Ahmedabad, March 8 -- Following his side's T20 World Cup title win, Indian head coach Gautam Gambhir dedicated the trophy to previous head coach Rahul Dravid, who ended the trophy drought of 11 long years with 2024 win and the head of Centre of Excellence (CoE) Bengaluru, former Indian cricketer VVS Laxman, calling the institution as a "pipeline for Indian cricket".

Team India made it back-to-back in the T20 World Cup, beating New Zealand by 96 runs to secure their third T20 World Cup title, a record-breaking one. With this, they have become the first-ever team to defend the title and also win it as a home side.

Following his side's victory during the pre-match presser, Gambhir said, as quoted by ESPNCricinfo, "I think first of all I sh...