Indian failed to defeat hosts Malaysia in the semifinals of the Junior Asia Cup yesterday.
Nobbs said India's prime target is next Junior World Cup and therefore long term interests are more important.
"If winning this tournament is our priority we could have easily packed our team with some of our sparkling talents with us like Kothajit Singh, Chengalsana, SK Kuttappa and Manpreet Singh, who all played in the recent London Olympic Test event," he said.
"They will in any case be there in the junior team after the Olympics. However, Malaysian's target was to qualify for the Junior World Cup, so they targeted peak performance here," he reasoned.
"We did not have that pressure as we qualified for the 2013 Junior World Cup as hosts. That's why Malaysia had as many as six players in the present team who will be over age by the time 2013 event is held. Contrarily, all our boys here in Malacca will have age on their side for the same tournament," he added. MORE