Smarting under the humiliating loss against Sri Lanka that has all but put them out of the World Cup, captain Rahul Dravid said the Indian team "has not delivered" on its promises.
PORT OF SPAIN: Smarting under the humiliating loss against Sri Lanka that has all but put them out of the World Cup, captain Rahul Dravid said the Indian team "has not delivered" on its promises and did not deserve to win the trophy.
"It is too early to collect my thoughts. A lot of hard work has gone into it over the last year. But we did not play well in this tournament and did not deserve to go into the
second round," Dravid said after the 69-run defeat at the Queen's Park Oval on Friday.
After restricting Sri Lanka to 254 for six, India were all out for 185 in 43.3 overs. The defeat left them with just one win from three games in Group 'B' and only a miraculous
win by Bermuda over Bangladesh on Sunday would see them through to the next stage.
"I am the first one to stand up and say that we should have done better, and it starts with me. I am not trying to put the responsibility on anyone", Dravid said.
"Some of these guys have had success before as well. It's a question of, maybe the guys going back and looking at their performances, how they performed in the important and critical games."
The Karnataka batsman did not expect the fans back home to show extreme reaction to the team's below par display.
"I hope the players wouldn't be under any physical danger. I don't expect that to be the case. I am sure people will be disappointed but there is nobody more disappointed
than the players themselves," he said.
"It is very emotional moment. People will be disappointed, fair enough. They have invested a lot of hope in this team and we haven't delivered.
"But I just hope that no one is in any physical danger. We have to think about it rationally.
"I guess there is always a lot of emotions that gets involved in all these things."
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