Indian captain Virat Kohli congratulated England cricket team for winning the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Kohli enjoyed the final match of this tournament between England and New Zealand as he mentioned that both teams played well in that game.
On last Sunday (14th July), England claimed their maiden Cricket World Cup trophy after beating New Zealand in the final at Lord’s (London). It was a super thrilling game as that match had a tie result. While New Zealand managed to score 241/8 (50 overs), England also replied with 241 runs (50 overs).
In the first-ever ODI Super Over, England scored 15/0 while New Zealand replied with 15/1. As the Super Over also had the tie result, England finally won that match due to managing to hit higher boundaries.
It was England’s fourth CWC final as they had played the CWC finals earlier in 1979, 1987 and 1992 editions. However, they had suffered defeats in all the previous three CWC finals. Finally, one of the oldest international cricket teams earned their maiden CWC title last Sunday.
Great show by both the teams in the CWC19 Final – Virat Kohli
On Monday (15th July), the Indian captain Virat Kohli congratulated England cricket team on his official Twitter account.
Kohli tweeted, “Great show by both the teams in the #CWC19Finals yesterday. Congratulations @englandcricket. ??”
Great show by both the teams in the #CWC19Finals yesterday. Congratulations @englandcricket. ??
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli) July 15, 2019
India dominated in the round-robin stage
Virat Kohli-led India dominated in the round-robin stage of the 2019 ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. Apart from England and Australia, India was another favourite side to win this tournament.
At the end of the round-robin stage of this tournament, Kohli-led India finished as the table topper with 15 points. Out of their nine round-robin stage matches, India won seven games, lost once (against England) and the other one had no result (against New Zealand).
On the other hand, at the end of the round-robin stage, Australia finished as the second-placed side with 14 points while England and New Zealand managed to finish at the third (12 points) and fourth positions (11 points) respectively.
In the first semi-final, New Zealand beat India by 18 runs in the rain-interrupted encounter. Meanwhile, the host side England thrashed the defending champions Australia in the second semi-final by eight wickets.