Women's T20 World Cup 2023: Virender Sehwag rues India's exit

Virender Sehwag, former India cricketer, feels sad over India Women's T20 World Cup exit and draws parallel of this defeat with that of the 2019 ICC Men's World Cup exit for the Men in Blue. Both were semifinals and the turn of events bear an eerie resemblance.

Though India Women put up a valiant fight against the Australia Women in the first semi-final of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2023, they failed to cross the finishing line. At one stage it seemed that India would cause an upset, but eventually lost to the mighty Women in Yellow by a slender margin of five runs.

'Had this heartbreak before': Sehwag draws a comparison 

"Match winner at the crease and Run out in a semi-final. We have had this heartbreak before. Sad to see India out. Were running away with the game but Australia proved again why they are a v (very) difficult side to beat. Well tried girls," the 44-year-old posted a tweet on the micro-blogging site Twitter.

Match winner at the crease and Run out in a semi-final. We have had this heartbreak before. Sad to see India out. Were running away with the game but Australia proved again why they are a v difficult side to beat. Well tried girls #INDWvAUSW pic.twitter.com/wNsVc3vb2D

— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag) February 23, 2023

Virender Sehwag's tweet was a grim reminder of the similarities which both the semi-finals of the 2019 Men's World Cup and the 2023 Women's T20 World Cup bore. Both Dhoni and Kaur wore jerseys bearing the number 7. Both were trying to guide their teams to victory, and both of them got run out in the most unfortunate fashion. The run outs resulted in being the turning point of the matches, leading to India's defeats.

India's trophy drought in ICC events continues unabated, be it in the Women's or Men's events. Since 2013, both the teams have had to end their campaigns by the barest of margins, almost coming close to summit victories.

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