Rahul the coach of Indian Cricket team was at the helm of it all. Being his last game there was a lot riding on him as a coach to make tactical decisions.

When he was asked –What went into preparation for this tournament as there was a small layover between the IPL and the India finals Rahul said – 

“This is a journey. If I think about it, construction of this team, the kind of skills we wanted, players we wanted,- The discussion started when I started in September 2022. So much of that is two years of work – the balance of this team, the construction of this team. This is not just a work of just this World Cup. I think it culminated in this World Cup, but honestly – you know, just in Australia and then the one day World Cup, there’s so much that has gone into it. Um, it, this feels like a journey of not just one game but the entire.