Indian fans seemed really gung ho going into the ICC T20 World Cup. However, the miserable loss to Pakistan in their first game was a very rude reality check. The subsequent hateful trolling of everyone connected and not connected to the game showed how much of a shock that was. And then we lost to New Zealand – quite comprehensively as well. NZ won by 8 wickets with 33 balls to spare. Here are some of the INDvsNZ memes that the tweeple used to express angst and deep disappointment.
Fans thought that loss was an aberration; that the Indian team would bounce back. They were confident - not for long.
The practice match – particularly where India beat Australia – didn’t give us fair warning.
Evidently, it could. The Kiwis won the toss and wisely put India in to bat.
India could only manage to make 110 runs losing 7 wickets in the process. After the top-order collapse, it was left to the middle order batsmen to struggle to even get up to 110 runs.
Though Jasprit Bumrah salvaged some pride by taking two wickets, it was all over the in the 15th over.
Ish Sodhi looks and sounds like an Indian name, but it isn't. He was man of the match for his excellent bowling – conceding just 17 runs and taking two wickets.
There is now practically no chance for India to quality for the next round
And not in a good way. Scotland, Afghanistan and Namibia is not the company we want to keep.
Our chances are slim to none, even if the men in blue do win all their remaining group matches.
Are really sad.
We laughed at him then – he's having a good laugh now.
Bounce back BCCI? Back to what exactly? Because this tournament is pretty much done for us.
Confidence levels aren't high – in the players or the fans.
Many don't want to watch the rest of the tournament now.
There is the perception that Indian players are spending too much time and energy concentrating on the IPL and that this hampers performance when playing for the country.
The presence of M S Dhoni as team mentor has not seemed to help. After the miserable losses to Pakistan and then New Zealand, Indian cricket fans don’t have much interest in the remaining matches. It’s going to be India v Afghanistan on 3rd November for any Indian fan who’s still interested in the ICC T20 World Cup.
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