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T20 World Cup 2024: India head coach Rahul Dravid didn't hold back his emotions after the team's T20 World Cup 2024 title win in Barbados on Saturday, June 29.

The Men in Blue put up a masterclass performance at the Kensington Oval and ended up clinching their second T20 World Cup title.

Dravid, who is known for his calm and composed nature, showed a glimpse of what the famous victory meant to him as he finally added a World Cup trophy to his CV.

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The former Indian captain unleashed a passionate celebration after Virat Kohli handed him the World Cup trophy as a respectful gesture.

Dravid held the trophy high and came up with a huge and loud cheer as emotions ran high during the Indian team's celebrations.

Dravid never won a World Cup as a player but played a key hand as the head coach with India ending the 11-year-long and frustrating wait for an ICC trophy.

He was part of the Indian team which reached the 2003 ODI World Cup final but lost to Australia eventually. He captained India in the 2007 ODI World Cup but the team faced a horrible group stage elimination.

This was Dravid's final assignment with the Men in Blue as head coach and the legendary player finished on a high.

Dravid took over the head coach role from Ravi Shastri way back in 2021 and ended up leaving a legacy behind him by guiding India to a much-needed ICC silverware.

Under Dravid, India won 41 out of 56 ODIs, 48 out of 69 T20Is, and lost just one Test series, winning five and drawing two.

India came up as a dominant force in world cricket, holding the No. 1 spot in the teams' rankings in all three formats, an unprecedented first in Indian cricket history.

The Men in Blue won their record-extending Asia Cup title last year.

The Coach-Captain duo of Rahul Dravid and Rohit Sharma also took the Indian team to the semi-final of the T20 World Cup 2022 and the finals of the World Test Championship and ODI World Cup in 2023.

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 "It's totally against who I am as a person. And totally against my values. You know, I don't really believe in this 'Do it for somebody'. I love that quote about somebody asking someone 'Why do you want to climb Mount Everest?' and he said, 'I want to climb Mount Everest just because it's there'. And why do we want to win this World Cup? Because it's there," Dravid had said while reacting to the trend that depicted that the team wanted to win it for him.

"It's not for anyone, it's not for anybody. It's just there to win. Just want to play good cricket. All this 'Do it for somebody' is totally against who I am as a person and what I believe in, so I don't want to talk about it and discuss it. If you can get that campaign removed, I'll appreciate it."