T20 World cup, the most democratic form of the great game of cricket, has proved India’s waterloo - the victory parade of M S Dhoni boys in the 2007 inaugural world cup was indubitably the sole ‘Aha!’ moment and the latest 2022 semifinal loss to England is the worst heartache moment. And India’s record in knockout games over the past decade is pathetic- out of 8 knockout games played across 50-over and 20-over formats, India lost six - two in finals and four in semi-finals. The last ICC Trophy India won was the 2013 Champions Trophy defeating England by five runs at Birmingham. Exceptions are the ODI World Cup wins (1883, 2011), T20 World Cup win (2007) and Champions Trophy win (2013 In ICC tournaments, for the past five decades, India has ‘nothing much to crow about’. With annihilation at the hands of England openers, India has now lost a World Cup semifinal in last four outings they reached there - 20 ODI World Cups, and 20 T20 World Cups. Ireland outclassed England, Zimbabwe stunned Pakistan, Namibia sent Sri Lanka home, Netherlands put South Africans on plane to Johannesburg, defending champion Australia forced to bite dust at home ground and Jos Butler & Alex Hales butchered India’s dream of an ICC trophy. India’s 168 proved sub-par at Adelaide small outfield in face of devastation unleashed by daredevil England openers.Įarlier Team India, piggybacking on Kohli’s stupendous form and Surya’s heroics topped Group-2, in Super 12, in a tournament which had no Winnows and no Cricketing Gods. A DREAM DISRUPTEDĭespite the resurrection of Kohli, the dream of men in blue stands disrupted, with them timidly bowing out on Thursday from the semi-final, losing against rampaging England (the eventual winner of the trophy), with the ignominy of being first in the T20 World Cup history to lose a match, twice by 10 wickets. As England defeats Pakistan to win the 2022 T20 World Cup crown, Virat, the batter, stands tall at pole position as highest run gatherer – ‘296 runs in six matches with four fifties’. Last month, Virat Kohli, the batter, was on fire.
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