India were playing only at one venue. India were staying at one place. India were not traveling. India has the advantage. But India still needed to go out there and win a game of cricket which they managed to do each and every time. They were put under pressure at various times but they found someone to bail them out. That was the beauty of this win. Each and every member played a part at some point of the tournament or the other. They were hundreds from Gill and Kohli, Shami and Varun picked up 5-fers, Iyer was the highest run-getter, Rahul was calm while chasing, Axar and Jadeja were at their miserly best, Kuldeep picked up those two important wickets in the final, while skipper Rohit saved his best for the most important game. This was a strong Indian team, they were the favorites and they lived up to that billing.
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