England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) managing director Rob Key had said that Buttler wanted to bring players home from India to get along before heading to the West Indies and the USA for the T20 extravaganza.
Mumbai Indians have been under the captaincy of Rohit Sharma for a decade and a change in long stable relations is bound to have ripple effects across the locker room.
He also shone on the T20 international stage, featuring in 14 of the Kiwi's 26 T20I matches over the season and scoring a blistering 68 from 35 balls in the first T20I against Australia at Sky Stadium.
Dhas (116, 101 balls) and Saharan (100, 107 balls), who added 215 off 202 balls, lifted India from a tricky 62/3 to a formidable 297/5 after they opted to bat first.
The Australian skipper overcame tough competition from his teammate Travis Head, ODI cricketer of the year Virat Kohli and India's star all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja.
Their quest for victory has been fruitless for the past 76 days, with the last triumph recorded on November 4 against New Zealand during the World Cup in India.
The dust has not yet settled but India's repeated failures on the world stage does warrant the question: did they choke or was it just an off day in an otherwise near perfect campaign?
Australia opener Travis Head joined the elite company of cricketing greats as he became just the fourth player in the history of the tournament to win the Player of the Match award in the semi-final as well as the final of a World Cup.
