World Cup 2019: Why India's campaign wasn't a failure despite the team crashing out in the semi-finals

It's possibly been one of the best World Cup campaigns ever

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The 2011 World Cup was a different beast - home conditions made us favourites, as did the general team make up.

But it's only in 2019 that team India has had such a comprehensive team of winners. Pretty much every individual player in the team has been a consistent match-winner on several occasions for India. And look at the names that have come good in this campaign - Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan (before his injury), Virat Kohli Hardik Pandya, Jasprit Bumrah, Ravindra Jadeja... The list goes on.

Going into English conditions - and we've not necessarily have had the best of time in England in the recent past - we were given no quarter by most teams, including the likes of Afghanistan.

Team India has only looked out of sorts in a handful of conditions and unfortunately, the semi-final happened to be one of those days. The defeat against England and New Zealand are the only two times that we've been beaten comprehensively and that's something that won't necessarily reflect in the annals of history.

So, dear Indian Cricket Fans, take heart because this is not the end of the road, no matter what the scoreboards say. This current side is destined for bigger, better things. And we'll be watching.