Which of the phrases given below the sentence should replace the phrase printed in bold type to make it grammatically correct? If the sentence is correct as it is, mark 'E' as the answer.

The performance of our players was rather worst than I had expected.

A.

bad as I had expected

B.

worse than I had expected

C.

worse than expectation

D.

worst than was expected

E.

No correction required

Correct answer is B

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