India, March 11 -- India head coach Gautam Gambhir defended Arshdeep Singh's actions against Daryl Mitchell in the final of the T20 World Cup, saying there was nothing wrong with the bowler throwing the ball back at the batter. In the 11th over, with New Zealand having reached 103/5, Mitchell defended the ball, but Arshdeep picked it up and hurled it back - the only problem was that the ball struck Mitchell instead of the stumps.

A furious Mitchell charged at the batter, requiring intervention from the umpire and India captain Suryakumar Yadav. Surprisingly, at that moment, Arshdeep had no remorse and walked back to his run-up without even looking at the batter. Of course, after the over, Arshdeep shook hands and even apologised to Mitch...