If you thought all the excitement was over with the final ball of India’s Bangladesh journey, Ravi Shastri strode into the media room with some patent one-liners to sign off as he usually does from the commentary box — in style.

The last line from “Ravi da”? “Like I said before, ami tumake bhalo bashi, or whatever.” Read on:

• What did you tell the team, after the World Cup disaster?

From the outset, I said very clearly that I want to see you guys enjoy the game. The bottomline was team ethics. We might have 15 individuals in the team, but before the individual, comes the team.

• You have obviously enjoyed this honeymoon, thinking of marriage?

I like honeymoons, anyway. The more the merrier. The thing is I was very clear right from the oustet that I would do this job because it was a tough time for India. I was free, but I had made my stand clear with the establishment that I was under a contract with ESPN-Star who are my employers. I am a professional, I believe in work ethics, I believe in contracts.

• When you took over, how did you find Team India?

They are a great bunch of guys. I didn’t go to the World Cup, I watched from here only. I kept reading a lot. But what I saw was a brilliant bunch. Camaraderie was fantastic. Not anything I had thought, because of what I had read. When you see these guys play the way they are, enjoying in the dressing room, I see a positive sign.

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