MS Dhoni refused to be drawn on his One-Day International future after India exited the ICC Cricket World Cup at the Semi-Final stage.

Dhoni's men succumbed to a 95-run defeat against co-hosts Australia at the Sydney Cricket Ground, therefore failing to defend the title they won on home soil four years ago.

And the 33-year-old, who retired from Test cricket in December, refused to rule out taking part in the 2019 competition, suggesting that he'll make up his mind after leading the Indians into their next global tournament, the ICC World Twenty20 in Sri Lanka next year.

"I'm not sure about that," he said. "I'm 33, I'm still running, I'm still fit.

"Maybe next year during the T20 World Cup I would like to decide if I can continue until the 2019 World Cup or not."

India embarked on their defence of the 50-over crown on the back of a long and winless tour of Australia, only to turn the form book on its head by winning all six of their group matches.

A quarter-final victory over Bangladesh followed but, chasing 329 for victory against Australia's much celebrated pace attack, Dhoni's men finally relinquished their grip on the trophy.

Dhoni urged his batsmen to learn from the experience, but accepted that the bowlers had conceded too many runs.

"Overall, I'm quite happy," he said. "Where we were at the start of the tournament, a lot of people didn't think we'd get this far.

"At the same time, when you come to the knockout stages you have to lift your game. 

"I felt we got off to a very good start. Shikhar's dismissal to some extent was slightly on the softer side because that was the time he could have milked the Australian bowling. 

"He was scoring quite freely and with the open field, he should have just batted for a few more overs and he didn't really need to play a big shot.

"But overall, there is pressure when you're chasing 320 runs and we have seen in cricket that pressure makes you do things you don't really want to do.

"Maybe next time they'll know how to bat in these conditions and will do much better."

With the ball, India's pace trio of Mohammed Shami, Umesh Yadav and Mohit Sharma had shared 42 wickets during India's seven unbeaten matches in the tournament prior to the Semi-Final stage, but they failed to impress their Captain on this occasion.

"Over 300 is a difficult score to chase, but I felt it was just over par," he said. "They were looking as if they were going to score over 340, or maybe 350 runs, but we came back quite well. 

"But I felt still we could have bowled well, the reason being, in the afternoon we got a bit of reverse swing going. 

"I was a bit personally worried about the spinners without any footmarks on a fresh wicket, but I think their performance was good. But I felt the fast bowlers could have done slightly better."

 

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