England’s World Cup winning skipper Eoin Morgan said that the 2019 World Cup final was the “most dramatic game of cricket” that has ever happened in the history of cricket and feels that the match helped cricket grow “outside the normal bubble”.
England won an enthralling 2019 ODI World Cup last year after the finals were decided on the basis of which team had hit more boundaries after the London grand finale Super Over ended in a tie, just like the first 100 overs.
“The final was the most dramatic game of cricket and the best game of cricket that probably has ever been played which contributes to the hype of it,” Morgan was quoted as saying by Kolkata Knight Riders in their official website.
“I think one of the great things about it was on the day of that great game of cricket was, it’s always now associated with the longest ever Wimbledon final that was epic as well,” Morgan said.
“It helped us in growing cricket outside of the normal bubble that we’re already in to a different audience, and for us at home it has lifted the profile of the game like we’ve never seen.”
“I think the journey we went on is probably the most exciting. In 2015, the embarrassing nature in which we were bundled out of that World Cup and the journey we embarked on to try and change the brand of cricket we played with a new group of extremely talented players over the course of 4 years – it’s brilliant,” he said.
“Just being able to impart some of my knowledge and experience along with some very senior players and a group of great support staff who always continue to question what we do in a good way in order to hold us accountable. It sort of culminated in last year’s World Cup.
At Kolkata Knight Riders, Morgan would have been playing under regular skipper Dinesh Karthik if the 2020 edition of the IPL wasn’t postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“I’ve spoken to DK a lot and I met up with him just before Christmas when I was out in Mumbai. He’s a fantastic guy, a great cricketer and I’m looking forward to helping him in whatever way I can,” said Morgan