Quote from: jasonjm on Today at 03:31:34 AM

They were very much interested in winning that final match, but Australia played well on their day. I still believed that with the form India was in, they should have won the World Cup, but unfortunately, they could not deliver on the biggest stage of World Cricket.

From the very start, after Rohit's dismissal, the Indian team looked under pressure. The Australian team had only one strategy; go hard or go home. They were putting pressure on every step of the way with their aggressive fielding and bowling. That partnership between Virat and Rahul was good, but they had not taken any chances and dried up the boundaries. This was the phase where Australia locked their victory.

The partnership between Virat and Rahul stabilized the Indian innings. But after sometime, they had to step up the scoring rate, which they failed to do. During middle overs, India was scoring at around 3 runs per over, and that too against part-time bowlers such as Glenn Maxwell and Travis Head. And when finally they decided to accelerate, Virat got out and the innings simply collapsed. Also, horribly disappointed with Suryakumar Yadav. He was supposed to score valuable runs under pressure situations, but he failed when it mattered the most.