T20 WC 2024 | "You guys are great inspiration", says Dravid to Canadian players

Team Indias head coach Rahul Dravid heaped praises on the Canadian team after their final game of the T20 World Cup 2024 was washed out in Florida due to a wet outfieldAhead of the T20 World Cup 2024 Super 8 matches as India gears up to play against Afghanistan in Barbados the Board of Control for Cricket in India shared a video of Dravid interacting with the Canadian players and staff members in the dressing roomOn Saturday Dravid received a signed jersey from Canada coach Pubudu Dassanayake The Indian head coach commended the Canadian team for their efforts in the tournament and for emerging as an inspiration to young playersAlso ReadT20 World Cup 2024 Pakistan captain Babar Azam opens up losses against India USAGuys just thanks a lot Personally just want to acknowledge and appreciate the fantastic contributions that you guys have made to this tournament You guys honestly are a great inspiration to all of us to show us that we love the game truly The kind of sacrifices you guys are willing to make to play this tournament to qualify to come here to make this tournament what it is Congratulations Well done to all of you Dravid said in a video posted by BCCI on XA special interaction despite a washout in Florida Next Stop Barbados TeamIndia T20WorldCup pictwittercom0KtT5nlR1lmdash BCCI BCCI June 17 2024All I will say is that you know keep taking it forward You guys are inspiring Not only other people but Im sure youre inspiring young boys and girls in your own countries to be able to play the sport So the results honestly do not matter The fact that youre being an inspiration I think is great for the world he addedTeam India arrived in Barbados for their upcoming clash against Afghanistan Later star allrounder Hardik Pandya expressed his desire to enjoy the fineness of the venueWe are in Barbados looking forward to going to the beach having some really good sun and at the same point of time beautiful clear blue water There is no better place to play such a wonderful tournament at the same point of time with wonderful people Hardik saidIndia T20 World Cup 2024 squad Rohit Sharma c Hardik Pandya Yashasvi Jaiswal Virat Kohli Suryakumar Yadav Rishabh Pant Sanju Samson Shivam Dube Ravindra Jadeja Axar Patel Kuldeep Yadav Yuzvendra Chahal Arshdeep Singh Jasprit Bumrah Mohammed SirajReserves Shubman Gill Rinku Singh Khaleel Ahmed Avesh KhanWith ANI Inputs