Following a crushing loss to Australia within the 2023 World Cup closing final Sunday, the members of the Indian group have been visited by prime minister Narendra Modi within the dressing room in Ahmedabad. The PM supplied phrases of solace to the gamers, and talked to captain Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Rahul Dravid, Mohammed Shami, and Ravindra Jadeja, and likewise met each taking part in member of the facet. Jadeja and Shami additionally took to their official X (previously Twitter) profiles to publish an image with the prime minister, and thanked the chief for his gesture.
PM Narendra Modi visits the Indian dressing room (L); Suryakumar Yadav(File)
PM Modi, alongside Australia’s deputy prime minister Richard Marles have been current on the stadium within the closing and the duo additionally handed the coveted World Cup trophy to successful captain Pat Cummins within the post-match presentation.
This week, Team India returned to motion within the shortest format of the sport with Suryakumar Yadav – member of the World Cup squad – main the facet. Suryakumar had performed within the closing and met PM Modi within the dressing room, and spoke in nice element in regards to the assembly on the sidelines of the facet’s ongoing T20I sequence in opposition to Australia.
“After the loss, we were in the dressing room and our country’s Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi ji came to the dressing room and met everyone and gave us motivation. He said that it’s a sport and winning and losing is a part of it, ups and downs do come. He asked us to take it in stride. It will surely take some time to get over the loss but his motivating speech for 5-6 minutes meant a lot. As a country’s leader, coming to the dressing room to motivate a sports team, it was a big thing for us. We heard him really well. Spent time with him,” mentioned Suryakumar Yadav.
The 33-year-old batter additionally thanked the followers for his or her relentless help all through the World Cup marketing campaign. Even throughout the facet’s return in T20Is publish the World Cup, it was a full home in Visakhapatnam as India registered a dramatic two-wicket win.
“Its been 4-5 days since the World Cup 2023 finals and everyone is disappointed, we are disappointed. It was nice to see the kind of support our fans in India and from all over the world showed. At the end of the day, it’s a sport, it teaches us a lot. Keep showering your love on us,” mentioned Suryakumar Yadav.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com
