NEW DELHI, March 27 ((PTI): The disappointment of a semifinal exit notwithstanding, BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya today congratulated the Indian cricket team for its �stupendous� World Cup performance, saying that Mahendra Singh Dhoni�s men put up an outstanding show.
India, the defending champions, were knocked out of the World Cup following a 95-run semifinal loss to Australia in Sydney yesterday. Dalmiya said despite the defeat, the team must be lauded for a seven-match unbeaten streak leading up to the last-four stage. �I congratulate the entire Indian cricket team for having played some outstanding cricket in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. They have indeed displayed some admirable skills while playing the game in its true spirit, and thereby, bringing joy to millions of cricket fans,� Dalmiya said in a statement.
NEW DELHI, March 27 ((PTI): The disappointment of a semifinal exit notwithstanding, BCCI president Jagmohan Dalmiya today congratulated the Indian cricket team for its �stupendous� World Cup performance, saying that Mahendra Singh Dhoni�s men put up an outstanding show.
India, the defending champions, were knocked out of the World Cup following a 95-run semifinal loss to Australia in Sydney yesterday. Dalmiya said despite the defeat, the team must be lauded for a seven-match unbeaten streak leading up to the last-four stage. �I congratulate the entire Indian cricket team for having played some outstanding cricket in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015. They have indeed displayed some admirable skills while playing the game in its true spirit, and thereby, bringing joy to millions of cricket fans,� Dalmiya said in a statement.
