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No lesson from defeat, Indian players busy in revelry

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_{Published by: Sudhir Kumar}
^{Published: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 at 14:18 IST}

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London: Every defeat gives some lessons. Some mend their ways and go on success path. But two successive crashes together failed to make any difference to the Team India.

Perhaps due to same reasons some team members were spotted loitering on the streets of London after getting out of the ICC World Twenty20 title race. Resorting to lame excuses, they want to evade cricket fans' fury.

Cricket fans in Dhoni's hometown Ranchi burned Mahi's effigy, holding him responsible for the defeat against England.

Just after defeat, Dhoni extended an apology to the Indian cricket lovers, promising to bounce bank.

"We are more disappointed (than you) and we respect the emotions of our fans and the country. We gave our best and we say that with an open heart, we have nothing to hide. But the next Twenty20 world cup is coming again in nine months and we would have an opportunity of proving ourselves," said a dejected Dhoni after India's heart-breaking three-run loss at Lord's last night.

Dhoni said, "We were looking at a combination in which our batting could be lengthened. We need lower order bats to contribute. Ojha may be a better bowler but Jadeja is an excellent fielder and both bat and bowl well. It also encourages us to include an extra fast bowler," he said.

"As for fielding first, we realised that under lights the wicket became better for batting." The India captain held his batting colleagues responsible for the team's loss and said there cannot be any excuse for their failure to chase down a modest target of 154.

"We failed in batting. If the opposition scores 153 and you cannot achieve that on a track like this, I don't think there can be any excuse. You just cannot explain that," Dhoni curtly said.

"We lost simply because we did not bat well. I'm rather happy with the performance of the bowlers," he added.

Dhoni was candid enough to admit that England bowlers had bounced India out of the match, sending down short-pitch stuff quite consistently.


But are all these words are enough to bring a victory to the Team? The team has to play a match against mighty South Africa. Though result of today's match doesn't make any difference to the team for the World Twenty20, a consolation win is enough to inculcate confidence in the players who are continuing with poor show.