For the second time in four years, New Zealand have muscled their way through to the World Cup final, and just as they did in the 2015 semi-final in Auckland, they have had to hold their composure in arguably the match of the tournament.Īnd for Grant Elliott then, read Jimmy Neesham now. We are all very proud of you."ģ.15pm Well, well, well. Nevertheless, this will be an important lesson for Kohli's era after Dhoni. Pant, DK, Hardik could have put on a better show. Not taking anything at all from NZ, but I feel this was India's game to lose and they crumbled under pressure. However, I am happy that we went down fighting. Ragha: "I am very disappointed as an Indian fan.
Not sure how a simple game can impact you so much. Ragha: "It feels impossible to control my tears. He also played two amazing innings in 2014 World T20 final and 2016 World T20 semifinal. A 22-yr-old Kohli steadied the ship when Sachin & Sehwag were gone in 2011 WC final. For the next world cup, which is in the same format, ICC should have qualifiers and eliminator instead of just semi finals."ĭeepankar DM: my friend, please don't judge him by today's failure, forgetting the previous big games. They topped the table in 1992 in the same format but were knocked out by a fourth placed team. From myself, Andrew Miller, and Deiva Muthu and Chandan Duorah, good bye and thank you for joining us for a World Cup knock-out to remember! Huge congratulations to New Zealand, and don't forget, we're doing it all over again tomorrow, when England and Australia take the stage at Edgbaston in another humdinger of a match-up.
And thank goodness we got a full 50-over contest instead of trying to shoehorn all that drama into a rain-truncated game. What an extraordinary slow-burn semi that turned out to be.