Mumbai: booed by a section of the crowd at the Wankhede Stadium here, Royal Challengers captain Ferrat Cooley return on Saturday, saying fans "forgot" that represents the Indian cricket team as well.
"The IPL is not the end of the world, they forget about playing for India as well," Cooley said in the wake of his team `s heavy defeat away to Mumbai Indians in the Indian Premier League (IPL).
A small number of heads of totting bleachers at Wankhede, booed as Cooley walked outside to attend the presentation ceremony.
After the publication of 194 for seven in 20 overs, Mumbai Indians restricted RCB to 136 for seven and comfortably won the game by 58 runs.
"Hopefully, we can be the top four will not click in every game, and this was one of those days when I didn 't up, and we have to pick ourselves up. Re-group," said Cooley.
The commander of the Mumbai Rohit Sharma full of praise for Dhawal Kulkarni, who rocked the RCB top order with three wickets.
"We have done everything well to a large extent today, right from the beating, and we finished well. Particular reference to Dhawal Kulkarni, the first game for him, it was a tremendous effort from him. I just don` t want to get carried away too much, Sharma said. "
Man of the Match said Dwayne Smith, who laid the foundation for Mumbai with blazing Session, "we didn` t have a good start at the top in the first couple of games ... and the pitch was very good. "
Cooley said he could not understand the behavior of the crowd at Wankhede.
"... I do not know what is wrong with people in this place. It feels a bit strange because at the end of the day you are playing for India, and you do not come here to be hated. Regardless of who wins or loses, in any of the games, I came Bangalore, and every leader cheered, and cheered every Indian player.
"People appreciate cricket good, I do not know why people have a lot of aggression and a lot of hatred towards the other teams in this particular place. As I said, IPL is not the end of the world," said Cooley in the last match media conference.
On the incident runout, Cooley explained, "Well, it's very important to have knowledge of cricket. Whether any deliberate interruption of the bowler and then the arbitrator has stopped hitter.
"It's his job not mine. Judgment told me that he was there. Did not see the bowler and batsman batsman did not see the bowlers, and they collided. It is perfectly fine to be honest," he said.
"You must have a lot of awareness of the game of cricket to see where the bowler back to his mark. Has to back up when there is no one behind him."
Mumbai Indians player Dwayne Smith refused to be drawn into the debate, saying only, "It was a case of fair play, but you can not do anything about it. Decided to go against it."
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