Mumbai: India beat New Zealand by 70 runs in the semi-finals to enter the World Cup final.
India scored 397 runs for the loss of 4 wickets in 50 overs. Blue Army with a huge score in front of New Zealand in the semi-final battle. Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium witnessed Kohli's record breaking match. .
Darryl Mitchell and captain Kane Williamson pulled the Kiwis out of the early batting slump. Daryl Mitchell scored a century while Williamson scored a half-century and got out. Chasing a huge target of 398 runs set by India, the Kiwis lost their openers while adding 39 runs. The Williamson-Mitchell combination that was later brought the team out of the slump. The duo added 181 runs for the third wicket.
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and decided to bat first against New Zealand today. The performance of the Indian team was to confirm the decision of the captain Rohit Sharma who won the toss and chose to bat. Virat Kohli (117) and Shreyas Iyer (105) scored runs.
Rohit Sharma (48) and Shubman Gill (80) also scored runs. After scoring 79 runs, Gill returned to the field in the last over after a muscle strain. Tim Southee took three wickets for New Zealand.
A jump and first pump in the air later, Virat Kohli was down on his knees. A gentle look to the heavens and he flashed a smile before soaking it all in. The entire Wankhede was up on its feet to applaud the extraordinary feat but Kohli had his eyes locked towards the dressing room, and the MCA President Box where his wife Anushka Sharma and hero Sachin Tendulkar were seated.
Four boundaries and he got to fifty on back of the usual ones and twos here and there, literally everywhere. But it’s those little moments where he makes you go wow and turns an old-fashioned grind into a dominating knock. That little moment came shortly after crossing fifty when he read a Tim Southee slower one early and just whipped it with disdain towards the mid-wicket region.
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Virat Kohli became the player who scored the most century in ODIs. The player wrote history in the World Cup semi-final against New Zealand. The player completed his 50th ODI century against the Kiwis. With this, Kohli surpassed legendary player Sachin Tendulkar in the ODI century record.
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— BCCI (@BCCI) November 15, 2023
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India vs New Zealand Head-to-Head in ODI World Cup
- New Zealand beat India by 4 wickets – 1975 World Cup
- New Zealand beat India by 8 wickets – 1979 World Cup
- India beat New Zealand by 16 runs – 1987 World Cup
- India beat New Zealand by 4 wickets – 1987 World Cup
- New Zealand beat India by 4 wickets – 1992 World Cup
- New Zealand beat India by 5 wickets – 1999 World Cup
- India beat New Zealand by 7 wickets – 2003 World Cup
- Match abandoned without a ball bowled – 2019 World Cup
- New Zealand beat India by 18 runs – 2019 World Cup
- India beat New Zealand by 4 wickets – 2023 World Cup
IND vs NZ Confirmed XIs
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammad Shami, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav
New Zealand: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson (captain), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Mark Chapman, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
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