"Rohit and Virat were crying", Ashwin recalls atmosphere in dressing room

Indias veteran spinner Ravichandran Ashwin revealed the Indian dressing rooms atmosphere after facing a loss against Australia in the ICC World Cup 2023 final He also praised Rohit Sharmas leadership skillsThe Men in Blue ICC trophy drought has continued since 2014 as the Aussies claimed its sixth ICC World Cup titleAshwin revealed while having a conversation with former Indian cricketer Subramaniam Badrinath that Indian star players like Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli were crying in the Indian dressing room postfinal matchAlso ReadIndia needs young bowlers to deliver to seal the series winYes we felt the pain Rohit and Virat were crying Seeing that it felt bad Anyways not meant to be This team was an experienced team Everybody knew what to do And then it was professional Everybody knew their routines and warmups I think two natural leaders gave the team the space to do these two and created a vibe said AshwinAshwin lauded Rohit Sharmas captaincy for leading the team from the front going after the bowlers from ball one The allrounder said that Rohit is an outstanding person with a great understanding of everyoneIf you look at Indian cricket everybody will tell you MS Dhoni is one of the best captains Rohit Sharma is an outstanding person He understands every single person in the team he knows what each one of us likes and dislikes He has a great understanding He puts in the effort to know each member personally said AshwinAshwin said that Rohit often ignored his sleep to become a part of team meetingsAlso ReadKiwis skipper Southee completes 2000 Test runs during 1st Test vs BANHe puts in a lot of effort Forgoes sleep and becomes part of meetings he first puts in the effort He makes an effort to understand how to explain tactics to each person Thats an advanced level of leadership in Indian cricket said AshwinThe spinbowling allrounder hailed Rohit for walking the talk with the batAnd also walking the talk Telling everyone to play a brand of cricket is one thing but doing it and showing it on the field is another thing I have known Rohit for a long time What he did at the top set the ball rolling he gave us the confidence He said it is okay if we get out for 150 At least we will set the tone instil fear I think all 11 in the team had a great World Cup concluded AshwinSkipper Rohit Sharma in 11 matches scored 597 runs at an average of 5427 His runs came at a strike rate of almost 126 He scored a century and three fifties Rohits best individual score of 131 came against Afghanistan The fact that he made over 500 runs with a century some halfcenturies at a strike rate of over 125 is pretty marvellous and something rare in ODIs especially in a tournament as high profile as the World Cup He ended up as the secondhighest runscorer in the tournamentComing to the final Australia opted to bowl first and bundled out India for 240 in 50 overs On a tough batting surface skipper Rohit Sharma 47 in 31 balls with four boundaries and three sixes Virat Kohli 54 in 63 balls with four boundaries and KL Rahul 66 in 107 balls with one four posted important knocksMitchell Starc 355 was the pick of the bowlers for Australia Skipper Pat Cummins 234 and Josh Hazlewood 260 also bowled well Adam Zampa and Glenn Maxwell got a wicket eachIn the chase of 241 India started off really well and had the Aussies down at 473 Knocks from Travis Head 137 in 120 balls with 15 fours and four sixes and Marnus Labuschagne 58 in 110 balls with four boundaries left the Indian team without answers and guided them to a sixwicket winMohammed Shami took one wicket while Jasprit Bumrah took two wickets as well Travis was given the Player of the Match for his centuryWith ANI Inputs