindset.
22:45Never thought that you will have a little subdued to play. Because after South Africa, we have all the match
22:50must win, all the knockout matches.
22:52And in that case, if you play cricket in that way, you will give your best chance that you can
22:59win great tournaments.
23:02Surya and Gautam, first of all, Hardig told me about this great victory. You played very well.
23:08You played very well. You played a team. You guided a team.
23:11My question is Surya. Surya, how do you see your journey, especially if you talk about 2023,
23:17you were a part of the team, who came here and came here and came here.
23:22And then you had to fight criticism. And after that, you put a winning catch there in West Indies,
23:27which is the case of Vishwakup. And today, you are carrying a trophy here as a captain.
23:32So this is the whole journey of the previous T20 Vishwakup and T20 Vishwakup.
23:39How do you see a winning captain in this T20 Vishwakup?
23:41It was a big journey. I think it was a criticism. You can't run away from criticism.
23:47Because if you do good, people will say good. If you do not, people will say good.
23:51It's a simple thing. You need to understand it.
23:53And it's a part of the sportsman's life.
23:56But the journey of the 23rd of the 23rd, then we went to Barbados.
24:00The catch, like I always say, changed my life.
24:04Because it was a moment in the tournament.
24:06And then after that, when I started leading this amazing team,
24:11it was a very special feeling.
24:13Because I knew that after two years, we are going to play World Cup in India.
24:16And there is no team winning in India.
24:19And when you play T20 World Cup in India,
24:21when you play T20 World Cup in any tournament,
24:22it's a different vibe, a different excitement.
24:24So that's what I started to say when we started to play bilateral.
24:28That you are excited that when you play T20 World Cup in India,
24:32and people will keep expectations from you, and talk to you.
24:34So it will be more fun.
24:36So that's what we started to do with the excitement.
24:38And as we played in T20 World Cup,
24:40as we wanted to play,
24:42and as we won the trophy,
24:43it's an excitement part.
24:45So it's a very beautiful journey.
24:46And hopefully this continues.
24:50For both of you,
24:50I think that you have to be a different spirit of Surya.
24:53You have to be a different spirit.
24:55So…
24:55Oh, man.
24:57Practice and all have to be an intensity.
24:59But…
24:59Now everyone will be a little bit of a heart.
25:00No, no, no.
25:01I am saying that,
25:02this is for you,
25:04intensity and for you,
25:06for the happy music.
25:07Arzadeep's read,
25:09Aakash's read.
25:09So these new kids are doing one way,
25:12practicing and also showing intensity,
25:14on the other way,
25:15the happy music and the light atmosphere.
25:17How is it for each other?
25:18How are you,
25:19both of you?
25:19Both of you?
25:21No, you can explain this.
25:22They can tell you the truth.
25:24They can tell you the truth.
25:24I think that the Surya is more than I am.
25:27Look, this generation is different.
25:30And coaching of the work,
25:32not only skills of coaching,
25:34only batting, bowling or fielding.
25:36And coaching of the work is also man management.
25:38Coaching of the work is also man management.
25:39And coaching of the work is also that
25:39you have in the dressing room,
25:42all individuals,
25:43the people who have the atmosphere
25:45until they can break the atmosphere.
25:46They are not bad.
25:47Let them be.
25:48I mean,
25:49I mean,
25:51I mean,
25:52I mean,
25:53I mean,
25:53I don't know.
25:54But sometimes,
25:56it's good.
25:57I mean,
25:57you give them freedom,
25:58whatever you are doing.
25:59I know,
26:00many people say that
26:01the environment of the tracing room
26:02is very stressed,
26:03and tense.
26:04I hope that
26:05there will be some conversations
26:06will get worse.
26:07And they will be saying things
26:08too.
26:08Because if you say things
26:11or write things,
26:12you will just take your team
26:14down.
26:15You will just take your team
26:16up.
26:16You will not take your team
26:17up.
26:17Because we are not just
26:19representing those 30 people.
26:20We are not representing you.
26:21We are all representing the room.
26:23Even if you are writing things,
26:26I am sure that
26:26more responsibility
26:28can be written.
26:29And I believe
26:30that
26:30when you are working
26:32and
26:33the team
26:34is trying to take your team
26:36in every way,
26:36the input,
26:37the effort,
26:37the performance
26:38and the team
26:39is trying to take your team
26:40forward.
26:41After that,
26:41what you are doing
26:41is your personal life.
26:43I have never had any issues with that.
26:50What do you want to say?
26:53Suriya,
26:54Rohit obviously retired
26:55straight after 2024.
26:58I am guessing
26:59you are not doing that
26:59from what you have said.
27:00But how motivated
27:02everything is going so well.
27:04How motivated
27:05are you
27:06to make this
27:07a dominant era
27:08and stay on
27:08to help that happen?
27:10A dominant era
27:10of Indian white ball cricket
27:12for the next
27:12four, five years?
27:14Five years?
27:15However long you want.
27:17Let's do it.
27:17No, obviously
27:18very excited
27:19the way things have gone
27:20since 2024.
27:22The way we have played,
27:24we have won
27:24three ICC trophies
27:25in a row.
27:26I think that
27:27drought ended in 2024
27:28after a really long time
27:29and from there
27:30we never looked back.
27:31We knew how
27:32we wanted to play
27:33going forward.
27:34Everything was changed
27:35post 2024.
27:36We played a different
27:37brand of cricket in 2024.
27:39And from there
27:39we understood
27:40how this team
27:41needs to work forward,
27:44play forward.
27:45And it's been
27:46a wonderful journey
27:47since then.
27:48He won an ICC
27:50Champions Trophy
27:51in 2025.
27:52Played completely
27:53different brand of cricket
27:54and now in 2026.
27:55We wanted to do
27:56something special
27:57in front of home crowd
27:58right here.
27:59So we want to continue,
28:00continue doing that
28:0127, 28, 29
28:03and never stop.
28:04I have heard
28:08a question.
28:10This is the
28:11question.
28:12The problem is
28:12in your
28:13And you
28:15have heard
28:16about
28:16the
28:17game.
28:19This is your voice.
28:49This is your voice.
29:43This is your voice.
30:17This is your voice.
30:46This is your voice.
31:16This is your voice.
31:17This is your voice.
31:50This is your voice.
32:30This is your voice.
32:43This is your voice.
33:15This is your voice.
33:28This is your voice.
33:50This is your voice.
34:08This is your voice.
34:24This is your voice.
34:45This is your voice.
34:57This is your voice.
35:04This is your voice.
35:04This is your voice.
35:06This is your voice.
35:06This is your voice.
35:07This is your voice.
35:07This is your voice.