kanpur team indias defeat in the semifinal of cricket world cup sparked angry protests by cricket buffs across the city ardent fans took to roads in keshav nagar in naubasta and burnt posters of ms dhoni and other team members upset fans also threw their television sets on road a few angry protesters even torched the posters of virat kohli and actor anushka sharma they found fault in teams strategy batting and bowling the fans who had on wednesday organized hawans and special prayers for their teams victory were completely devastated the players who were being praised till match eve turned into villains post match many fans were also seen crying one of the protesters shariq khan termed the loss as a major disappointment our team played a poor game and lost the plot hence our ire is justified he said while setting dhonis poster afire others too condemned team india for its poor performance in all departments in fact many of them had switched off their television sets as half of batsmen returned to pavilion and took to social networking sites to vent their ire a class v student and an ardent virat kohli fan rishika mohta broke down as kohli got out after scoring one run her family had to console and pacify her it was disappointing to watch team indias dismal performance despite having such a strong batting line up my younger sister who is a fan of virat kohli was in tears when he got out and also when the team lost said vinay mishra of saket nagar javed alam had skipped office for the semifinal losing to australia is unbelievable the team was capable of winning the match but chose to lose now we will have to wait for another four year for the world cup earlier city roads remained deserted in the afternoon as team indias started batting for once no traffic chaos was witnessed as people stayed indoors to watch their team play they kept their fingers crossed and prayed for its victory however regular fall of wickets and kohlis failure left them disappointed