Team India's ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 run came to a sudden end after they suffered an 18-run defeat against New Zealand in the first semi-final on Thursday.
Fans across the nation were left heartbroken as numerous questions were left answered. Fans started asking why were four wicket-keepers in the playing XI? and why change the batting order during a crunch match and the most importantly, why wasn't MS Dhoni sent to bat early on when the team needed his batting the most?
The team management decided to send in a young and inexperienced Rishabh Pant while India were reduced to 5 for 2 with two of their most critical batsmen, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma back in the pavilion.
Soon, KL Rahul also walked as the scorecard read 5-3, but then again the management decided to send in Dinesh Karthik, who's been batting at number 7 for a few years now.
Both Pant and Pandya built a decent partnership in the middle after Karthik's dismissals, but they also lost their wickets very cheaply soon.
MS Dhoni finally walked in at number seven, as Indian fans hoped he will be anchoring the chase alongside Ravindra Jadeja, who was playing the best innings of his life.
The pair took India from 92-6 to 208-7. But in the end, it was too much to do for MSD after losing his strike partner Jadeja and also his wicket to a brilliant Martin Guptill run-out.
The outcome of the game would have been completely different if MSD was promoted to no.4 or 5 to bat in instead of coming in soo late. But according to numerous reports, this decision was made by India's batting coach Sanjay Bangar.
Now the Supreme Court-appointed Committee of Administrators (CoA) will review India's World Cup performance in a meeting with skipper Virat Kohli and chief coach Ravi Shastri and the focus is likely to be on selections made for the big event.