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‘I was distraught’: Virat Kohli says 2019 World Cup heartbreak was ‘tough to swallow’; ‘I was totally gone mentally’

Virat Kohli recently shared that India's semifinal defeat to New Zealand during the 2019 ODI World Cup left him mentally exhausted for months. In a recent interview, he recounted how a rain suspension halted play in the forty-seventh over of New Zealand's innings, pushing the match into a second day where the opposition successfully defended a target of 240 runs.

Kohli also reflected on the 2023 tournament campaign, praising the team's strong camaraderie despite losing Hardik Pandya early in the event. He admitted that the final defeat against Australia in Ahmedabad remained difficult to process for a long time, particularly recalling his own dismissal after scoring fifty-four runs.

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