New Delhi, March. 24 (PTI): The battered Indian cricket team, virtually out of contention in the World Cup, today found a supporter in Bollywood star Abhishek Bachchan who said the players had given it their best.

"I was very disappointed last night. But what we should understand is that it is difficult to perform under the kind of pressure they were in. They gave it their best," Bachchan said at the India Today Conclave here.

He said just because the players endorsed products and appeared in advertisements did not mean they were compromising with the game.

"It would be unfair to come down on them for doing too many endorsements and call for replacing them," Bachchan said.

Empathising with the Indian team, that was virtually out of the World Cup after losing to Sri Lanka yesterday, the movie star said, "I have faced failure. And I know it is difficult to go out there and perform."

Bachchan was responding to a question on whether corporate sector interest in films would lead to a decline in their quality as was the case with cricket.