India lost the final of ICC World Cup 2023, but I am still proud of this Indian team

[ElRaja]

Tbh Australia had dominated the game, the only India had a sniff was when Aussies were 3 down, so apart from that India had no opportunity to win.

but that was a massive opportunity, you have seam movement of the pitch, a hint of swing in the air, the batsmen were not going to attack you, to save siraj (who i dont really rate, but is useful when the balls doing something) and bowl jaddu instead wreaked of insecurity (i.e. not leaving spinners overs for when dew came in).

also bringing in shami for second spell before bumrah was a strategic mistake, bumrah went for runs but nearly wrapped labu on the pads. aus obviously played better over the whole game, but games can turn on a six pence, esp with the pressure of the final, and to take a punt and lose is one thing, india were too afraid to even take the punt.

from choosing to field first, to mixing up his fifth bowling option, cummins was bold and one step ahead of rohit, but roit didn't help himself by not deviating from the script.

 

[Mamoon]

What humiliation? Losing a World Cup final is never humiliating.

Not making the semifinals with the number 1 team and number 1 batsman and number 1 WK and number 1 fast bowling attack is humiliating.

 

[Thephenom]

People on here talk like Pakistan compile the rankings, the ICC do its black and white, but it’s not the individual players fault if you don’t rate them in the first place

 

[Mainul]

Yes we lost the final to Australia and feeling really sad but still I love this Indian team and proud off .
Yes we not won the ICC trophy from last 10 year but we will try again and Again untill we won .
Congratulations Australian team as they play amazing cricket in final .

That is just a bad day for India. They were clear favorite to win this. As I said earlier, this is a big upset . If it were best of 3, India would have been a winner.

 

[Mainul]

What humiliation? Losing a World Cup final is never humiliating.

Not making the semifinals with the number 1 team and number 1 batsman and number 1 WK and number 1 fast bowling attack is humiliating.

Sorry to say but your posts are becoming one sided , predictable which should not be from a highly respectable poster like you.

 

[Devadwal]

That is just a bad day for India. They were clear favorite to win this. As I said earlier, this is a big upset . If it were best of 3, India would have been a winner.

Not a upset at all .better team won the game .
Two champion team were played the final and Australia won and India lost.

 

[Mainul]

Not a upset at all .better team won the game .
Two champion team were played the final and Australia won and India lost.

As a team , On papers , on the field performance India was clear favorite and superior.

 

[GLORY OF '92]

Unfortunately Rahul and Kohli blew a massive opportunity. 320 was on when Rohit was dismissed. SKY was a poor selection aswell.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

What humiliation? Losing a World Cup final is never humiliating.

Not making the semifinals with the number 1 team and number 1 batsman and number 1 WK and number 1 fast bowling attack is humiliating.

For some it is, like last T20 WC

 

[hoshiarpurexpress]

Yes we lost the final to Australia and feeling really sad but still I love this Indian team and proud off .
Yes we not won the ICC trophy from last 10 year but we will try again and Again untill we won .
Congratulations Australian team as they play amazing cricket in final .

Tum jeeto chahe haaro Bharat hamein tumse pyaar hai

 

[Devadwal]

Tum jeeto chahe haaro Bharat hamein tumse pyaar hai

Im always with this team at difficult times .wo fan hi kya jo team ko mushkil time support na kare .

 

[Marooned]

What is Pakistan won ? Bengani shadi m abdulla diwana
Two Champion team were played the final and one has to lost .

What is Pakistan won

What is bengani shadi?

Choking champions maybe

 

[saqib.rai]

Im always with this team at difficult times .wo fan hi kya jo team ko mushkil time support na kare .

This isn't the first time India looked the BEST team in ICC tournaments since 2013.
Except 2021 t20 WC, they have always reached knockout stage and looked excellent

But if they are always losing when it matters the most and the fake superstars are always flopping in important matches, don't you think enough is enough

It's been 10 tournaments now including WTC finals.
Cannot be a COINCIDENCE that they always lose. Are they mentally very weak?

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Indian team played outstanding cricket throughout the tournament, but what's new in this ? They have been doing this for a decade now, fans need trophy not wins during the league phase.

I have few honest questions to Indian fans:

Why would Rohit choose to bat first on slow wicket when dew is surely gonna help chase ?

Why would someone send Jadeja ahead of SKY who is a specialist batter. If they don't trust him why is he in the team? Why not Ishan Kishan or Even Shardul ?

Bumrah bowled some peach deliveries, why didn't Rohit gave him extended spell of 6 or 7 overs ? After all it was all about taking 10 wickets rather than bowling 50 economical overs ?


Last but not the least, why the hell was Siraj not given the new ball ? Just because Siraj was angry in last game after he was asked to bench after going for runs? Baffling to see he was given 17th over of the match when the only way to win this match was taking wickets upfront.

 

[Devadwal]

Indian team played outstanding cricket throughout the tournament, but what's new in this ? They have been doing this for a decade now, fans need trophy not wins during the league phase.

I have few honest questions to Indian fans:

Why would Rohit choose to bat first on slow wicket when dew is surely gonna help chase ?

Why would someone send Jadeja ahead of SKY who is a specialist batter. If they don't trust him why is he in the team? Why not Ishan Kishan or Even Shardul ?

Bumrah bowled some peach deliveries, why didn't Rohit gave him extended spell of 6 or 7 overs ? After all it was all about taking 10 wickets rather than bowling 50 economical overs ?


Last but not the least, why the hell was Siraj not given the new ball ? Just because Siraj was angry in last game after he was asked to bench after going for runs? Baffling to see he was given 17th over of the match when the only way to win this match was taking wickets upfront.

Batting first was not a bad decision but scoring just 240 was not enough. India plan was to score around 300 which is enough total.
Yes , replacing bumrah was bad decision but bowling Jadeja and Kuldeep straight after 10 over is really poor , should have brought siraj from one end .

 

[Kianig89]

Yes you should be proud of your team but nobody remembers the runner up,

 

[Devadwal]

Cry harder

Truth is heart? We lost in final but was not thinking yaar ye team Jeet jaye ,wo usse har jaye to hum semifinals m pahuch Jaye.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Batting first was not a bad decision but scoring just 240 was not enough. India plan was to score around 300 which is enough total.
Yes , replacing bumrah was bad decision but bowling Jadeja and Kuldeep straight after 10 over is really poor , should have brought siraj from one end .

Too many mistakes against ruthless country. Rohit looked lost at toss and was under huge pressure, don't know why. I am sure he didn't want to bat, he just said to put Australia under pressure to make them think they took wrong decision.

 

[charlie007]

Indian team played outstanding cricket throughout the tournament, but what's new in this ? They have been doing this for a decade now, fans need trophy not wins during the league phase.

I have few honest questions to Indian fans:

Why would Rohit choose to bat first on slow wicket when dew is surely gonna help chase ?

Rohit didn’t bat, Aus chose to field after winning the toss

Why would someone send Jadeja ahead of SKY who is a specialist batter. If they don't trust him why is he in the team? Why not Ishan Kishan or Even Shardul ?

To have a left-right combination in the middle

Bumrah bowled some peach deliveries, why didn't Rohit gave him extended spell of 6 or 7 overs ? After all it was all about taking 10 wickets rather than bowling 50 economical overs ?

He couldn’t really bowl a majority of his overs out early, others need to chip in too

Last but not the least, why the hell was Siraj not given the new ball ? Just because Siraj was angry in last game after he was asked to bench after going for runs? Baffling to see he was given 17th over of the match when the only way to win this match was taking wickets upfront.

That was a mistake I think because Siraj is not too good with an older ball

 

[ExpressPacer]

Truth is heart? We lost in final but was not thinking yaar ye team Jeet jaye ,wo usse har jaye to hum semifinals m pahuch Jaye.

Boohoo! Made the semis in home conditions! Mubarak ho! Badhai ho!

 

[Devadwal]

Too many mistakes against ruthless country. Rohit looked lost at toss and was under huge pressure, don't know why. I am sure he didn't want to bat, he just said to put Australia under pressure to make them think they took wrong decision.

No batting was fine untill Rohit Wickets .we already scored 80 In PP .even before Virat wicket we were going nicely but after Virat Wicket we were just crumble.

 

[Mas-LFC]

Fair Play, India had been the best team in the tourney until that final game.

Should be proud to make the finals and play the kind of cricket India has been playing.

Being Proud of getting into final, isnt a trophy won. It’s not good enough for a country like India with all the cricketing prowess they have. India lost 3 icc tournament finals now last in the last 10 years. 2014 T20WC Dhaka, 2017 CT London, 2023 CWC Ahmedabad.

 

[IAJ]

You have every right to be proud of your team.

But I have heard this comment by a few indians today: "Oh we have played brilliantly during entire tournament, why did our bad day come today"

Lol, this was not an ordinary league match. This is the biggest match of the tournament, it is here where you decide which is the best team. India simply choked, could not handle the preassure. That is the reason you lost, you have already beaten Australia in the tournament, but THE Final is a total different thing. All of the sudden the captain started doing strange things;

• He said he would have batted first. Though you want runs on the board, you already there showed you felt the preassure
• You did not bowl Siraj with the new ball. Yes Shami got the wicket, but Siraj is useless with older ball.
• Kept bowling spinners for too long

So with huge home support, familiar conditions, excellent batters on these surfaces, bowlers who know how to bowl on these weickets, yes they help you in round robin, but when the heat of knock out match is on then you are really tested. Even against Kiwis in SF you could see the captain was getting angry etc.

 

[PakEngFan]

What humiliation? Losing a World Cup final is never humiliating.

Not making the semifinals with the number 1 team and number 1 batsman and number 1 WK and number 1 fast bowling attack is humiliating.

It's been a difficult day for you as India choked yet again.

 

[Devadwal]

Boohoo! Made the semis in home conditions! Mubarak ho! Badhai ho!

In 21st century , world cup history we won a World Cup ,reach three times in World Cup final , fifth time in world cup Semifinals .
And Pakistan just reach one time in Semifinals of world cup same as Kenya.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

Rohit didn’t bat, Aus chose to field after winning the toss

I know Aus won the toss, but he said he wanted to bat first too

To have a left-right combination in the middle

Not sure if this was required at that stage when u had just 10 overs left. It was final not a series dead rubber. You would want your specialist batter to spend maximum time on the crease against ruthless side

He couldn’t really bowl a majority of his overs out early, others need to chip in too

Bumrah was amazing today, best since he made come back. 2 more from him would have sent Head or Marnus back into Pavilion.

That was a mistake I think because Siraj is not too good with an older ball

Siraj was low on confidence and was about to cry when he was not bowled within first 10 overs. He looked shattered!

 

[charlie007]

I know Aus won the toss, but he said he wanted to bat first too

Not sure if this was required at that stage when u had just 10 overs left. It was final not a series dead rubber. You would want your specialist batter to spend maximum time on the crease against ruthless side

Bumrah was amazing today, best since he made come back. 2 more from him would have sent Head or Marnus back into Pavilion.

Siraj was low on confidence and was about to cry when he was not bowled within first 10 overs. He looked shattered!

Hindsight is 20/20. The better team on the day won deservingly.

 

[ExpressPacer]

In 21st century , world cup history we won a World Cup ,reach three times in World Cup final , fifth time in world cup Semifinals .
And Pakistan just reach one time in Semifinals of world cup same as Kenya.

Congrats on coming second and third multiple times. Second is the first loser anyway

Sorry bro, I know you’re hurting but your statement just sounds like “tum jeeto ya haaro, Hamay tumsay pyaar hai”.

For how pathetically India played in the final and how badly they were humiliated, you should be a bit critical but I get you are hurting right now. Khair hai.

 

[Maliq_Mudasir]

No batting was fine untill Rohit Wickets .we already scored 80 In PP .even before Virat wicket we were going nicely but after Virat Wicket we were just crumble.

I believe it was Rohits wicket which was turning point not Virat and that was just 11th over perhaps. After that KL and Kohli didn't hit a boundary for 97 balls. And in total, India hit just 5 or 6 boundaries after Rohits wicket.

 

[Devadwal]

Congrats on coming second and third multiple times. Second is the first loser anyway

Sorry bro, I know you’re hurting but your statement just sounds like “tum jeeto ya haaro, Hamay tumsay pyaar hai”.

For how pathetically India played in the final and how badly they were humiliated, you should be a bit critical but I get you are hurting right now. Khair hai.

Yes I'm hurting even cried after lose but will support this team at this critical times . definitely criticized but not today .

 

[IAJ]

In 21st century , world cup history we won a World Cup ,reach three times in World Cup final , fifth time in world cup Semifinals .
And Pakistan just reach one time in Semifinals of world cup same as Kenya.

Firstly this has nothing to do with Pakistan, so keep that team out. Try to defend yourself without bringing on other teams to make you feel better.

Is Inda a cricketing super-power or not? Yes, they are right. But super-powers don't play 5 ICC finals (WC, CT, T20 WC, Test championship) and lose every single of them in 10 years time. You need to answer about that. What is the reason for that? Making finals is a big thing for teams like Pakistan, NZ, but for India it should be winning 4 out of 5 finals.

 

[Chip32]

Lol no chance in SA. This was the golden chance. India and Pakistan ain't winning a WC for a long time now.

They have a chance in SA tbh. Nearly every player in this Aus team is above the age of 30 and won’t be around for the next World Cup, and the upcoming lot here isn’t that impressive from the limited insight I have.

 

[Thephenom]

Sorry to say but your posts are becoming one sided , predictable which should not be from a highly respectable poster like you.

Respectable poster, everytime he comes on he can’t help himself with having a go at Pakistan, even when the post has nothing to do with them

 

[Devadwal]

I believe it was Rohits wicket which was turning point not Virat and that was just 11th over perhaps. After that KL and Kohli didn't hit a boundary for 97 balls. And in total, India hit just 5 or 6 boundaries after Rohits wicket.

We were 140-3 after 26 over which was pretty good score . We needed another 60 runs partnership from Rahul and Virat then we could have easily get around 290 which was fine score. Rahul Played very poor innings with no intent was one of the reason also

 

[ExpressPacer]

Yes I'm hurting even cried after lose but will support this team at this critical times . definitely criticized but not today .

Man, they lost humiliatingly. You should criticise them today. The only person not worth criticism in Kohli today.

Frankly, what Rohit did today kind of reminded me of a street tullaybaaz I used to play with. What in the word was that? He needed to put more value on his wicket. Already had a six and a four in the over and was in great form yet he still took the risk.

A great captain like Cummins, Imran and even your own MSD would have never done that.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

Indian Cricket Coach Rahul Dravid during the post match press conference

[Reporter:]

Nothing could go wrong till the final, but this time a bad day at the office. Your thoughts?

[Rahul Dravid:]

Yeah, obviously a tough day at the office. Ran a really good campaign. Really proud of the boys, the way we played right through this tournament, the kind of cricket we played, just the quality of cricket that we played right through this tournament, I thought was quite exceptional. So really proud of the efforts, proud of everything that we gave. I think we gave everything we had in this tournament. So really proud of the team, proud of all the boys, proud of the support staff. I think we ran a really good campaign. Just at the last step in the final we probably didn't have our best game and credit to Australia. My congratulations to them. They played really well on the day and they were better than us.

 

[hitthestump]

What humiliation? Losing a World Cup final is never humiliating.

Not making the semifinals with the number 1 team and number 1 batsman and number 1 WK and number 1 fast bowling attack is humiliating.

Lol. Sorry that your nation lost today.

 

[Devadwal]

Man, they lost humiliatingly. You should criticise them today. The only person not worth criticism in Kohli today.

Frankly, what Rohit did today kind of reminded me of a street tullaybaaz I used to play with. What in the word was that? He needed to put more value on his wicket. Already had a six and a four in the over and was in great form yet he still took the risk.

A great captain like Cummins, Imran and even your own MSD would have never done that.

Rohit role was to give great start but he was playing attacking game throughout the tournament had great success. But yea after Gill Wickets he should have put more price with Kohli who also playing good cricket .India score 80 runs in PP with 2 Wickets untill then all was fine but Iyer early Wickets change the all the plan and then Rahul was came and he Played in Australian hand with intent approached. Iyer is not suitable for odi cricket either .so it was collective failure of lower Middle order which was unexpected .
240 was never winning score but 270+ was good score for a fight.

 

[Devadwal]

Firstly this has nothing to do with Pakistan, so keep that team out. Try to defend yourself without bringing on other teams to make you feel better.

Is Inda a cricketing super-power or not? Yes, they are right. But super-powers don't play 5 ICC finals (WC, CT, T20 WC, Test championship) and lose every single of them in 10 years time. You need to answer about that. What is the reason for that? Making finals is a big thing for teams like Pakistan, NZ, but for India it should be winning 4 out of 5 finals.

But agree what you said we had lost 6 icc finals in this century so far .we need to changes the approach, mentality and fear of losing .
They had great player but fear of losing is what cost us too many finals.

 

[Mamoon]

Lol. Sorry that your nation lost today.

My nation crashed out in the group stage after doing number 1 this and that for months, and now I see my countrymen doing bhangra because Australia beat India since their own team wasn’t good enough to do so.

Sad state of affairs.

 

[Kriketer]

It happens in big finals. We all thought that Pak team of 99 WC was much better after beating Aussies in group stages but got humiliated in finals. So that is the nature of the game....some days it goes your way and sometimes doesn't.

On topic, very proud of this team of what is has done over the course of last 2 months. Now the focus must shift on T20 cricket in preparation for next T20 WC.

Your chokes are on a nonstop repeat though, a major embarrassing spree. If Pakistan was as consistent as India in group stages they would have won more titles, any other team would have other than SA. Not sure if there's much pride when you just aren't good enough to seal the deal

 

[Kriketer]

My nation crashed out in the group stage after doing number 1 this and that for months, and now I see my countrymen doing bhangra because Australia beat India since their own team wasn’t good enough to do so.

Sad state of affairs.

Atleast no bhangra for you today or else you would have flooded the forum with your usuals

 

[Devadwal]

Your chokes are on a nonstop repeat though, a major embarrassing spree. If Pakistan was as consistent as India in group stages they would have won more titles, any other team would have other than SA. Not sure if there's much pride when you just aren't good enough to seal the deal

You have to become consistent first to reach in finals which is not a piece of cake

 

[Major]

You have to become consistent first to reach in finals which is not a piece of cake

and yet we have a current ICC title while India doesnt.

 

[Kriketer]

You have to become consistent first to reach in finals which is not a piece of cake

Getting a choker tag and being so consistent at it isn't a piece of cake either

 

[Devadwal]

Getting a choker tag and being so consistent at it isn't a piece of cake either

Coming 2nd in exam is better than not even passed the exam .

 

[Asad T]

India played such dominating cricket this tourament and were unlucky not to see it home. They have raised the standard of the sport. Only a matter of time before they win an ICC trophy.

 

[Devadwal]

India played such dominating cricket this tourament and were unlucky not to see it home. They have raised the standard of the sport. Only a matter of time before they win an ICC trophy.

Finally a sane voice or appreciation .yea India will try again and again untill we will win the icc trophy. We have quality of players , system so all is not doomed

 

[Savak]

India will not get any better opportunity, world class bowlers like Bhumra, Shami, Siraj, World Class batters like Rohit, Kohli do not come again.

The next WC is in South Africa and most of these players will not be available in 2027

 

[Kriketer]

Coming 2nd in exam is better than not even passed the exam .

No one remembers second or third when only a handful of countries even play this sport. If you can't win major tournaments on a consistent basis, you just aren't good enough.

Strong team I agree, but just not good enough

 

[Devadwal]

No one remembers second or third when only a handful of countries even play this sport. If you can't win major tournaments on a consistent basis, you just aren't good enough.

Strong team I agree, but just not good enough

Everyone including yourself will remember. Ok it your time so enjoy but time will come for me also .

 

[deltexas]

Indian team played outstanding cricket throughout the tournament, but what's new in this ? They have been doing this for a decade now, fans need trophy not wins during the league phase.

I have few honest questions to Indian fans:

Why would Rohit choose to bat first on slow wicket when dew is surely gonna help chase ?

Why would someone send Jadeja ahead of SKY who is a specialist batter. If they don't trust him why is he in the team? Why not Ishan Kishan or Even Shardul ?

Bumrah bowled some peach deliveries, why didn't Rohit gave him extended spell of 6 or 7 overs ? After all it was all about taking 10 wickets rather than bowling 50 economical overs ?


Last but not the least, why the hell was Siraj not given the new ball ? Just because Siraj was angry in last game after he was asked to bench after going for runs? Baffling to see he was given 17th over of the match when the only way to win this match was taking wickets upfront.

Batting first was the right decision. Pressure of a WC chase is insane dew or no dew. No issues here honestly and prefer ind to bat 1st.

Jadeja was sent in as left right combo. Again not a bad decision. Jadeja batting was horrible though. No intent whatsoever. Just poking and blocking. Atleast rotate strike. Poor batting from him and sky. Atleast get out by playing an attacking shot and not a lame poke.

Shami got Warner in his 1st over so that was a good choice as well. If warner had got off to a screamer game was done in 35 overs. Mistake rohit made was to get spinners on in 11th over. He should have approached this as a 40 over game and bowl all his main bowlers out. Bumrah could have bowled till 15th over .

But yeah game was lost in the 1st innings. 240 is way below par. Needed atleast 280 which was not achieved due to poor batting by klrahul jadeja sky

 

[heddie19]

Have you heard about gabba pitch or perth pitch? Do you know how to play on that bouncy and pacy pitch?? We won there back to back series and some team can't even draw a match there.

Abay Unhi series ka Badla baar baar leri hai Australia. First WTC and then today.

 

[Devadwal]

Abay Unhi series ka Badla baar baar leri hai Australia. First WTC and then today.

Those series win remembered forever .
Back to back test series win in Australia against Australia>>>> anything else's ( yea india don't won a ICC trophy still)
Ask any Australia fan's or player what will the chose - back to back test series win in india or a world cup trophy .they will simply said back to back series win in india without even thinking

 

[heddie19]

Those series win remembered forever .
Back to back test series win in Australia against Australia>>>> anything else's ( yea india don't won a ICC trophy still)
Ask any Australia fan's or player what will the chose - back to back test series win in india or a world cup trophy .they will simply said back to back series win in india without even thinking

Australians fans were asked to choose between Ashes and ODI WC and all of them picked ODI WC. You think a home series of Border-Gavaskar trophy means more to them? Absolutely not. You're smoking something new. The aussies keep too much pride in their ODI history.
Well, you can wonder anything you want too to recover from what happened today.

 

[deltexas]

Will not sugarcoat anything. Ind was timid and not brave today. They were still at a great position at 140 for 3 in 26 overs. But klrahul killed momentum showing no intent. Always said intent is vital not talent. That's why Iyer wicket was huge but he got a good one. But klrahul jadeja just sucked out momentum completely with tuk tuk batting. And sky played a brainless knock. Lack of intent and courage are what make you lose ko games - no 2 ways on it...

We have to accept Ind has a block in ko games. No harm in admitting to it. Key is realizing it's a problem and work on it. Or else it will be like pak team believing they were good to qualify but lost out on nrr and not admitting to a problem.

 

[Suleiman]

You should be proud man. You should be proud.

Dominating performance throughout, they are a young team overall and panicked with the bat in the final. Nothing more to it.

As for the final itself, it felt like watching Pakistan bat tbh lol. Fakhar getting off to a flier (Rohit), and then the other dudes freezing up.

I don’t think Kohli froze up. Chopping on is always a bit unlucky.

But the rest of the batsmen definitely froze.

I called out KL Rahul in the commentary thread and ppl said no he was doing the right thing… all he did was cosplay as Misbah in 2011 Mohali.

But again, young team… it happens.

Facing the Australian Juggernaut is scary. The way they were fielding with so much energy- saved way too many 4s, and then Travis turning into Shoaib “Shobstopper” Malik of the mid 2000s doesn’t help either.

 

[aboveandbeyond]

What humiliation? Losing a World Cup final is never humiliating.

Not making the semifinals with the number 1 team and number 1 batsman and number 1 WK and number 1 fast bowling attack is humiliating.

Only The winners are remembered.

 

[aboveandbeyond]

One thing for sure. India Are a high quality side. Whilst winners rightly take the plaudits, the finalists can be proud.

Over the last 3 years India in all formats have been excellent.

Consecutive world test champion finalists

And now world cup runners up.

 

[Usman Chadda]

Make no mistake, India were phenomenal in this World Cup and they played exceptionally well, until they inevitably chose the wrong game to get thrashed.

Hypocrisy of Pakistan fans in full swing though, where they absolutely destroyed the team last year when we lost in the final to England.

 

[ArabKnight]

What humiliation? Losing a World Cup final is never humiliating.

Not making the semifinals with the number 1 team and number 1 batsman and number 1 WK and number 1 fast bowling attack is humiliating.

It’s embarrassing to lose with home team and home conditions advantage.

 

[soso_killer]

It's not synchronised swimming. The winning of the final is all that matters. The rest are just also rans

2nd place is the first loser. They lost to a team they were superior to in every department while playing in home conditions (plus pitches were catered for their needs which is unprecedented). This one is going to sting

 

[Mainul]

Respectable poster, everytime he comes on he can’t help himself with having a go at Pakistan, even when the post has nothing to do with them

That's why I m saying. But I have said it in a humble way so that he can realize. He is spreading bitterness.

 

[Savak]

India is not going to get a better team again

 

[globetrotter]

Yes… I too proud of Indian team for continuously winning 10 matches.. any team have bad day … that’s why I suggested best of 3 finals

 

[globetrotter]

Reasons for Indian defeat….

1) pitch - not a best pitch for final, initially pitch was slow and was gets better in 2nd half

2) irresponsible batting by shubhuman gill
When Rohit was hitting the ball well on other side, there was no need for him to go air…. He should have anchored his inning. I will not blame Shreya’s as he played back to back century innings

3) Slow inning by KL Rahul - despite India’s great start in PP, KL Rahul shouldn’t maintain the RR… he played to slow

4) Failure of Kuldeep and Jadeja…not able to pick up any wicket

5) Dew… heavy dew made batting easy for Aussies

 

[flawed_genius]

Had Australia lost from such a good position after the 1st innings, I certainly wouldn't have been proud of my team.

History only remembers the winner and the fact that my team under immense pressure after being 47/3, came back and won the final, will forever be etched in every one of us Aussie fans' memories.

Winners are grinners, the losers can please themselves.

 

[happydavy]

Yes we play very timid in middle over period and Rohit Captioncy was not great either .after reducing Australia 47-3 we not created enough pressure

You still not getting it. We lost the world cup 4 days back, not yesterday , when bcci and Indian team management became fully active in making pitches to the disadvantage of NZ and then Aus. It's like someone who prepared hard for exams suddenly got 5 mins to cheat and he's confused about what to copy because he knows everything but still ends up copying because the opprn is there and copies wrong. India didn't need pitch manipulation but they did it since they could do it because icc and bcci are blatant about these things

 

[Visaal-E-Yaar]

Reasons for Indian defeat….

1) pitch - not a best pitch for final, initially pitch was slow and was gets better in 2nd half

2) irresponsible batting by shubhuman gill
When Rohit was hitting the ball well on other side, there was no need for him to go air…. He should have anchored his inning. I will not blame Shreya’s as he played back to back century innings

3) Slow inning by KL Rahul - despite India’s great start in PP, KL Rahul shouldn’t maintain the RR… he played to slow

4) Failure of Kuldeep and Jadeja…not able to pick up any wicket

5) Dew… heavy dew made batting easy for Aussies

Dew was not that heavy at all. Kohli and KL choked.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

No-one does schadenfreude like Indians so some humble pie doesn't go amiss

 

[Nikhil_cric]

India is not going to get a better team again

Sure you want to make such statements now? Nobody thought we could replace the Tendulkar's, Sehwag's and the Dhoni's.

On the other hand PAK are still searching for their W &W replacement since 2003.

 

[CricketCartoons]

When someone says I am still proud of so and so, it means they are disappointed and are hiding it.

 

[SpiritOf1903]

When someone says I am still proud of so and so, it means they are disappointed and are hiding it.

 

[asfandyar]

As an Indian, you have every right to be proud of the your team because they played like champions. But when a Pakistani is proud of a country that tried to suppress, humiliate and isolate Pakistan and Pakistani cricket on every level, then all it does is reveal deeper psychological issues.

 

[hamzie]

not much to be proud of
crumbled when it mattered most

 

[Bhaag Viru Bhaag]

Most of the Indian fans don't respect the opposition and take them for granted. They were thinking that it was only a formality in the final but they got a surprise of their lifetime in the finals from none other than Australia. Never ever underestimate Australia. And this was our best chance to win a world cup. Now wait for another 7-8 years. Upcoming players can't play under pressure in high quality international matches. They are good only for low quality Pyjama League matches.

 

[CricketCartoons]

Most of the Indian fans don't respect the opposition and take them for granted. They were thinking that it was only a formality in the final but they got a surprise of their lifetime in the finals from none other than Australia. Never ever underestimate Australia. And this was our best chance to win a world cup. Now wait for another 7-8 years. Upcoming players can't play under pressure in high quality international matches. They are good only for low quality Pyjama League matches.

This was Pyjama world cup. Pyjama cricket was coined for ODIs. Unless you mean T20s, then it should be called chaddi cricket.

 

[Stewie]

For all the money, power, pull, home crowd and home field advantages and the worlds largest population, which is so deeply entrenched in the sports, the country could not find eleven players to compete and win the most crucial of games.

So while the achievement of a runners up looks great on paper the fact remains Bharat remains an underachiever and getting to the same level of chokes as SA, particularly against Australia and NZ.

 

[happydavy]

For all the money, power, pull, home crowd and home field advantages and the worlds largest population, which is so deeply entrenched in the sports, the country could not find eleven players to compete and win the most crucial of games.

So while the achievement of a runners up looks great on paper the fact remains Bharat remains an underachiever and getting to the same level of chokes as SA, particularly against Australia and NZ.

Chokers absolutely - yes, pitch tampering - yes, icc doing everything to make India win - yes but what has large population to do with the outcome of a cricket match? A team of 11 lost to a much better team of 11. It wasn't that 1.3 billion were contesting against 24 million on a cricket field that size of the country matters. Some of the posters here surprise me with their IQ level, i mean how does one go around living a normal life with such level of intellect, do you often crash into walls while walking? Pakistan has 6 times the population of Afghanistan then how did they loose.

 

[Stewie]

Chokers absolutely yes but what has large population to do with the outcome of a cricket match? A team of 11 lost to a much better team of 11. It wasn't that 1.3 billion were contesting against 24 million on a cricket field that size of the country matters. Some of the posters here surprise me with their IQ level, i mean how does one go around living a normal life with such level of intellect, do you often crash into walls while walking? Pakistan has 6 times the population of Afghanistan then how did they loose.

It does.

Think about it. If you have 1.4 billion people who are mostly interested in cricket only, as cricket is the top sport in the nation, it means you have intense competition for professional teams and from all the pro cricketers in the nation, you cannot produce 11 who can win major tournaments against the likes of australia, population of 26 million, where cricket is not even the only sports and the interest in the game is divided between other sports. Besides, they dont have the same amount of money that India has. I think the population and overall interest a sports has in the nation has a huge huge imapct on the success of the nation. Look at US, and its dominance of basketball and baseball over the years.

its simple probability really.