Even on his final day of employment, Team India’s departing head coach, Rahul Dravid, gave ace batsman Virat Kohli a task.

“One red to go, three white people pissed furious. In a video of the Indian dressing room celebrations posted by the ICC on its Instagram page, Rahul Dravid instructed Kohli to “tick it.”

Dravid was referring to the Champions Trophy that Virat Kohli won as a player, the T20 World Cup, and the ODI World Cup when he said “three whites.” The World Test Championship is the only thing left to win.

Previously, in 2021 against New Zealand and again in 2023 against Australia, Team India was defeated in the WTC final.

After Saturday’s World Cup victory, the 35-year-old Kohli announced his retirement from T20 Internationals. He just grinned warmly at Rahul Dravid while repeating his own statement. “Go tick it.”

After being named India’s head coach in 2021, Rahul Dravid led the team to victory in the T20 World Cup in 2024. The T20 World Cup 2024 final saw the “Men in Blue” overcome South Africa by seven runs.

Mahendra Singh Dhoni’s team had won the tournament’s first edition in South Africa in 2007.

India won the World Cups in 1983 and 2011 in the ODI format before winning the Champions Trophy in 2013. Suryakumar Yadav, who made a stunning catch to eliminate David Miller in this final, was also included in the congrats video.

Suryakumar Yadav said after the victory that it would take him two days to fully comprehend the accomplishment. “No feelings right now, I don’t know what to say,” he said.

Arshdeep Singh, the pacer, showed off two Polaroid pictures of himself, one from the morning of the final and the other in the afternoon while he was holding the trophy and wearing the winner’s medal around his neck.

“This is the power of belief,” he said.

Due to Hurricane, Team India has been stopped down and is now in Barbados.

Due to storm Beryl, which made landfall in the Atlantic, Barbados has been closed off, leaving the Indian squad stuck here. At its strongest, the category 4 hurricane may now reach maximum sustained winds of 210 kmph.

The Indian squad was scheduled to travel via Dubai on an Emirates aircraft from New York.

According to a source who spoke with PTI, the squad will now be returned to India by charter jet.

There are perhaps 70 people in the Indian contingent, which also includes relatives, authorities, and support workers.