Star India Batter Virt Kohli recently remembered the Indian heart break of the World Cup in 2019 and called it “terrible hangover”. The 2019 World Championship was the first and only ODI World Championship when Captain and India entered the tournament as popular to raise the title. Men in Blue looked like a team to beat during the tournament when they ended up on top in the league scene and won seven out of nine games when the game washed up.
However, Indian dream campaign ended semifinalsAfter a crushed 18-run loss against New Zealand. Recently, Kohli remembered the loss of heartbreaking and mentioned that he was completely dazed the next morning and had no motivation to do anything.
“The loss of 2019 was massive, it was the first time after the semifinals got and we wanted to leave Manchester the next morning. You know when you wake up and have no kind of understanding of what you want to do as if you were dazed.
In addition, the former captain of India remembered how the rain prevented from the Indian dynamics. He said it is difficult to accept things, but one cannot keep pining and must move forward.
“Everything was fine. We had to play in the afternoon and it was raining, and then we had to come next morning, early morning conditions, that, that and others. It’s very difficult to process, but you have to get to this point and you still have to move,” he added.
After the World Championship Kohli continued to Captain India until 2021, but did not win any main event because India lost in the final of the World Inauguration Championship in 2021 and in 2021 and In the first phase he started from the World Cup T20 2021.
Published:
Rishabh beniwal
Published on:
6 May 2025
