Suryakumar Yadav hails PM Modi for visiting Team India dressing room post ODI World Cup 2023 final loss vs Australia

Team India suffered a shocking six-wicket loss during the ODI World Cup 2023 final against Australia on November 19, despite performing well in the league stage and in the semi-final. However, PM Modi was noticed encouraging and boosting the Indian players in the dressing room after the defeat. Following this act, many cricket experts and former cricketers were pleased with the Indian Prime Minister’s efforts.

India’s star cricketer, Suryakumar Yadav, also opened up about Modi’s act in the recent video. Notably, the clip has been widely shared on social media, drawing lots of attention from the cricket fraternity. The 33-year-old cricketer affirms that the 5–6 minutes of the speech given by the India PM had encouraged him after their unexpected loss. In addition, the middle-order batter feels it was a big thing for them, as the country’s leader consoled them after the loss.

“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. 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,” Suryakumar Yadav said in the video.

It was nice to see the kind of support our fans in India: Suryakumar Yadav

Yadav also thanked Indian fans who showed unwavering support for the team despite the loss against Australia. Moreover, the stylish right-handed batter has also talked about how sports teach them to never give up.

“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,” he added further.

Watch out the full video here:

Suryakumar Yadav thanking the support of fans and PM Narendra Modi for his motivation. pic.twitter.com/KFhq0V8PE6

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