India Vs New Zealand World Cup Match Moments; Shreyas Iyer, Virat Kohli Moments | Suryakumar run out in confusion, Jadeja dropped the catch, Shreyas did medal celebration; top moments

In ODI World Cup 2023, India defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets. Virat Kohli was caught out on the score of 95 runs at the HPCA Stadium in Dharamshala. Ravindra Jadeja dropped the catch of Rachin Ravindra, he played an inning of 75 runs. Jasprit Bumrah and KL Rahul also dropped catches.

Shreyas Iyer celebrated the medal after taking an excellent diving catch, while India also lost the review. Similar to the match between India and New Zealand Top moments we will know in this story…

1. Shreyas Iyer did medal celebration
Mohammad Siraj took the wicket of Devon Conway in the fourth over of the Indian innings. The third ball, Siraj bowled an in-swinger on the middle stump. Conway went to flick but the ball went to short mid-wicket. Shreyas Iyer standing here dived to his right and took an excellent catch.

After taking the catch, Iyer hinted at wearing an imaginary medal around his neck. Actually, in this World Cup, Indian team’s fielding coach T Dilip gives a medal to the best fielder of the match. Till now Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, Shardul Thakur and Virat Kohli have won these medals. Shreyas pointed towards the fielding coach and said that he should get today’s medal.

Shreyas Iyer took the catch by diving to his right.

Shreyas Iyer hinted at wearing a medal around his neck after taking the catch.

2. Shami took a wicket on his first ball
India gave a chance to Mohammed Shami and Suryakumar Yadav in the playing-11 against New Zealand. Hardik Pandya and Shardul Thakur were made to sit out. Shami capitalized on this opportunity and took a wicket on the very first ball of his spell. He bowled Will Young.

Shami ended his spell with 5 wickets. Apart from Young, he got Daryl Mitchell and Rachin Ravindra caught out. Mitchell Santner and Matt Henry were bowled. This was Shami’s first match in this World Cup.

Mohammed Shami bowled Will Young on the very first ball of his spell.

3. Life to Rachin Ravindra, Jadeja dropped the catch.
Rachin Ravindra got a lease of life in the 11th over, Ravindra Jadeja dropped his easy catch at point. Fifth ball of the over, Mohammed Shami bowled a short pitch, Ravindra played a cut shot. The ball went straight to Jadeja’s hand but the ball slipped from his hand. Rachin was currently batting on the score of 12 runs.

Earlier, in the 5th over, Team India took DRS against Rachin, but the review was unsuccessful. On the second ball of the 11th over, the umpire gave Rachin out behind, but Rachin took a review and remained not out. Rachin again survived in the 29th over due to DRS. The umpire gave him LBW on Siraj’s ball, but Rachin again took review and he was saved once again.

Ravindra Jadeja dropped an easy catch of Rachin Ravindra at point position.

4. Rohit got injured in his finger and went out of the field.
Rohit walked out of the field after the 10th over. He dived to stop the shot played by Daryl Mitchell on the last ball of Siraj in the 10th over. Due to this his finger got injured and he went out of the field. However, Rohit’s injury was not serious and he returned to the field in the 13th over.

Rohit Sharma got injured while diving at mid-off.

5. Kane Williamson came to the field carrying drinks
The first drinks break of New Zealand’s innings took place after the 13th over. During this, team captain and star player Kane Williamson came to the field posing as a water boy and carrying drinks. Kane is out of the playing eleven due to a thumb injury. He will be able to return only after the team finishes 2 to 3 matches.

Kane Williamson reached the field with drinks. He could not play the match due to injury.

6. Catches dropped from Rahul and Bumrah
Catches were also dropped from KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah in the first innings. In the 30th over, KL Rahul dropped the catch of Daryl Mitchell. Ravindra Jadeja bowled the third ball of the over fuller length outside the stump. Mitchell went to play a shot on the off side, but the ball took the outside edge and hit the pads of wicketkeeper Rahul and the catch was dropped.

In the 33rd over, Bumrah also dropped the catch of Mitchell. 5th ball of the over, Kuldeep Yadav bowled a googly on good length outside the off stump. Mitchell played a shot on the off side, but Bumrah dropped an easy catch at long off. Mitchell took advantage of both the lives and played an inning of 130 runs.

Jasprit Bumrah dropped a simple catch of Daryl Mitchell at long-off position.

Moments from the second innings from here…

7. Play stopped for 20 minutes due to fog
The match between India and New Zealand in Dharamsala was stopped for 20 minutes due to fog. Fog arrived at around 7:38 pm, making it difficult to see the players, after which the match was stopped. However, after 20 minutes the fog cleared and the match started again.

This is not the first strange reason for stopping a cricket match. Six years ago, the test match between India and Sri Lanka had to be stopped due to high pollution in Delhi.

The game was stopped for about 20 minutes due to fog in Dharamshala Stadium.

8. Suryakumar Yadav run out in confusion
India’s Suryakumar Yadav, who was making his World Cup debut, was run out in confusion. The fifth ball of the 33rd over was bowled by Trent Boult fuller length on the off stump. Suryakumar Yadav punched, but Mitchell Santner, standing at the covers position, dived and caught the ball and threw it towards the bowler. Suryakumar ran to score runs, but Kohli refused him. The bowler picked up the ball and gave it to the keeper, Surya could not reach the crease and was run out. He scored only 2 runs.

Suryakumar Yadav was run out after scoring 2 runs in his debut World Cup match.

9. Kohli caught out on 95 runs
Virat Kohli was caught out after scoring 95 runs. He made 3 important fifty partnerships in Team India’s victory but he got out before the team could win. The fourth ball of the 48th over was bowled by Matt Henry of slower good length. Kohli played a shot in the air to hit a six, but was caught by Glenn Phillips at mid-wicket.

However, by the time Kohli was out, Team India had reached the threshold of victory. India chased the target just 2 balls after his wicket. Jadeja scored a very important 39 runs. On the other hand, Virat Kohli became a victim of nervous nights for the 7th time in ODI. Nervous nights means playing an innings between 90 to 99 runs and missing a century. Virat was out between 90 and 99 runs for the sixth time, he has been not out only once during this period.

Virat Kohli was out after scoring 95 runs, although he had taken the team close to victory.

After Virat’s dismissal, Team India coach Rahul Dravid, captain Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Shreyas Iyer and other players sitting in the dugout stood up and clapped for him.

10. Rohit hugged Kohli
Ravindra Jadeja hit a four towards long leg on the last ball of the 48th over and gave India a win by 4 wickets. As soon as the match was won, Team India captain Rohit Sharma, standing in the dugout, hugged Virat Kohli who was out on 95. Rohit also had an important contribution in the match, he scored 46 runs and also made an opening partnership of 71 runs with Shubman Gill.

Rohit Sharma hugged Virat Kohli after the end of the match.