India’s semi-final conflict against New Zealand is scheduled on 15 November on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
India registered their ninth consecutive win within the World Cup 2023 marketing campaign after beating Netherlands by 160 runs. With this win, India have ended their group stage matches and to date remained unbeaten all through the marquee match.
In their last group stage match, Indian skipper Rohit Sharma additionally gave probability to Shubman Gill, Suryakumar Yadav, Virat Kohli and himself to bowl against Netherlands.
As a consequence, Rohit and Kohli took one wicket every, whereas Gill and Suryakumar went with out wickets. Kohli bowled out Netherlands skipper Scott Edwards, whereas Rohit ended the match by taking the final wicket of Teja Nidamanuru.
When requested to reveal the rationale behind this technique, Rohit says, “We want all the players to be ready to bowl if the situation comes in the match. We have five specialist bowlers and need others to chip in to share the load. It was a game where we could try out something different and it was pleasing to see that it paid off.”
India picked up the sport from the primary innings itself. Indian batters showcased commendable performances at present in Bengaluru. Starting from opening batters, Rohit and Gill who scored 61 runs and 51 runs respectively. After their dismissals, Virat Kohli (51 runs) and Shreyas Iyer carried ahead the motion and scored 50+ runs as nicely. However, Shreyas went forward and knocked his first ton(128* runs) in ODI World Cup.
He was later joined by KL Rahul (102 runs) who smashed the quickest hundred for India in ODI World Cup historical past. In simply 62 deliveries, KL achieved the milestone and surpassed Rohit who smashed 100 runs in 63 balls against Afghanistan earlier this World Cup.
India’s eyes are actually on the semi-final conflict against New Zealand which can happen on fifteenth November on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai.
