India Vs New Zealand World Cup 2023 Semifinal Highlights, India Won Semifinal against New Zeland
IND vs NZ Semifinal Highlights 2023 : New Zealand was facing the challenge of host India in the first semi-final of the World Cup. Both the teams were face to face once again in this round after four years. Last time in 2019, the Kiwi team had broken the dreams of crores of Indians and made it to the finals. Team India came to avenge that defeat. His eyes were on reaching the finals after 2011. India won the toss and batted first and scored 397/4. Ind vs Nz Semifinal 2023 world cup highlights below.
India scored 397 runs, IND vs NZ Semifinal Highlights 2023
Batting first, Today Match Scorecard, India scored 397 runs for four wickets. Virat Kohli scored the maximum 117 runs for India. Whereas, Shreyas Iyer played an inning of 105 runs. Shubman Gill scored unbeaten 80 runs. Captain Rohit contributed 47 runs and Lokesh Rahul contributed 39 runs. For New Zealand, Tim Southee took three wickets and Trent Boult took one wicket. India Vs New Zealand World Cup 2023 Semifinal Highlights.
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What happened in the first innings?
India made a great start by winning the toss and batting first. First Rohit scored runs at a fast pace and then Gill batted aggressively. Rohit completed his 50 sixes in the World Cup and the team’s score crossed 50 runs in the powerplay. Rohit Sharma was out on a personal score of 47 while trying to hit a six off Saudi ball. ind vs nz Semifinal full match highlights.
However, in the powerplay, Team India managed to score 84 runs at the loss of one wicket. Gill and Kohli took India’s score beyond 150 runs. During this, Gill completed his half-century in 41 balls. After scoring 79 runs in 65 balls, Gill got troubled by the heat of Wankhede. He was having cramps and went out of the field.
Partnership of more than 250 runs between Virat-Shreyas
Virat Kohli along with Shreyas Iyer took India’s score beyond 200 runs. He completed his half-century in 59 balls. During this time, he also became the batsman who scored the most runs in a World Cup. He left behind Sachin’s record of 673 runs. Virat and Shreyas made a century partnership and took India’s score beyond 250 runs.
Virat’s century
Virat scored his 50th century in ODI and took India’s score beyond 300 runs. He was out after scoring 117 runs. After this Shreyas Iyer became even more aggressive. Together with Rahul, he took India’s score beyond 350 runs. After this, Shreyas completed his century in 67 balls and was out after scoring 105 runs in 70 balls with the help of four fours and eight sixes.
India Total scored 297
Suryakumar, who came to bat in the 49th over, was out after scoring one run. In the end, Lokesh Rahul along with Shubman Gill ended the Indian innings. Rahul batted brilliantly in the last over and took India’s score to 397 runs. He remained unbeaten after scoring 39 runs. Whereas, Shubhman Gill remained unbeaten on the score of 80 runs. For New Zealand, Tim Southee took three wickets and Trent Boult took one wicket.