India’s captain for the T20I series against Australia, Suryakumar Yadav, has thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his motivating words to the players after the team’s heartbreaking loss to Australia in the ODI World Cup 2023 Final. Speaking via a BCCI video, Suryakumar Yadav called PM Modi’s visit to the dressing room after the World Cup Final loss as a big thing.
“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,” said Suryakumar Yadav.
The Pat Cummins-led Australia thumped India by 6 wickets in the finals breaking the dreams of a billion Indians as the dream to lift the title after 12 years remained unfulfilled.
After India’s loss, PM Modi, who was one of the attendees of the summit clash at the stadium gave words of motivation to the dejected Indian side in the team’s dressing room.