I had tears in my eyes, this is unreal: Ravi Shastri
Updated On: 20 January, 2021 07:51 AM IST | Mumbai | PTI
Known for his one-liners, Shastri was still gathering his thoughts after what unfolded in Brisbane. A mammoth target of 328 was chased down without too much fuss by a fearless bunch of youngsters
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Ravi Shastri
Ravi Shastri claims to be anything but an emotional person. As a 22-year-old captain of the India U-25 team back in 1984, he had stopped the team manager from telling rookie Mohammed Azharuddin about his grandfather`s ill health to ensure that the player, who was on the verge of breaking into the Indian team did not leave a match and hamper his chances. He is a `khadoos` (resilient in Marathi) Mumbaikar who will hardly get mushy.
But that was before Tuesday when he watched Rishabh Pant take a lap of honour with the national flag, hand it over to a proud Mohammed Siraj and then to Shardul Thakur. "I got emotional. I am not someone who generally has tears in his eyes and even I got emotional," the India head coach, still trying to soak in what his wards had achieved, confessed to a quote-hungry media after his team of mostly greenhorns outfoxed Australia 2-1 in a Test series. "I had tears because this is unreal. What these guys have pulled off will go down in history as one of the greatest series ever played. When you look at the COVID situation and state of injuries and then to show the stomach for a fight, after being bowled out for 36 is unimaginable," said the veteran of 80 Tests.
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