Not an epic choke, just a bad day in the office, say sports psychologists
The HinduThe murmurs around India's inability to land the knockout punch in a global event have grown since the ill-fated November 19 night but did the team, which looked invincible heading into the World Cup final, actually crack under pressure or was it just a bad day in the office? Life of an Indian cricketer makes winning a tad harder India's larger than life cricketers often talk about shutting the "outside noise" to focus on the job at hand. Matthew Hayden, a member of the all-conquering Australian team and someone who is well versed with Indian cricket, spoke about the added pressure created by fans ahead of the World Test Championship final in June, another high-stake contest that India lost. 'India were just unfortunate' Former chief selector MSK Prasad, whose tenure saw India falling short in the 2017 Champions Trophy and 2019 ODI World Cup semifinal, acknowledged that the team has been losing knockout games consistently but it is not down to crumbling under pressure.
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