We review the final of the T20 World Cup and end of India’s wait for an ICC trophy.
Apple Podcasts
SpotifyTalking Points:
- How trophy wins don’t define India’s legacy.
- The unfairness of labelling South Africa chokers.
- The peerless Bumrah.
- Virat Kohli’s change of approach and his great swansong T20 innings in the final.
- Rohit, Pant and the fallacy of “shot selections”.
- How India finally managed to construct a well balanced squad for the conditions.
Participants:
Siddhartha Vaidyanathan(@sidvee)
Mahesh(@cornerd)
Ashoka(@ABVan)
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