And he could not praise his players highly enough, mentioning the retiring Virat Kohli, and his bowlers Arshdeep Singh and Jasprit Bumrah in particular.

“I am very lucky to have players like this in my squad, players who are playing for me and Team India – really, really grateful and thankful as well.”

Asked if it was the best moment of his career, Rohit agreed it was certainly up there with the highlights thus far.

“This has to be the greatest time. I can say that. It’s only because of how desperately I wanted to win this. All the runs that I’ve scored in all these years, it does matter but I’m not big on stats and all of that.

“Winning games for India, winning trophies for India – that is what I look forward to all the time.”