Former India head coach Ravi Shastri shared his opinion on Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the Indian cricket team’s dressing room after the heartbreaking World Cup final against Australia. India Prime Minister Modi was present at the stadium which is named after him, to witness the mega final where Australia ended up lifting their sixth ODI World Cup trophy.
After the match, PM Modi visited the Indian cricket team dressing room where he consoled them and motivated them with his kind words.
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Shastri, former India coach, shared his experience of what the mood usually is in the dressing room after losing such a big clash.
“I think it’s an outstanding thing simply because I know what a dressing room feels like and I have been in that dressing room for more than seven years as a coach of India apart from many years as a cricketer. It is a gut-wrenching feeling and when you are down then you seem that you are out,” Shastri told ANI.
Shastri hailed Narendra Modi for his actions and suggested that when a Prime Minister visits the dressing room it can lift the spirits of the players.
“When you get someone like the Prime Minister of the country coming and visiting the dressing room, it is something massive because it can lift the spirits of the players. This is no ordinary man walking in. When you have Prime Minister of a country walking into the dressing room is special. I know what the players would have felt like I know what I would have felt like you know if I was a coach of India,” he added.
Earlier, premier paceman Mohammed Shami opened up on meeting Prime Minister Narendra Modi after defeat to Australia in the ODI World Cup Final on November 19.
“At that time we had lost the match, in such a situation when the Prime Minister gives you confidence, it is a different moment. It is very important. Because morale goes down, then if your PM is with you then confidence increases,” Mohammed Shami told ANI.
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