Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Saturday took potshots at the critics of his team, saying that the World Cup triumph has answered them.
He said a couple of decisions taken by him in today's summit showdown against Sri Lanka could have been criticised had his side not won the World Cup.
"A few decisions I have taken today, including why I brought in S. Sreesanth instead of Ravichandran Ashwin and why I promoted myself in the batting order ahead of Yuvraj who has been in great form. It could have been that the decisions cost the match," he said at the post-match presentation after India beat Sri Lanka by six wickets in the summit showdown here.
"We have been hearing a lot of things during this tournament and so it feels great to win the World Cup," he said.
"I always wanted to give chance to give chance to younger players by sending them up the order. Today, I thought I would take the responsibility myself. It was more like proving myself and not to others," he said.
Asked specifically if the World Cup triumph was in a way telling the critics to shut up as the players would do their job with their performance, he said: "In India it would be very rude to say like that."
"We spent the last 30-35 days together in the field and the dressing room thinking of this victory only and we have achieved that now," he added.