“It always feels disappointing when you’ve played such good cricket and then 45 minutes of bad cricket puts you out of the tournament. We feel bad for the result, but everyone goes out to the middle to win the match for their country. These games are called knock-out for a reason, the opposition played better than us. Today we were not good enough.”

 

 

“We can’t all the time keep relying on Rohit to give a good start or Virat to come and make sure that a solid foundation is built. Players around them also will have to take more responsibility. It’s not fair all the time to expect Dhoni to come and finish.”

 

 

“Honestly, what strikes me most is just how he just keeps producing it day after day, time after time. I mean, any match, he’ll just pull out some magic. I’m just really amazed at his hands, how fast they are, how athletic he is, but how graceful. It’s like a ballerina with all that power. It’s so effortless, it’s amazing. It’s amazing to watch.”

 

 

 

“Yeah, it’s definitely a bit unusual, a bit strange. I hope it’s going to happen again for somebody, to have such a big span between the first final.”

 

“Stardom will fade eventually. It’s a huge task to keep it going for such a long time. I guess Shah Rukh Khan, Aamir, Akki, Ajay (Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn)… we’re the only ones who have been able to pull it off for such a long time. We’ll try our best to keep it going for another few years. Just like in the case of all superstars, the box-office collection will come down to eight to ten per cent. But it hasn’t started yet..”