‘If I could have played till the end…’ KL Rahul opens up on 2023 WC final loss against Australia

The Team India suffered a nonaccomplishment against the Baggy Greens. Despite a spellbinding complaint by skipper Rohit Sharma’s 47 runs astatine 31-ball. India's scoring complaint fell drastically aft Rohit Sharma mislaid his wicket successful the tenth over. King Kohli was dismissed connected 54 disconnected 63 balls. Rahul scored 66 runs (top Indian scorer successful the match) connected 107 balls but was dismissed by Mitchell Starc successful 42 overs.

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During a chat with Ravichandran Ashwin, erstwhile helium was asked if helium could spell backmost successful clip to reappraisal 1 determination helium would similar to close each implicit again, the  31-year-old batter said, “The World Cup last against Australia, I was stuck successful the moment, whether to instrumentality down Starc oregon conscionable play him arsenic it was reversing, bowling successful pugnacious space – successful that confusing I ended up nicking it – if I could person played till the end, it could person been 30-40 much runs & astir apt World Cup successful our hands – that is what I regret."

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“I felt similar I had continued that innings and gone connected to play the remainder of the 12 overs (8) oregon immoderate was left, we could person astir apt gotten 30-40 runs more, and we could've had a World Cup successful our hands. That's thing I regret," the Indian batter further said.

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Team India won 10 matches connected the trot, earlier yet falling abbreviated against Australia successful the finals played astatine Narendra Modi Stadium successful Ahmedabad connected November 19, 2023. This was Australia's sixth World Cup title.

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Published: 18 Apr 2024, 07:11 PM IST