Dravid says players lives will not be in danger

Port of Spain (Trinidad), March 27 (IANS) Rahul Dravid does not believe his players will be in any danger when they return home to irate fans.

Since India 's loss to Bangladesh two weeks ago and their subsequent first round exit from the cricket World Cup as a result of their loss to Sri Lanka Friday, Indian fans have been responding angrily.

They have mounted angry public protests, burnt effigies of the Indian players and called for their axing.

Dravid told the media here he was not worried.

"(I am) not really (worried). I hope the players wouldn't be under any physical danger. To be honest, I don't expect that to be the case," Dravid said.

"I am sure people will be disappointed, and fair enough. They have invested a lot of hope in this team and we haven't delivered. So, they are entitled to be disappointed. But I just hope that no one is in any physical danger."