BRIDGETOWN - South Africa captain Aiden Markram said he was"gutted" after his team lost their first-ever T20 World Cup final by seven runs to India.
"We bowled very well. The pitch didn't give them much to work with. We thought it was a chaseable total. It was a great game of cricket, I'm chuffed with all my guys, it's hard not to get over the line but I'll always be proud of them," he said. "One thing you can guarantee from South African people is that they are competitive, but they are respectful. We pride ourselves on that. Hopefully moving forward we can learn from this and use it.South Africa's only major honour in the game is the Champions Trophy title won in 1998 and Markram said it was too soon to reflect deeply on the positives of the campaign.
Markram had spoken before the final of the unique bond within the team where there was an"extreme hunger" for victory, and he said the defeat would take some recovering from.
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