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Centurion, Dec 24: A professional sportsperson is immune to heartbreaks and is trained to move on quickly towards the impending challenge, India head coach Rahul Dravid on Sunday detailed how Rohit Sharma's men coped with the heartbreaking World Cup final defeat to Australia.
Since being part of that fateful November 19 at Ahmedabad, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja and Shreyas Iyer had appeared in a few white ball games, but the rest will be playing an international match for the first time in five weeks.
"It was heartbreaking but you have to move on quickly in international cricket as we now have another important series coming up and all these series count towards trying to qualify for another ICC event in 2025 (WTC final)," Dravid spoke about focusing on the new challenge during a media interaction here.
The 'Wall' knew that it was a huge heartbreak but he was equally aware that carrying the baggage of that final defeat for too long could be problematic.
"You don't really have time to remain down. You have to pick yourself up and move on and the boys have done that really well," he said, adding that spirit in camp "has been superb".
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