Stephen Finn
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Because there were some lesser known names in that team as well that India picked in that T20 World Cup.
So, yeah, we got caught on the hop in that one.
That wasn't the Super 8s.
Sorry, that was the first.
I said it was the Super 8s in my opening, but that was the first group stage, wasn't it?
And was a bit of a shock and a bit of a knock to our confidence at that stage.
Yeah, and that was the most exciting thing about it.
You're kind of there as I was.
I was, I think, 22 at the time, 22, 23.
And you're there and amongst all these players that you've watched play on TV, that was my first experience of a world tournament.
So, yeah, you've played against these guys for the last couple of years, but then to have everyone in one place, you kind of go down to breakfast every morning, you're like, that's Shad Callis.
That's so whack.
You're down there feeling this.
Yeah, it was a bizarre feeling.
And unfortunately, we didn't play that well throughout the tournament.
We were kind of just clinging on all the way through, hoping that things would fall our way.
Yeah, and that's one of the benefits of the England players.
In around 2016, I think it was, when the attitude changed towards the IPL to allow the players to go and play.
In those years, in the early 2010s, I'd always put my name in for the auction to the ECB.
You'd send your forms in.