IND vs NZ Live Score, World Cup 2023 Semi-Final: India have won the toss and they will be batting first against New Zealand in the first semi-final of the ODI World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
India vs New Zealand Semi-Final Live Score, Cricket World Cup 2023: India captain Rohit Sharma has given his team a flying start. He scored a breezy 47 off just 29 balls. His knock was studded with four boundaries and four sixes. India raced to fifty runs in only the sixth over.
The Indian Express’ Sriram Veera, Mihir Vasavda and Devendra Pandey will be covering the game from the venue in Mumbai.
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After Rohit’s departure, his opening partner Shubman Gill changed his gears and reached to fifty in 41 balls. It is Gill’s third half-century of the World Cup. He has looked in sublime touch so far.
Earlier, Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first against New Zealand in the first semifinal of the 2023 ODI World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. It is a replay of the first semifinal from the 2019 edition of the tournament where the Kane Williamson-led side had orchestrated a heartbreak for India in a game that stretched across two days.
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ICC Cricket World Cup, 2023 – 1st Semi-Final
India
196/1 (27.4)
vs
New Zealand
Batting
Virat Kohli*51 (61)
Shreyas Iyer15 (11)
Bowling
Lockie Ferguson *0/43 (5.4)
Rachin Ravindra0/30 (4)
Play In Progress ( Day – 1st Semi-Final )
India elected to bat
Virat Kohli and Kane Williamson: Rivals on the pitch, friends off it who bond over YouTube links and books
The two friends who send each other YouTube links will yet again head into a pressure-cooker game in a World Cup semifinal. The first time they met in a semifinal was in 2008 U-19; Kohli had Williamson stumped, Williamson took Kohli’s catch, and India won by 3 wickets. Next, was of course the antithesis of this year’s world cup slogan – ‘It Takes Two Days’ would have been apt as Williamson walked away as the winner in 2019. (Read more)
Playing XIs
India XI: Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
New Zealand XI: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson(c), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham(w), Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Mark Chapman, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
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First published on: 15-11-2023 at 10:02 IST
