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[Sachin Tendulkar @sachin_rt]

Winning the World Cup twice in a row, the first time any team has done so in the T20 format. Totally deserving and rightful winners of the trophy.

What a fantastic performance by our team and a special brand of cricket on display.

Well done, Team India. Jai Hind! 🇮🇳🏆

[Yuvraj Singh @YUVSTRONG12]

Back-to-back #WorldChampions! Defending a #WorldCup takes character and this team led by @surya_14kumar played with real intent on the biggest stage! 🇮🇳

@IamSanjuSamson @ishankishan51 @OfficialAbhi04 were outstanding in the final. Sanju, across the opportunities showed again why he’s a match winner. Ishan was consistent right through and played a solid role in India’s run. @IamShivamDube @hardikpandya7 shifted momentum at will when the game demanded it.

@Jaspritbumrah93 was truly special, the tougher the situation the better he got! @akshar2026 was magical with the ball, picking up crucial wickets, with Hardik, @arshdeepsinghh and #VarunChakaravarthy keeping the pressure on throughout.

Congratulations to coach @GautamGambhir and the entire support staff as well! A lot of hard work goes into moments like this!

India, World Champions again. 🇮🇳🏆

@BCCI

#ICCT20WORLDCUP #INDvNZ

[Harsha Bhogle @bhogleharsha]

If we ever needed reminding, #SanjuSamson has reminded us that you never write off class. He is a very special cricketer but today the quality lay in his maturity, in the responsibility to be there at the end

[Irfan Pathan @IrfanPathan]

Ishan Kishan has taken the surprise ploy of Pakistan so well. Brilliant 👏

[Iceland Cricket @icelandcricket]

We really need Pakistan to decide soon upon their participation in the T20 WC.

We are ready to take off as soon as they pull out on 2nd Feb, but the flight schedule is a logistical nightmare to get us to Colombo in good time for 7th Feb.

Our opening bat is an insomniac!

[Yuvraj Singh @YUVSTRONG12]

Still can’t get a 50 off 12 balls, can you? 🤪 Well played - keep going strong! 💪🏻 @OfficialAbhi04

#IndVSNz

[Abhijit Iyer-Mitra @Iyervval]

The “narrative” has turned decisively. The Islamabad Times (also known as New York Times) says today
• Damage mostly inflicted by India on Pakistan
• Clear evidence of damage by India to Pakistan
• No clear evidence of damage by Pak
• Imagery does not validate Pak claims

[Shubhangi Sharma @ItsShubhangi]

India’s High Commissioner to the UK, @VDoraiswami, firmly counters BBC’s propaganda. Sharp, factual, and unapologetic.

[Aditya Raj Kaul @AdityaRajKaul]

Netflix series #IC814 by Anubhav Sinha tries to obfuscate facts of the hijacking. Few points:

1. Series doesn’t reveal at any point real names of Shankar and Bhola (Codenames) who were Pakistani Islamist terrorists.

2. Series gives clean chit to Pakistan and ISI. Pinning blame on Osama Bin Laden and few terrorists.

3. Makes a joke of respected NSA Ajit Doval who was lead negotiator to release hostages. Negotiations shown in a comical manner. Mr. Doval has a very serious persona with depth. His famous photographs on Kandahar tarmac near IC-814 not depicted.

4. Badly researched story. Desperation of traumatised passengers not visible at all. Instead series shows one terrorist and an air hostess romantically observing each other. Terrorists helping an air hostess.

5. Terrorists shown in a humane manner. Originality doesn’t mean you play with facts. Factual inaccuracies galore. Ismailis terrorists are no revolutionaries.

6. Cabin Crew Chief of IC-814 told me that facts were misrepresented in the series with an evil intent. (Interview out soon)

7. Govt in crisis in New Delhi also not shown well cinematically. Series made in haste without background study of events and characters. Even if Govt failed or didn’t react in time, that too wasn’t shown clearly.

8. Main context and background of three terrorists who were released from Jammu & Kashmir and New Delhi including Masood Azhar not shown. These were hardcore terrorists arrested for crimes against humanity and terrorism in Kashmir against innocent civilians and Armed Forces.

Overall the film far from being a masterpiece is cinematically a huge disaster. Since it’s a National Security related film on a subject of sensitive nature, one would’ve expected filmmakers to be cautious, taking facts on record and hold interactions with passengers, negotiators and key Govt and Indian Airlines functionaries who were involved at that time. Yet it’s completely a fictional story with so much creative liberty that it becomes intolerable.

One Airhostess of IC814 remarked that after watching first few minutes she couldn’t watch it further because it was utter rubbish.

@AshwiniVaishnaw @KanchanGupta @IAsTerrorTrail @sjlazars @AmitShah

[Priya @priya_vijayan]

@sunteioles Me..

[Jordan Burroughs @alliseeisgold]

GIVE VINESH SILVER! 🥈

[ESPN India @ESPNIndia]

A year of protest against the federation chief.
Slept on pavements for 40 days.
Was beaten, dragged by the police.
Nearly immersed all her medals in the Ganga.
Underwent knee surgery.
Sealed her Olympic spot after an unforgiving qualification process.
Became the 1st Indian woman wrestler to qualify for three successive Olympics.

And now, she's beaten the unbeatable defending champ, won two more bouts to become the first Indian woman to reach a wrestling Olympic final.

Words fail to appreciate what Vinesh Phogat has just done.

https://t.co/ItdNkkWO1w | #Paris2024

[Roshan Rai @RoshanKrRaii]

English Commentary when #VineshPhogat won the Semi Final Match :

“ We have seen some courageous women at the Olympics, but this 29 year old from India tops them all, She fought the system, she was alone, she was down, she was broken, she got up, fought against the world and secured a medal for her country”

Literal Goosebumps 🔥

#Paris2024

[RVCJ Media @RVCJ_FB]

What An Edit!!🔥 Can't Get Over This Final. Pure Cinematic Goosebumps. 🇮🇳🤩💙

https://t.co/Kxdnlx81nO

[Shreya @shreyamatsharma]

I was at the Kensington Oval for the WC finals & this is my version of what I saw at the stadium:

I was seated at long on, it was 14.4 when Klaasen hit Axar for another 6, & single handedly deflated India. By the end of the over India will have conceded 34 runs in 8 balls. Scoreboard read 30 off 30 with 6 wickets in hand.

Players shoulders had dropped. Intensity was gone. South African pavillion which was right besides me, was clapping and cheering, loudest of the day. Fans mostly Indians had gone quiet.
Onslaught from Miller & Klaasen was so brutal, you could feel the eerie uneasiness in the atmosphere. Fans had succumbed to lost cause, shocked at what had just happened, already talking about losing 3 finals in 12 months. Some promising never to go to another game ever. Resigning to weeks of depression and sadness that was going to ensue.

Ball was now given to by no means a lanky pacer. In land of Joel Garner, the big bird, this was a small bird at best. He ran in to complete the formalities, but he had other ideas. He still had 12 legal deliveries or 40% of game to make any sort of impact.

South African support staff just sat a little more upright now. Their plan to score runs off spinners had worked brilliantly, hard part of the job was already done.
Each ball was an event in that over, every delivery he bowled, it felt like electricity would run through entire stadium. All the deflated, undercharged fans and players were getting turbo charged by this genius, one ball at a time. That over did not bring any wicket, but it charged everyone in that ground, he instilled belief it's not fucking over yet. Dropping shoulders were more upright now, nervous energy was rushing through SA camp.

I will do injustice to describe how it felt, but best I can describe is he was the pied piper of Kensington oval, a true genius, a magician was at work that afternoon. It felt like SRK was giving his 70 minute Chak De speech or was listening Nawazuddin Siddique's Bajrangi bhaijaan news report or Vicky Kaushal's URI rally. That over was nothing but a rally cry for the stadium.
Some 70 year old's in first row were banging the barricade, not worrying about their weak bodies, younger ones shouting so loud, their vocal cords would fall off, clapping so hard their hands were on the verge of bleeding. Entire stadium was now turbo charged pro max.

Miller and Klaasen knew they will need to work around this magician. Their skills too pale today in front of his brilliance. In comes Hardik, India's only choice at the moment. They knew this is a golden chance to score runs off this over and game will be sealed shut. Klaasen goes after it and Hardik reaps rewards. Belief even stronger now. Hardik bowls a clutch over, manages to keep the momentum in India's favor.

The pied piper comes back for his last 6 balls. Stadium was already rallying behind him, it was the time to hit the hammer. Jansen who had a poor game until now was visibly under confident. First up to Miller and it was a peach. Jansen on non striker end dreading to face the magician. His turn came on ball 4. Ball flew one bounce to boundary past Rishab Pant, but only after taking one of the bails with it. Grandstand which was built only for this world cup and was a temporary fixture could collapse any minute by the sheer thumping it was taking by the fans jubilant. Dark clouds forming over with lightning in the distance. You could not tell if it was the weather system or our very own Thor's doing who was welding his hammer.

Maharaj coming in next had one job now, shield Miller from this Thor. He manages to do that but only to read 20 off 2 overs. India's best ever had 6 runs, 1 wicket coming off in his 2 overs, but more importantly he had rallied his teammates, electrified an entire stadium and made SA dressing room running firmly on nervous energy now

I witnessed magic, a leader, and a spell of pace bowling in the lands of Marshall and Garner which even they would be mighty proud of.

[Selfless Cricket @SelflessCricket]

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[Virrender Sehwag @virendersehwag]

Two unbelievable things that happened in Barbados.
Still can’t get over that catch from Surya and so happy for Rahul Dravid to lay his hands on an ICC trophy as coach.

#T20WorldCupFinal

[Cricinfo @cricinfo]

End of an era 🥹

[Dhruv Rathee @dhruv_rathee]

I still remember how Virat Kohli led India to a victory in the Under-19 World Cup of 2008

His announcement of retirement from T20s after today’s World Cup victory is truly an end of an era.

What a career! ❤️

[KolkataKnightRiders @KKRiders]

End of an era 😭💙