Johannesburg, October 01: India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni today said the opening match defeat against Pakistan was crucial to his side’s early ouster from the Champions Trophy.
India started their group campaign in the elite ICC event by losing against Pakistan and then their second league match against Australia was washed out, leaving Dhoni and his men in a precarious situation.
Although India beat West Indies by seven wickets today, Australia, eventually, poured water to their semifinal hopes, defeating Pakistan by two wickets in a nail-bitting another Group A match earlier in the day.
“I think the first game we didn’t play to our potential.
The loss in the first game was very crucial. To our bad luck, the game against Australia was washed out. We could have easily won that game.
–PTI