“Losing a final to India is hard to accept. But I don’t think I made the right choice of shot at that time. After a match in retrospect a lot of things are said. But I have no regrets over attempting that shot it just didn’t come off for me,” Misbah said on arrival from Johannesburg.

“To be honest it was a premeditated shot. I had made up my mind to play the paddle shot. I had tried the shot many times in the tournament and it got me valuable runs. I was trying to get the ball over fine leg to the boundary.

“Unfortunately, it was a slower ball from Joginder Singh and the ball just didn’t go as fast off the bat as it should have gone and it ended into a catch. It was a heart breaking moment for me and the team. The final was gone,” he said.

Misbah said he knew twice he came close to leading his team to surprise wins over India but didn’t finish off the match.

“It is disappointing but this is cricket. You can’t have a good day all the time. But I am happy with my performance in the tournament. “In fact the whole team performed beautifully we just lost to India. Hopefully in the coming days we will put things right. But our performance in the World Cup has put us in a confident and positive state of mind for our series against South Africa and India,” he added.

Misbah said it was upto the selectors to decide if he warranted a place in the Test side for the South Africa series.

Misbah’s shot drew widespread criticism from Pakistan.

Former captain Imran Khan felt that Misbah should have played a more orthodox shot at that stage as a lot depended on him. “Instead of trying to scoop the ball he should have attempted an orthodox shot and minimised the risk,” said Imran, who led Pakistan to a World Cup title victory in 1992.

Imran also could not understand Pakistan team management’s decision to send the in-form Misbah at the number six slot. “It is hard to understand why he was sent down the order.”