Indian cricket fans have only one regret in 2019, here's what it is

Indian team ended ir 2019 with an ODI series win against West Indies by four wickets at Barabati Stadium in Cuttack on Sunday. Kohli was adjudged Man of Match for his splendid kck of 85 where he had played an anchor's role to near perfection in Men In Blue's run chase. However, while speaking about Indian team's performance this year, Kohli said that he only had one regret and even Indian cricket fans were disappointed with that moment as well.

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Indian cricket fans have only one regret in 2019

While speaking about Men In Blue's performance during post-match presentation ceremony, skipper Virat Kohli said that 2019 has been one of best years for Indian cricket except for those 30 minutes of  World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at Old Trafford in Manchester. Virat n added Indian team will keep chasing that ICC trophy as he reckons that this group deserves it for amount of hard work y have put in. batting superstar also added that y have a vision in place. Meanwhile, governing body of world cricket, International Cricket Council (ICC) also asked Indian fans about Kohli's statement and Team India's performance in 2019.

Even Indian fans were gutted after Kohli had highlighted that heart-breaking loss. Here are some of reactions.

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World Cup semi-final

Chasing a target of 240 in a rain-curtailed semi-final, India who were considered as title favourites were reduced to 5/3 in fourth over as terrific opening spell from Trent Boult and Matt Henry sent back famed top-order batsmen Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli and KL Rahul to pavilion early. Dinesh Karthik followed soon but youngsters Rishabh Pant and Hardik Pandya rebuilt innings and just when y looked set, y got out playing rash shots.

Had it t been for a 116-run seventh-wicket stand between MS Dhoni (50) and Ravindra Jadeja (77), n two-time winners would have suffered an even bitter defeat. Finally, Trent Boult succeeded in removing Jadeja but with Dhoni still at crease, India's fourth World Cup final appearance was still on cards. Unfortunately, a direct hit from Martin Guptill had veteran cricketer short of his crease as Virat Kohli & Co.'s campaign came to an agonizing end. 

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