The night will have been rough, the morning after will be tinged with disappointment. But after the hurt and the angst, there will come a time for introspection and a succession plan
Between overs 11-40, India scored 117/3 at a run-rate of 3.90 as opposed to their mid-overs scoring rate of 5.72 in the tournament, and could eventually post only 240
The 24-year-old may not have broken into a full song at this World Cup as everyone thought he would, but those few stanzas here and there have been pitch-perfect and entrenched in nuance
Virat Kohli surpassed his idol Sachin Tendulkar's record of most ODI hundreds at the home of Indian cricket, en route to putting India into yet another World Cup final
Cricbuzz understands that the semifinal was originally scheduled to be played on a fresh wicket but was changed to an adjacent pitch that has already hosted two games this tournament
The Indian captain revealed that he managed to 'switch off' from the game when not on the field amidst pressures and expectations of leading the team in a home World Cup
A bunker mentality may not be enough to unnerve the best bowling attack of the competition and New Zealand should be willing to go into the trenches and trade punches
Rahul scored his first run in the 30th over, his first boundary in the 35th, his half-century in the 43rd and still motored to the fastest World Cup hundred by an Indian (62 balls)