Abhishek Sharma credited India’s T20 World Cup win to team culture and mutual support. He emphasized self-belief and helping teammates through tough phases. Ishan Kishan praised Sanju Samson for crucial knockout performances that inspired the team.

Ahmedabad: Flamboyant India opener Abhishek Sharma credited team culture for India's momentuous T20 World Cup victory beating New Zealand in the final at the Narendra Modi Stadium, on Sunday.

Abhishek added that the team culture over the past one-and-a-half years had played a key role in creating that atmosphere.

“The environment in this team has been like this for the last one-and-a-half years. Even in the last series I never felt that someone was competing against someone else,” he said.

“The entire team feels like a family. When you love each other so much and help each other, even when my runs are not coming it feels like the team’s runs are being made. So I never felt any jealousy or competition.”