“I have practised that shot since childhood,” Choudhary said at the press conference after the win, referring to the shot he used to send Vaibhav Arora for six in the 17th over. “I always liked that, and the way Dhoni finished [an innings]. He used to hit a six even off a yorker. If you even hit that kind of a delivery for six, the bowler thinks about doing something different.”

With 54 runs needed from 24 deliveries, and with LSG seven down, Choudhary had only the tail for company. Despite starting with only one run off his first five deliveries, Choudhary bashed another 53 off the next 22. That included cracking seven sixes, to go with just two fours.

“My body is a little powerful, and that has come to me naturally,” he said of his six-hitting ability. “I also practice hitting 100-150 sixes every day, so the bat speed develops if you keep doing it. I have been practicing a lot for the last five to six months, so it has come into my game.”

“When a big coach like him says something like that about you, I’m sure he has seen something in you,” Choudhary said of the motivation he drew from Langer’s words. “He showed faith in me, so it was my time to repay it. During practice, he spends 10-15 minutes exclusively with me every day. Whatever he taught me turned out to be helpful. So I just did my job after he trusted me to do it.”

“He’s so young, and he’s got that look in his eyes. He’s hungry,” Langer said. “You know when you first come in, you try so hard, and [this victory will] just be a massive moment in his life and his career.”