'It is massive': Ravi Shastri opens up on PM Modi visiting Team India's dressing room after WC loss

The Indian team faced yet another heartbreak for the Indian cricket team as they lost to Australia in the final of the 2023 ODI World Cup and also the ninth ICC knockout match in the last ten years. The ‘Men in Blue’ lost were not able to register their 11th consecutive CWC 2023 in front of a jam-packed Narendra Modi and also failed to level Australia's marvellous record. 

3 things you need to know 

• Indian batsman Virat Kohli was adjudged the Player of the Tournament for being the highest run-scorer 
• The Indian team was unbeaten for ten games ahead of the CWC 2023 final
• The Indian team will now have to wait for another four years to lift an ODI World Cup 

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Ravi Shastri offers inputs over PM Narendra Modi's visiting Indian team's dressing after heartbreaking loss

Former India head coach Ravi Shastri, who was also present after India's heartbreaking loss against Australia in the CWC 2023 final has given his opinion on PM Modi visiting the Indian team's dressing room and consoling the players. Speaking to ANI, Ravi Shastri said: 

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. 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.

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India avenges CWC 2023 final loss against Australia 

After India's heartbreaking loss to Australia, they didn't wait much long to avenge the defeat and won the first T20I of the five-match series by two wickets in Vizag.