India skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni lashed out at his batsmen for playing to the gallery and not for their country in the three-wicket World Cup defeat to South Africa.
India looked set to post a mammoth total in Saturday's game when they reached 267-1 following Sachin Tendulkar's brilliant 111, but lost their last nine wickets for just 29 runs in nine overs.
"When you hit those big shots, you tend to forget that you are playing for the country and not for the crowd," Dhoni told the Sunday Express.
"In the process of trying to get those 20 extra runs, you end up scoring 40 runs less."
