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How cricket became the whole nation's once more
“What was it, boundaries or something?”
“We still have our WhatsApp group, where each day we greet each other with ‘Morning, champions’”
“Everybody is allowed to be themselves. That is a good thing about the world”
"A game that kept confounding expectations"
"Australia’s first World Cup semi-final defeat out of eight"
"India slipped to 24 for four, their musketeers Sharma, Kohli himself and Rahul going all for one"
The defeat cost Australia top spot in the table, consigning them to a semi-final against England
"Sharma powered a 189-run opening stand in pursuit of 265, and Rahul later brought up his second ODI ton"
"They had to win by more than 300 runs to qualify on net run-rate"