Printed on: Nov 16, 2023
Virat Kohli (117 off 113) hit his document fiftieth ODI hundred, whereas Mohammed Shami additionally registered document figures of seven/57 as India beat New Zealand by 70 runs within the 1st semi-final of the 2023 World Cup on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday, November 15. With the triumph, India entered the ultimate of the World Cup for the primary time since 2011. They’ll meet the winner of the second semi-final between Australia and South Africa.
India batted first after profitable the toss in opposition to New Zealand and put up an enormous complete of 397/4 on the board. Aside from Kohli breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s document for many one-day lots of, Shreyas Iyer additionally slammed a century, hitting 105 off 70 balls. Shami then ran New Zealand’s batting line-up because the Kiwis completed on 327. Daryl Mitchell (134 off 119) hit one other hundred, however this innings additionally went in useless.
India had been offered one other blazing begin by captain Rohit Sharma (47 off 29 balls). Kohli and Shubman Gill then 93 runs for the second wicket. Nevertheless, Gill needed to retire harm when he was batting properly 79 off 65 balls. Following his return to the pavilion, Kohli and Shreyas joined forces and added 163 runs in a dominant partnership.
Kohli struck 9 fours and two sixes in his fantastic innings, which got here to an finish when he tried to go after Tim Southee. Shreyas wanted solely 67 balls to achieve his hundred, his second successive century within the World Cup. His magnificent knock was punctuated with 4 fours and eight sixes. Gill (80*) returned in the direction of the tip, but it surely was KL Rahul (39* off 20 balls) who did the injury, slamming 5 fours and two sixes.
Chasing 398, New Zealand misplaced each their openers Devon Conway (13) and Rachin Ravindra (13) to Shami as they flirted at hazard outdoors off with out shifting their ft. Mitchell and captain Kane Williamson (69 off 73) then added 181 runs for the third wicket. Within the latter half of the partnership, New Zealand appeared to be dominating India.
Underneath stress, Shami even dropped a easy catch provided by Williamson. Fortunately, India didn’t must pay closely for the let off. The Indian pacer dismissed the Kiwi skipper, who whipped one into the palms of a fielder. Tom Latham (0) was trapped lbw in the identical over.
Glenn Phillips (41 off 33) tried to tackle the Indian assault, however the asking fee was properly past management by then. Mitchell’s resistance ended within the forty sixth over, when he too fell to Shami, bringing the curtains down on a combating knock, which featured 9 fours and 7 sixes. Shami additionally ran by way of the tail with out a lot hassle.
–By A Cricket Correspondent
