"Dazed, Hungover": Virat Kohli Makes Big Revelation On 2019 World Cup Semis Defeat

India and Royal Challengers Bengaluru (RCB) star batter Virat Kohli opened up on Men in Blue's ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 semifinal heartbreak against New Zealand, revealing the "dazed" and "hangover" like state of mind he experienced following his team's failure to win the marquee event under his captaincy. Virat was speaking on the latest episode of the RCB Podcast, released on the franchise's Youtube Channel. The 2019 edition of the tournament in the UK was Virat's third World Cup and first as a captain, but India crashed out of the tournament in the semis after losing to NZ by 18 runs at Manchester after a dominant run in the league stage, which saw them win seven out of their nine matches, lose one and drop one game due to rain.

After it rained on day one of the final, where NZ ended at 211/5, the Kiwis were restricted to 239/8. India in reply, lost their first three wickets for just five runs and six wickets for 92 runs before a 116-run partnership between Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni infused life in the match. However, with Dhoni run out during the final moments of the match, India fell short of the target and was bundled out for 221 in 49.3 overs.

Speaking on the RCB Podcast, while reminiscing over team's T20 World Cup win last year and ICC event heartbreaks before that, Virat recalled, "2019 also was a massive. That was the first time, actually, after the semi-finals got over and the next morning we were going to leave Manchester. You know, when you wake up and you have no kind of understanding of what you want to do. Like, you are dazed. It was like the feeling you get when you have a horrible hangover. It was like that."

"I had no idea what I wanted to do, whether I wanted to drink coffee, brush my teeth.