We are NOT proud
We are not proud of our team. Trophy matters, nothing else. India is not emerging team like afganistan which should be happy by reaching finals or semifinals. Nobody remember runner ups, only champions are remembered in history. If I ask you who was runner up in WC 1999 or even in 2015, hardly people remember even those who follow cricket. India has lost only 4 matches out of their last 28 matches in World Cup but out of these 4 matches they lost 3 matches in knockouts, telling us some story. We can console ourselves by saying that it was just a bad day at office but if you go deeper, it tells something else. Scoring 4 boundaries in last 40 overs (out of which 2 was hit by tailenders) can never be a champion mindset. Had India played 10 percent of what they play in there league match, it would have been cake walk. They were under pressure hugely. In the era of T20s, scoring run a ball never a problem however slow the pitch is. KL Rahul has been biggest disappointment in big matches be ...