LONDON: India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni face sharp denigration from media and audience after Indian team’s exit from Twenty20 World Cup cricket competition.The defending champions were eliminate after they lost by three runs to England in their Super Eight clash on Sunday. They also are missing to West Indies on Friday. "We are sorry for what happen but we can say we gave our best," Dhoni told a news conference. "I think we have the guys who can grip the pressure, it was a day when not anything really worked for us." Dhoni said India would rebound back at the next Twenty20 World Cup in the Caribbean next year. "We can absolutely prove a point over there. We were never actually up to the mark but in nine months time there will be one more World Cup and that is the only good thing we can say now," he said. "Cricket never tests your quality when you are doing really well. It tests you when you are not doing well. I think this is a testing time for us but it's not the end of the road." "We lost in the 2007 World Cup and we lost in 50 overs, that was the worst part of my career. This loss is unacceptable but still I don't think it comes near to the loss we had in the 50 overs World Cup." Dhoni rejected suggestions that the prolonged Indian Premier League Twenty20 rivalry, staged in South Africa this year because of security concern in India, had harmfully affected his team. "It is a difficult format because you play at different venues, it's not like you play three or four games at the same point," he said. "But I in my opinion believe it's not an justification
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Just an apology wont help Dhoni, India is a cricket crazy nation, and now as they are out without winning anything in Super-8, the team should be ready to face the music once they come back home.
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