Sydney/New Delhi, Mar 26: A pall of gloom descended on the Indian dressing room after the team's campaign in the World Cup came to an agonising end here today, and the pain of losing the semi-finals engulfed the entire cricket-crazy nation that was left grief-stricken.
Disappointment was writ large on the faces of players and their captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni after they succumbed to pressure against the clinical Australians, who decimated the defending champions by 95 runs to romp into the finals and break a million Indian hearts. [World Cup: Intolerant media and fans attack Team India when they need to be proud]
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