Gavaskar, a member of India’s 1983 ODI World Cup-winning team, felt the hosts have a good chance of winning their third T20 World Cup title as different players have contributed to the team’s victories in every game and they are not dependent on any one individual.
Sunil Gavaskar at Chembur on Friday. Pic/Atul Kamble
Batting icon Sunil Gavaskar reckons Sunday’s T20 World Cup summit clash between the Suryakumar Yadav-led Indian team and Mitchell Santner’s New Zealand outfit will be “a great final.”
Gavaskar, a member of India’s 1983 ODI World Cup-winning team, felt the hosts have a good chance of winning their third T20 World Cup title as different players have contributed to the team’s victories in every game and they are not dependent on any one individual.
“It’s going to be a wonderful final because New Zealand have played some outstanding cricket as well. India have kept their nerve in two or three close matches. So I think that stands very well for India, because India have found somebody or the other to come in, not necessarily depending on any one particular person. So I do believe it’s going to be a great final,” Gavaskar told reporters on the sidelines of the DP World Celebrity Golf Event — a charity initiative aimed at creating awareness for the former India captain’s CHAMPS Foundation in Chembur on Friday.
The MS Dhoni-led Indian team clinched the inaugural 2007 T20 World Cup in South Africa when they beat Pakistan by five runs at Johannesburg. Rohit Sharma’s side outclassed South Africa by seven runs in the 2024 final at Bridgetown, and now Gavaskar feels it’s Suryakumar’s turn to make history by winning a record third T20 World Cup.
“I’m just hoping that all of you will be praying and wishing for India to repeat history and defeat history,” Gavaskar added.
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