The whole of country's heart beat may have stopped for a moment when Misbah-ul Haq's scoop was in the air during the Twenty20 World Cup final, but if you believe S Sreesanth [Images], who lapped the victory catch, he had gone blank.

"I was blank. I did not feel anything," Sreesanth said when asked about that catch which sparked a thunderous celebration among the Indian fans.

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Sreesanth was accorded a grand welcome on return to his hometown here from Mumbai.

Winning the Twenty20 World Cup was a dream come true for the medium pacer, who attributes his success in the series to hard work and a never say die attitude.

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"I feel great. It is an honour to play for the country. It is one of the happiest time," the Kerala [Images] bowler told reporters at the airport.

"We never gave up and the hard work paid."

Sreesanth, who was fined for his excessive appealing in the India-Australia semi-final match, said, though he was a bit tense in the finals against Pakistan, he kept his cool.

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"If I was warned again, I would have missed the one day in Bangalore and Kochi," he said replying to a query about his lack of aggressiveness in the final match.

On Mahendra Singh Dhoni's [Images] captaincy, he said he did not find "much of a difference."

He said that luck plays a very important role.

"Whatever the team, my job is to play for the country."

On the team's good performance despite the absence of senior players like Rahul Dravid [Images], Sachin Tendulkar [Images] and Sourav Ganguly [Images], he said, "they are great players. I started playing seeing Sachin bhai. That is the reason we are playing."