Hosts India lost the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 final against Australia by six wickets at Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad on Sunday (November 19). After the defeat, head coach Rahul Dravid said they "were the favourites because we were playing well" but conceded that the Aussies played better than India on the day. The former India captain added he's "really proud of the boys... the kind of cricket we played" during the tournament. (Video: ICC)
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00:00 Obviously a tough day at the office.
00:06 Ran a really good campaign.
00:09 Really proud of the boys, the way we played right through this tournament.
00:13 The kind of cricket we played.
00:15 Just the way we... I think...
00:20 Just the quality of cricket that we played right through this tournament, I thought was quite exceptional.
00:26 So really proud of the efforts, proud of everything that we gave.
00:30 I think we gave everything we had in this tournament.
00:33 So really proud of the team, proud of all the boys, proud of the support staff.
00:38 I think we ran a really good campaign.
00:41 Just at the last step in the final, we probably didn't have our best game.
00:44 And credit to Australia. My congratulations to them.
00:47 They played really well on the day. They were better than us.
00:50 I mean, we were the favourites because we were playing well.
00:52 But I think you can recognise that Australia is also a very good cricket team.
00:55 They also came here with 8 wins on the back.
00:58 So we were under no illusions that this was going to be a tough contest.
01:01 We were confident that if we played well, we would get the right result.
01:04 But unfortunately, on the day, they played better than us.
01:06 And no, I think, like I said, it's for us.
01:11 Of course, there is going to be disappointment.
01:12 There is disappointment in the dressing room.
01:14 And there is disappointment among the boys and among the support staff.
01:18 But certainly, I think, in time, when the dust settles,
01:22 we can reflect on what has been a really good campaign.
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