"I think we fell 30-40 run short....They (the Australians) bowled well that period. I thought ...I felt like that the ball was stopping in the afternoon more than it did in the evening...
Not that there were enough due to be honest. But just felt that the ball came to the bat better in the evening," said India's coach and former cricket star Rahul Dravid.
This was Australia's sixth World Cup triumph, with the earlier ones coming in 1987, 2003, 2007, 1999, 2015.
.... "there was conscious effort to take the game deeper, but we kept losing wickets. Just when we felt that we built a partnership and that we can go for runs, we lost wicket. We lost Virat....we lost Raul...We just kept losing wickets at critical intervals".
"With 240, I knew they were just one partnership behind there....And they really batted well".
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| Dravid !! | ".. the dust hasn't settled down now. It's going to take some time for the dust to settle, I think. So, you know, at this point of time, yeah, at this point of time, there's disappointment. I mean, what else can I say?" said Rahul Dravid, who tried to put up a brave face at the press conference in Ahmedabad, -- adding that he believed that the players would find the time and courage to look back at what has been a positive campaign. |
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"He is an exceptional leader. Rohit really led his team fantastically well. I think he has given so much of his time and energy in the dressing room for the boys. A lot of planning goes in... He is always committed to those things".
"He (Rohit) wanted to live by examples....right through the tournament, he was quite superb in doing that", Dravid said.
"It's been a privilege (working with the Indian team and the support coach staff)," said Rahul Dravid.
"We went to 11 cities, played in front of our fans...Truly grateful for the kind of sipport that we received. Every single venue we went to were packed. People came out to see the match....".
Dravid also stated:
"It was a great privilege to play in front of our fans...I thought the team did really well, really entertained the fans....Well, there may be some disappointment today....There was lot of joy this team has given".
India hit only 4 boundaries in their last 40 overs, huffing and puffing to 240, which was not enough in the end in the final in Ahmedabad.
Pro-Palestinian pitch invader disrupts World Cup final
A pro-Palestinian protester in India broke through security cordons to invade the pitch at the ICC World Cup final on Sunday, stopping play briefly while he hugged superstar batsman Virat Kohli.
The incident occurred in the 14th over of India’s innings. Wearing a face mask in the colours of the Palestinian flag and a T-shirt with the slogans “Stop Bombing Palestine” and “Free Palestine”, the unnamed young protester ran onto the pitch in the 132,000-seat mega-stadium in India’s western city of Ahmedabad.
India, which has a long-standing call for an independent Palestinian state, has condemned Hamas and airlifted aid to Egypt for Palestinian civilians from the besieged Gaza Strip.
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