Suresh Raina names India's standout players from World Cup

India may have stumbled at the final hurdle but the ICC World Cup 2023 was a great campaign for the twotime winners and they gained many things from this says former India star Suresh RainaIn this superb campaign the players that impressed the former India star the most was middleorder batter KL Rahul and Mohammed ShamiRaina who said the Indians failed to put pressure on the Australians after reducing them to 473 said the reason for the Indian bowlers failing to capitalise on that situation was that the batters could only put up 240 runs on the boardFrom an Indian perspective I was very impressed with KL Rahul but Mohammed Shami was my player of the tournament The way he bowled against New Zealand and throughout the whole World Cup he just went bang bang bang he wrote in his column for the ICC websiteAlso ReadIndia vs Australia T20I series puts dampener on players World Cup celebrationsRaina also praised Rohit Sharmas captaincy for Indias superb performance in the World CupI thought Rohit Sharmarsquos captaincy was fantastic too He looked very solid in his planning decisionmaking approach and execution He looked like a proper leaderLike MS Dhoni before him he brought a team together and they played excellently I donrsquot know if Rohit will play in the next 50over World Cup he might play in the T20 World Cup but he really wanted to win the World Cup for the whole country But God planned something else he saidRaina said that the Indians performed brilliantly throughout the ICC World Cup 2023 except for the finalItrsquos very disappointing because they did so well in every department before the final There were still some great moments not least Virat scoring his 50th century in front of his idol Sachin Tendulkar We will see the Indian team doing well again because they know how to reach the latter stages of tournaments now It just takes a bit of time to understand how to manage those pressure situations especially when yoursquore at home wrote RainaSometimes when therersquos a lot of pressure you can lose your focus and I think thatrsquos a lesson they will learn from this Despite the disappointment therersquos no doubt that this event has truly captured the hearts of the nation New records have been set in stadium attendance broadcast viewership and digital engagements making this truly the biggest ICC Menrsquos Cricket World Cup ever In four yearsrsquo time all eyes will be on hosts South Africa Zimbabwe and Namibia and it will be great to see new teams come through like wersquove seen with Afghanistan in recent years he saidWith agency inputs