IND vs NZ / India cuts ticket to World Cup final - beats New Zealand by 70 runs

IND vs NZ: India has made it to the final of the World Cup by defeating New Zealand by 70 runs in the semi-final played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. The Indian team has reached the final for the fourth time. Earlier the team had reached this tournament final in 1983, 2003 and 2011. India won the toss and batted first and scored 397 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs. Virat Kohli scored the 50th ODI century of his career and played an inning of 117 runs. Shreyas Iyer scored 105 runs. In reply, New Zealand was all out for 327 runs in 48.5 overs. Daryl Mitchell scored 134 runs. Mohammed Shami took 7 wickets. He was the man of the match for his excellent bowling.

Interesting facts and records of Kiwi innings

Mohammed Shami has taken 4 wickets against New Zealand, with this he has taken 4 or more wickets in an innings for the 8th time in the World Cup. Shami is at the top in this record, second is Australia's Mitchell Starc, who has the record of taking 4+ wickets 6 times in the World Cup.

Mohammed Shami completed his 50 wickets in the World Cup by taking the third wicket against New Zealand. For this he took only 17 innings, which is the fastest in the tournament history. He broke the record of Australia's Mitchell Starc, who had taken 50 wickets in 19 innings.

Daryl Mitchell became the batsman who scored the most sixes for New Zealand in a World Cup. He hit his 18th six in the current season. Mitchell broke Brendon McCullum's record of 17 sixes in the 2015 season.

Daryl Mitchell hit the longest six of this World Cup, 107 meters. He left behind Shreyas Iyer's 106 meter six.

New Zealand 46/2 in powerplay, Shami sent the openers to the pavilion

New Zealand, which was chasing the target of 398 runs, did not have a special start. The team lost the wickets of the openers while scoring 46 runs in the powerplay. Rachin Ravindra and Devon Conway were out after scoring 13 runs each.

In the initial over of the powerplay, the Kiwi openers played shots cautiously. The team's score in 5 overs was 30 runs without loss. Here Mohammed Shami achieved success on his first ball and dismissed Conway. Not only this, Shami got Rachin Ravindra caught by wicketkeeper KL Rahul on the fourth ball of the 8th over.

India gave target of 398 runs, Kohli-Iyer scored centuries

Team India, batting after winning the toss at Wankhede ground, scored 397 runs for 4 wickets in 50 overs. This is the biggest score of any team in the World Cup knockout match. Earlier, this record was 393 runs. Which New Zealand made in the quarter-finals of the 2015 World Cup against West Indies in Wellington.

Virat Kohli played an inning of 117 runs off 113 balls. He scored the 50th century of his ODI career. He became the batsman with the most centuries in ODIs. Virat broke Sachin Tendulkar's record of 49 centuries. On the other hand, Shreyas Iyer scored 105 runs on 70 balls. Iyer scored his second consecutive century in the World Cup. Shubman Gill scored 80 runs on 66 balls and captain Rohit Sharma scored 47 runs on 29 balls. Tim Southee took 2 wickets for New Zealand.

Interesting facts and records of Indian innings

Kohli (711 runs) has become the batsman who has scored the most runs in a World Cup. He broke Sachin Tendulkar's 20 year old record. Tendulkar had scored 673 runs in the 2003 World Cup.

Virat Kohli left Sri Lankan batsman Kumar Sangakkara behind in scoring the most 50+ runs in international cricket. Sangakkara has scored 50+ runs 216 times, while Virat has achieved this feat for the 217th time. Virat has now reached the level of Australian batsman Ricky Ponting (217 times). Sachin Tendulkar is on top in this matter. His is 264.

Virat Kohli has overtaken Sachin Tendulkar in terms of most number of 50 plus runs scored in a single edition of the World Cup. Virat has scored 50+ runs eight times in this World Cup, while Sachin Tendulkar scored 7 times in the 2003 World Cup and Shakib Al Hasan scored 50+ runs 7 times in the 2019 World Cup.

600 sixes have been completed in the current World Cup. Indian batsman Shreyas Iyer hit his 600th six off the ball of Rachin Ravindra.

Virat Kohli made his best score in the knockout of the ODI World Cup when he took the 36th run. Earlier, Kohli had scored 35 runs on 43 balls against Sri Lanka in the 2011 World Cup final.

Virat Kohli (13794 runs) has become the third top run scorer in ODI cricket. He left Australia's Ricky Ponting behind. Virat left Ponting behind as soon as he took his 28th run in the semi-final against New Zealand. Ponting has 13704 runs in his name in 375 ODIs. Kohli has left this record behind in the 291st match. Only Sri Lanka's Kumar Sangakkara (14234 runs) and India's Sachin Tendulkar (18426 runs) are ahead of Kohli.

Virat Kohli became the third batsman for India to score more than 600 runs in a World Cup season. Earlier, Sachin Tendulkar had done this in 2003 and Rohit Sharma in 2019.

Rohit Sharma has become the batsman who has scored the most sixes in a single season of the World Cup. He has hit 28 sixes in the current season. Rohit broke the record of Caribbean batsman Chris Gayle. Gayle had hit 26 sixes in the 2015 World Cup.

Rohit Sharma hit 4 sixes in this innings. As soon as he hit his third six, he created a world record for the most number of sixes in the ODI World Cup. Rohit has 51 sixes in his name in the World Cup. He broke the record of West Indies' Chris Gayle (49 sixes). This is Rohit's third World Cup. Before this, he has also represented India in 2015 and 2019 ODI World Cup.

Rohit Sharma became the player who hit the most sixes in the powerplay of the World Cup. He hit 19 sixes in this World Cup powerplay. Rohit left behind the record of former Kiwi captain Brendon McCullum. McCullum had hit 17 sixes during the powerplay in the 2015 World Cup.

Rohit Sharma is the batsman who has hit the most sixes in the current World Cup. He has hit 28 sixes this season. Rohit left behind Glenn Maxwell's record of 22 sixes in the last match.

India scored 110 runs in death overs

Between 41 and 50 overs, India scored 110 runs and gave New Zealand a target of 398 runs. Virat Kohli completed his century on 106 balls and was out after scoring 117 runs. After him, Shreyas Iyer also played an inning of 105 runs on 70 balls. KL Rahul remained not out after scoring 39 runs in 20 balls. The team lost only 3 in the last 10 overs.

Big partnerships of Indian batsmen in middle overs

India made great partnerships in the middle overs. After Rohit was out, Virat Kohli and Shubman Gill made a partnership of 93 runs. Gill retired hurt after scoring 79 runs. After this Shreyas Iyer and Virat Kohli made a century partnership. New Zealand looked completely out of the game. Rachin Ravindra also came in the middle, but the Indian batsmen recognized Rachin's bad balls and played big shots. India did not lose any wicket in the middle overs and scored 202 runs.

India batted at a run rate of 8.4 in the powerplay, also lost one wicket.

India got off to a fast start in the powerplay. The team batted at a run rate of 8.4 in the first 10 overs. Openers Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill scored 10 runs from the very first over and put pressure on New Zealand.

Trent Boult and Tim Southee's short spell lasted for 5 overs. Seeing the aggressive batting, captain Williamson brought in spinner Mitchell Santner in the sixth over, Santner gave an over of 11 runs. Trent Boult tempted Rohit to pull the short length ball, but Rohit converted it to the boundary. In the 9th over, Rohit Sharma lost his wicket by playing a big shot in front of Tim Southee. He played an inning of 47 runs in 29 balls and made a partnership of 71 runs with Gill. India added 84 runs to the scoreboard in the powerplay.

Playing-11 of both the teams

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Tim Southee and Trent Boult.