Ahmedabad, March 9 -- Former Indian cricketer Irfan Pathan praised India's T20 World Cup win against New Zealand, calling them the best white-ball team.

He credited skipper Suryakumar Yadav's captaincy and Gautam Gambhir's team assembly, highlighting Gambhir's humility in giving credit to others.

A dominant batting show by the top-order of Abhishek Sharma, Sanju Samson, and Ishan Kishan, and later fiery spells by Jasprit Bumrah and Axar Patel, helped Team India make history, beating New Zealand by 96 runs at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Sunday.

"It is the best white-ball team; there is no second opinion about it. The way Suryakumar Yadav captained, the way Gautam Gambhir assembled this team, and the biggest thing is the way Gau...