He had words of praise for the younger members and reverence for captain Rohit Sharma and batting talisman Virat Kohli. The smile on Jasprit Bumrah's face as he addressed the media in Perth was almost as big, if not bigger, than India's victory margin of 295 runs.
Fittingly named Player of the Match, Bumrah had said on match-eve that even as a child he enjoyed doing difficult things and loved being a problem-solver.