PM Modi’s interaction with Team India after the resounding World Cup victory was filled with jokes, emotions and some behind-the-scenes stories.
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00:00Do you eat idlis before going to the temple?
00:02No sir, in the West Indies, idlis and parathas were not available.
00:07Whatever was available, we were using that only.
00:10And when you were going to get the trophy, which is a dance.
00:15Do something different.
00:17Was this a child's idea?
00:20Why is the child so serious?
00:22Murad, tell us. Your fight this time was very exciting.
00:32In this tournament, I couldn't do the contribution that I wanted to do.
00:37And at one point, I told Rahul bhai that I haven't given myself and the team justice yet.
00:45So he told me that when the situation comes, I have faith that you will perform.
00:55So we had this conversation and when we went to play, I told Rohit first.
00:59Because I didn't have so much confidence when I was going to play.
01:06That the batting will be the way I want to do.
01:09So when we went to play, I got three fours in the first four balls.
01:13So I told him, what kind of a game is this?
01:17One day it looks like this, one run won't be made.
01:19And one day you go and everything starts happening.
01:22So later I understood that whatever has to happen, it happens in any way.
01:26If you look at the match, the way we won the match in the end.
01:29The situation we were in, we won every ball in the end.
01:32From where the match turned.
01:34And what was going on inside us, we can't explain that.
01:37In every ball, the match is going here and there.
01:40I am happy that I was able to contribute on such a big day.
01:43The life of cricket is on the pitch.
01:49And you kissed the life of cricket.
01:54Only an Indian can do this.
01:58We got that victory.
02:01I just had to remember that moment for a moment.
02:07And I just had to taste it.
02:08Because we played on that pitch and won on that pitch.
02:13Because we all worked so hard for it.
02:18Many times the World Cup came very close to us.
02:22But we couldn't go ahead.
02:25But this time, because of everyone, we were able to achieve that thing.
02:32That pitch was very important for me.
02:36Whatever we did on that pitch, we did it on that pitch.
02:40That's why I was able to do it on that moment.
02:44And when you were going to get the trophy, which is a dance.
02:51Everyone was waiting for this thing for so many years.
02:55So the boys told me, don't go like this, do something different.
03:01Was this Chahal's idea?
03:05Chahal and Kuldeep.
03:13Whenever I bowl for India, I bowl in very crucial stages.
03:18Whether it's a new ball or...
03:21Do you eat idli before you bowl?
03:23No, no.
03:24Whether it's a last over or a win or a loss.
03:27Whether it's with the help of a ball.
03:29There must be so much tension.
03:32How do you handle yourself in such situations?
03:37I have done well before.
03:39So what have I done when I was able to help the team?
03:42I try to remember all those things.
03:44How did I help the team on a good day?
03:46I try to remember all those things and give my best.
03:50But he must be very tense.
03:52Without parathas, he can't do anything.
03:55In West Indies, we were not getting idli or parathas.
04:00Whatever we were getting, we were using it.
04:03But it was a very good scenario.
04:07We were travelling back to back.
04:09So as a team, it was a very good tournament.
04:16I met with an accident 1.5 years ago.
04:19It was a very tough time.
04:22I remember that very well.
04:25My mother got a call from you, sir.
04:29A lot was going on in my mind.
04:33But when you called me, my mother told me
04:37that there was no problem.
04:40I relaxed a lot.
04:43During my recovery,
04:46I used to hear from people around me
04:49whether I would play cricket or not.
04:52Especially for wicket keeping,
04:55they used to tell me that
04:57a batsman can bat,
05:00but he can't do wicket keeping.
05:03So for the last 1.5-2 years,
05:05I was thinking that
05:07I have to come back to the field
05:09and try to do better than what I was doing.
05:13Not for anyone else,
05:16but I have to prove myself.
05:18I have to dedicate myself
05:19and play international cricket again.
05:23I was surprised
05:25to see your mother's self-confidence.
05:29It felt like
05:32I was talking to her.
05:34I had never met her.
05:37But it felt like
05:39she was giving me confidence.
05:45It was very strange.
05:48A person who has such a mother
05:50will never fail.
05:52That's what came to my mind.
05:55And you proved it.
06:00Do you practice this as well?
06:03To catch the ball again?
06:06Surya has taken 150-160 catches
06:10in practice.
06:12From the start of the tournament
06:15to the IPL,
06:17he has caught a lot of catches.
06:19But I didn't know
06:21that God would give me such a chance
06:23to catch the ball.
06:25But I had practiced like this before.
06:27That's why I was calm in that situation.
06:29I knew that such a situation
06:31had happened before.
06:33But no one was sitting in the stand
06:35at that time.
06:37But I really liked that moment.