Mature fans accept end of India's World champion reign


  • Cricket
  • Friday, 27 Mar 2015

India's Virat Kohli (C) and team mates react after Australia won their Cricket World Cup semi-final match in Sydney, March 26, 2015. REUTERS/David Gray

MUMBAI (Reuters) - India's notoriously volatile fans showed rare maturity in accepting the end of their team's reign as world champions after Thursday's semi-final defeat against co-hosts Australia in Sydney.

The defending champions struggled during their build-up, losing a four-test series 2-0 against Australia and then failing to win a single match in the following tri-series, also involving England.

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