"India showed resilience to win T20 WC and celebrations told that story": Laxman

Legendary batsman VVS Laxman hailed Team Indias resilience while winning the T20 World Cup 2024 Further he also said the passionate celebration by players and former head coach Rahul Dravid exemplified the value of that triumph to themIndia won the elusive ICC title after 11 years and their second T20 World Cup trophy after 17 years after defeating South Africa by seven runs in the finals of the T20 World Cup 2024 on June 29The kind of finish we had after we were under pressure with South Africa batters needing 30 runs off 30 balls And from there to show character resilience and selfbelief to pull off the match from the jaws of defeat it shows the character of the entire team Laxman said in a video posted by the BCCI on its X handleThe amount of hard work they put in the celebrations by the players and support staff told the bigger story behind this victoryVVS Laxman also said the celebration showed what the victory meant to the players and the support staffAlso ReadBrothers can you relate Irfan Pathan shares hilarious meme on spat with brother Yusuf during matchObviously it is a special feeling winning the World Cup When you are playing against the best and win the trophy it means a lot to all the players participating in the tournamentEveryone showed their emotions and it showed how much it meant to each and every player in the squad as well as the support staff the emotions were really high You saw Hardik Pandya breaking down once he bowled the last delivery You saw Rohit Sharma on the groundThe entire country is rejoicing this win It was a special feeling keeping in mind we had come close to winning the title six months back ODI World Cup We should have won the 50over World Cup dominating the entire tournament but not being able to cross the final hurdle he saidLaxman made a special mention of the expressive celebration of Dravid who generally abhors public show of emotionsSomeone like Rahul with whom I have played so much cricket knew him for so many years but for him to show that emotions first when the last ball was bowled and then the various conversations he was having with the team members and when he lifted the trophyI thought it was a great gesture by Rohit and Virat Kohli to hand over the trophy to him Dravid and the way he celebrated by lifting the trophy it showed how much it meant to each one of them said Laxman who paired with Dravid in a memorable Test win against Australia in Kolkata in 2001 when they stitched that famous 376run partnership after followingonVVS Laxman who represented India in 134 test matches scored 8781 runs with an average of 4597 He also heap praises on Virat Kohli Rohit Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja for their contributions in the shortest format of the game The trio announced their retirement from the format after the T20 World Cup 2024 victoryMy message to these stalwarts of the game Virat Rohit and Ravindra Jadeja an extremely talented player who has contributed immensely to the progress of the Indian team Congratulations for the contributions you have made to this great game and set an example to the youngsters to follow The passion and the pride with which they had played this game is exemplaryWhile they have retired from this format I am sure they will continue to prepare the way they did so far in their career and continue to bring laurels to the countryBig congratulations for an excellent T20 career and I am sure they will continue to contribute in the longer version of the game and in the 50over formatWith PTI Inputs