Shastri said that he had tears in his eyes after the series win.
“I got emotional. I am not someone who has tears in my eyes but I really had absolutely real tears in my eyes. This is unreal. What these guys have pulled off will go down in history as one of the greatest series ever played. And when you look at the Covid situation and spate of injuries and to take everything into account and to show the stomach for fight after being bowled out for 36 is unimaginable.”
Shastri described the difficult circumstances the team had to go through ahead of the series.
“When you look at the circumstances when this team came to Australia — being in lockdown for four months where a lot of people living in metros couldn’t even get out of their flats, leave alone get an opportunity to practice and train. Then to go to IPL…. None of the guys had a proper hit in the middle. Then to come here and take on Australia in their own backyard, the world knows how tough it is. Then to go through these…