Leading Indian news magazines have celebrated India's Twenty20 triumph.
The stunning victory in South Africa was no fluke. Dhoni’s men beat the world’s best teams on their way to the Cup, writes Shantanu Guha Ray in Tehelka magazine.
In the same publication S Anand feels that no other sport is as advertiser-friendly as cricket.
Where does the faster format leave Sachin, Sourav or Rahul, asks Alam Srinivas in Outlookwhile R Rajaraman, in the same magazine, wonders how Twenty20 is going to change Indian cricket.
The Week's Neeru Bhatia hails the heroes while providing a few snippets from behind the scenes:
Ahead of the semi-final match against Australia, team masseur Ramesh Mane, or kaka as he is fondly called, told Robin Uthappa, while giving him a rub down, to ignore all calls on his mobile phone and just focus on his game. But the Dude-as the Bangalore batsman is nicknamed-smiled and told him, "Kaka, tenshun lene ka nahin, dene ka hai (Don't feel tense. Pass the tension to the opponents)."
