Team India exudes an aura of invincibility in T20Is Premium

Team India showcases dominance in T20Is, retaining the title with powerful batting and exceptional bowling led by Bumrah.

Great teams have an air of inevitability when it comes to success. The Men in Blue, specifically in T20Is, exude that aura. The West Indies, cutting across formats in the 1970s and ’80s, and its successor Australia, all had this swagger backed by performance.

When Suryakumar Yadav’s men claimed the ICC T20 World Cup at New Zealand’s expense at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on Sunday, it seemed preordained. Such was India’s dominance. The host retained the title, previously won in 2024, and tided past the pressure of playing in the backyard as soaring expectations could at times choke.

Including the latest conquest, cutting across ODIs and T20Is, India has won five World Cups, and three Champions Trophies. Additionally, nine Asia Cups and the 1985 World Championship of Cricket in Australia, were all secured. This triumphant run commenced in 1983 when Kapil Dev held aloft the World Cup at Lord’s.

Yet, consistency in winning global trophies started only in 2024 as two T20 World Cups and a Champions Trophy have been seized since then. The latest successful effort was mounted on muscular batting and a bowling that had Jasprit Bumrah to step up all the time.

Jasprit Bumrah was the go-to bowler for Suryakumar Yadav. | Photo Credit: Emmanual Yogini

That India would get through the group stages and enter the Super Eight was a foregone conclusion. The more difficult part was in sustaining form in the knockout phase. Yes, the clash against Pakistan at Colombo had its own set of difficulties, primarily off the field due to complicated diplomacy and historical angst.