‘A feather in our cap’: Gill

Indiarsquos emotional and epochal triumph in the justconcluded T20 World Cup found its resonance in GenNext stars such as Shubman Gill and Riyan Parag who termed it as an ldquoinspirationrdquo while vowing to bring more glory to the nation in futureThe new line of Indian players are here to play a fivematch T20I series against Zimbabwe which is starting from Saturday at the Harare Sports Club Gill who is leading the contingent here was a travelling reserve with Rohit Sharmarsquos men before returning to India after the group stage of the T20 WC which was held in the USA The 24yearold rated the victory as a ldquofeather in the caprdquolsquoVery special for all of themrsquoldquoThis must have been very special for all of them and special for me They have been working very hard for this So itrsquos a feather in the caprdquo Gill told BCCI while sharing his feelings about Indiarsquos thrilling sevenrun win over South Africa in the title match at Barbados last weekIndia players during a practice session at Harare recently PicBCCIAbhishek Sharma who had a stellar run for the Sunrisers Hyderabad in the IPL 2024 had a special companion while watching the finalmdashmultiple World Cup winner Yuvraj Singh ldquoI was watching the match T20 WC final with the one and only Yuvi paji Yuvraj Singh He got very emotional when India won the final Watching that I felt very good and got very inspiredldquoItrsquos a dream for all of us to win an ICC trophy and he has won it for India many timesrdquo Abhishek said ldquoI will never forget that moment and then we went outside and celebrated I think this World Cup was very special and now I am really motivated to win a Cup for the countryrdquo he addedAlso ReadI will want to open in T20Is Shubman Gill eyes vacant slots by Kohli RohitRiyan Parag who is set to make his T20I debut against Zimbabwe called the victory an inspiration to all budding players in the country ldquoItrsquos an inspiration for all of us the young players here in this squad to win a World Cup to win something this big in stature I think itrsquos motivating for all of us and the young cricketers in Indiardquo said ParagWicketkeeper batter Dhurv Jurel used inverse logic while watching the final Jurel did not want to jinx Indiarsquos chances of winning the match hence he was telling everyone that South Africa would lift their maiden World Cup ldquoI was thinking that if I say India will win then SA might win So I was saying SA will win and eventually India won I was celebrating like a kid after thatrdquo Jurel chuckledRuturaj Gaikwad was delighted to see three modernday giants in Virat Kohli Rohit and Ravindra Jadeja his teammate at the Chennai Super Kings retiring from T20Is with a title win ldquoTo have a win of this kind where we were almost in the jaws of defeat and then to come back from there and win is a special moment Obviously a great end to the T20I career of three legends Kohli Rohit and JadejardquoFor pacers Mukesh Kumar and Tushar Deshpande the victory was nothing short of a ldquomiraclerdquo ldquoAs we say the game is not over till itrsquos over The final was the best example for it We believe that miracles can happenrdquo said Deshpande Pacer Avesh Khan shared the big moment with local fans and now he wants to create his own piece of history ldquoThere is a place near my nativemdashRajwadamdashwhere people gather in a public space to watch big matches I also went there to watch the match I celebrated with everyonelsquoWill maintain this standardrsquoldquoI feel so proud to watch those videos and photos coming out in social media after our trophy win and we will strive to maintain this standard of performance in the future toordquo he noted Legspinner Ravi Bishnoi exploited the luxury of loneliness inside a hotel room to scream his lungs out while allrounder Washington Sundar said the win has created an emotional chord with the countryThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever