The Many Heroes Of T20 Cricket
- Partha Sinha
- TIMESOFINDIA.COMUpdated: Mar 09, 2026, 22:26 IST IST
India did not merely defeat New Zealand in T20 World Cup final. We dismantled them, with the calm efficiency of a watchmaker opening a clock – removing the screws, one by one, until the machinery stopped pretending it was anything complicated. Which raises the question cricket lovers instinctively ask, after a comfortable victory. Who was the architect?
Was it Abhishek Sharma, whose opening strokes arrived with the impatience of someone who already knows how the story ends? Was it Sanju Samson, whose wrists continue to perform small acts of geometry disguised as batting?
Was it Abhishek Sharma, whose opening strokes arrived with the impatience of someone who already knows how the story ends? Was it Sanju Samson, whose wrists continue to perform small acts of geometry disguised as batting?
