Head Coach of India Rahul Dravid can't bear to watch an emotional wreck after losing the World Cup final.
While speaking to the media after the six-wicket loss in the final, the head coach of Indian cricket team Rahul Dravid admitted that the dressing room was an emotional wreck given the months of hard work they have put forth to get to this position of standing so close to breaking the nation's 10-year drought of an ICC trophy.
Rahul said, “Yeah, of course, Rohit Sharma is disappointed, as are many boys in the dressing room. It wasn't. Yeah, there were a lot of emotions in that dressing room. It was tough to see as a coach, because I know how hard these guys have worked, what they've put in, and the sacrifices they've made. So, it's tough. I mean, it's tough to see that as a coach because you get to know these boys personally. You get to see the effort they put in, the hard work that we've put in over the last month, and the kind of cricket we've played. But yeah, that's sport. That happens. It can happen. And the better team won the day. And I'm sure that the sun will come up tomorrow morning. We'll learn from it. We'll reflect. And we'll move on, as will everyone else. I mean, that's what you do as a sportsman. You have some great highs in sport, and you have some lows in sport. And you keep moving on. You don't stop. Because if you don't put yourself on the line, you don't put yourself in games like these, and you don't experience the great highs. And neither do you experience the great lows. And if you don't do that, you don't learn.”
He further said, “That's sport; it happens. It can happen, and the better team wins the day. And I'm sure the sun will come up tomorrow morning. We'll learn from it; we'll reflect. And we'll move on. As will everyone else. That's what we do as sportsmen. You have some great highs and lows in sports, but you don't stop because if you don't put yourself on the line, don't put yourself in situations like these; you don't experience it, you don't learn.”