'Haar-jeet toh hoti rehti hai': Heartbroken but proud fans react on Twitter to Team India's World Cup exit
Heartbroken but proud fans react on Twitter to Team India's World Cup exit
New Zealand produced a brilliant bowling performance to upset India with an 18-run victory in their rain-affected ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 semifinal on Wednesday.
New Zealand defended a modest total of 239 for eight as India were all out for 221 in 49.3 overs.
The Kiwi bowling attack turned the game around, taking three wickets in the opening 19 balls with tournament top scorer Rohit Sharma, skipper Virat Kohli and KL Rahul all dismissed for one. From a dire position of 24-4, however, India got themselves back in the game thanks to a superb 116-run seventh-wicket partnership between MS Dhoni (50) and Ravindra Jadeja (77).
Indian fans across the globe were really sad after their favorite side crashed out of the semis and failed to secure a spot in the final.
This is how cricket fans reacted to this very exciting semifinal on Twitter:
India kept losing wickets throughout the chase as their entire top order failed to deliver against a quick and firing Kiwi ba lling attack.
Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya took charge but it was not long before the pair departed after scoring 32 runs each.