India’s successful defence of the ICC T20 World Cup highlights the team’s smooth transition after the exit of senior stars such as Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja from T20Is. Under Suryakumar Yadav and coach Gautam Gambhir, a fearless approach and strong bench strength powered the campaign. Sanju Samson, Jasprit Bumrah and others stepped up as India continued to set the standard in the format.