India won the World Cup against New Zealand after 20 years

India won the World Cup against New Zealand after 20 years
The team defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets. The Indian team has won this tournament after 20 years against the Kiwis. Earlier in 2003, Centurion defeated the Kiwi team by 7 wickets.

With this win, the Indian team has come to the top of the points table. Now the account of Team India has reached 10 points after 5 matches. In such a situation, India’s chances of reaching the top-4 have become stronger. Now the team has to win only 2 out of 4 matches.

India won the toss and elected to field at the Dharamshala ground on Sunday. New Zealand, who came to bat first after losing the toss, were all out for 273 runs in 50 overs. The Indian team chased the target of 274 runs for 6 wickets in 48 overs. Virat Kohli played an innings of 95 runs off 104 balls, while Mohammed Shami took 5 wickets.

India won the World Cup against New Zealand

Chase master Kohli scored 95 runs, shared 3 fifties and led the team to victory.

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

Shreyas Iyer celebrated the medal with a brilliant diving catch, while India also lost the review.

Shreyas Iyer did the medal celebration

Mohammad Siraj took the wicket of Devon Conway in the fourth over of the Indian innings. Third ball Siraj bowls an in-swinger at middle stump. Conway goes to flick but the ball goes to short mid-wicket. Standing here, Shreyas Iyer dived to his right and took a brilliant catch. India won the World Cup against New Zealand after 20 years

After the catch, Iyer gestured to wear an imaginary medal around his neck. In fact, in this World Cup, the fielding coach of the Indian team, T Dileep, gives the medal to the best fielder of the match. So far Ravindra Jadeja, KL Rahul, Shardul Thakur and Virat Kohli have won this medal. Shreyas pointed to the fielding coach and said that he should get today’s medal.

Shami took his wicket on his first ball

India gave opportunities to Mohammed Shami and Suryakumar Yadav in the playing XI against New Zealand. Hardik Pandya and Shardul Thakur were dropped. Shami took advantage of this opportunity and took a wicket on the very first ball of his spell. He bowled Will Young.

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

Life to Rachin Ravindra, Jadeja drops the catch

Rachin Ravindra got a lifeline in the 11th over, Ravindra Jadeja dropped his easy catch at point. On the fifth ball of the over, Mohammed Shami bowled a short pitch, Ravindra played a cut shot. The ball goes straight to Jadeja but the ball slips out of his hands. Rachin was batting on 12 runs at that time.

Earlier, Team India took DRS against Rachin in the 5th over, but the review failed. On the second ball of the 11th over, the umpire gave Rachin out later, but Rachin took a review and remained not out. Rachin was again saved by DRS in the 29th over. Siraj was given LBW by the umpire, but Racine took a review and saved it once again.

Rohit injured his finger and left the field

Rohit walked off the field after the 10th over. He dived to block a shot by Daryl Mitchell off Siraj’s last ball in the 10th over. Due to which he injured his finger and left the field. However, Rohit’s injury was not serious and he returned to the field in the 13th over

Dropped catches by Rahul and Bumrah

Catches of KL Rahul and Jasprit Bumrah were also dropped in the first innings. In the 30th over, KL Rahul dropped Daryl Mitchell’s catch. Ravindra Jadeja bowled the third ball of the over fuller length outside the stumps. Mitchell went for a shot on the off side, but the ball took an outside edge and hit the wicketkeeper Rahul’s pad and the catch dropped. India won the World Cup against New Zealand after 20 years

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

The game was halted for 20 minutes due to fog

The match between India and New Zealand at Dharamsala was stopped for 20 minutes due to fog. At around 7:38, fog rolled in, making it difficult for the players to see, after which the match was called off. However, after 20 minutes the fog cleared and the match resumed.

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

Suryakumar Yadav run out in confusion

India’s World Cup debutant Suryakumar Yadav was run out in confusion. The fifth ball of the 33rd over was bowled by Trent Boult fuller length on off stump. Suryakumar Yadav punched, but Mitchell Santner, standing at cover position, dived and caught the ball and threw it to the bowler. Suryakumar runs for a run, but Kohli denies him. The bowler picked up the ball and handed it to the keeper, Surya could not reach the crease and was run out. He scored only 2 runs.

Kohli was 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 was dismissed before the team won. The fourth ball of the 48th over was bowled by Matt Henry of a slower good length. Kohli played a shot in the air for a six, but was caught by Glenn Phillips at mid-wicket.

However, by the time Kohli got out, Team India was on the verge of victory. India chased down the target just 2 balls after his wicket. Jadeja scored a very important 39 runs. On the other hand, Virat Kohli fell victim to a nervous night for the 7th time in ODIs. Nervous nights mean playing an innings between 90 and 99 runs and missing out on a century. Virat was dismissed between 90 and 99 for the sixth time, not out just once during this period.

Rohit embraced Kohli

Ravindra Jadeja hit a four over long leg on the last ball of the 48th over to give India a 4-wicket win. As soon as the match was won, Rohit Sharma, the captain of Team India standing in the dugout, embraced Virat Kohli, who was dismissed for 95 runs. Rohit was also a key contributor in the match, scoring 46 runs and also sharing an opening partnership of 71 runs with Shubman Gill.

This is how Team India’s wicket fell…

First: First ball of the 12th over, Lockie Ferguson bowled outside off stump, which Rohit went to defend, but was bowled as the edge hit.

Second: The second ball of the 14th over saw Lockie Ferguson bowl an outside off stump bouncer, which Gill played an upper cut shot, but Daryl Mitchell at third man took a simple catch.

Third: Third ball of the 22nd over, Trent Boult bowled a short ball, which Iyer played a pull shot, but the ball went to deep square leg out of timing and was caught by Devon Conway.

4th: First ball of the 33rd over, Mitchell Santner bowled a good length on the stumps, which Rahul stepped forward to defend, the umpire gave a not out, but the Kiwis took a review and Rahul was out LBW.

Fifth: The fifth ball of the 34th over was bowled by Surya over cover, which was fielded brilliantly by the centurion and the ball to Trent Boult, but there was a mix-up between Kohli and Surya and Surya was run out at the strike end.

This is how New Zealand’s wicket fell…

First: Siraj bowled a fuller length off the third ball of the fourth over, which Devon Conway flicked to forward square leg, but Iyer, who was standing there, made a brilliant diving catch.

Second: Before the ninth over, Shami took a wicket with the ball before his own over. He bowled to Will Young at a good length on the off stump, which Will Young went to play a shot on the backfoot, but was bowled by the edge.

Third: In the third ball of the 34th over, Shami bowled an off cutter, which Rachin Ravindra shot at long-on, but Shubman Gill, standing on the boundary, took a simple catch due to lack of timing.

4th: Fifth ball of the 37th over, Kuldeep Yadav bowled a speed ball on the leg stump, which was missed by captain Tom Latham as he went to play the shot and was out LBW.

Fifth: Second ball of the 45th over, Kuldeep bowls a fuller length, which Glenn Phillips goes to hit hard, but the ball goes too high in the air as the edge hits, and is caught by Rohit Sharma.

Sixth: In the 47th over, Bumrah bowled a good length, which Mark Chapman shot to deep square leg, with Kohli on the boundary diving forward to take the catch.

Seventh: In the fourth ball of the 48th over, Mohammed Shami bowled round the wicket and bowled a precise yorker to Mitchell Santner, who was bowled by Santner.

Eighth: Fifth ball of the 48th over, Mohammed Shami bowls a good length, which comes in a bit and Matt Henry is bowled.

Ninth: In the fifth ball of the 50th over, Shami bowled a fuller length, which Daryl Mitchell shot to mid-wicket side, but was caught by Kohli on the boundary due to lack of timing.

10th: Last ball of the 50th over Shami missed a bolt shot, but both players ran for runs, but wicketkeeper Rahul ran out Lockie Ferguson with a direct hit.

Rohit embraced Kohli

Ravindra Jadeja hit a four over long leg on the last ball of the 48th over to give India a 4-wicket win. As soon as the match was won, Rohit Sharma, the captain of Team India standing in the dugout, embraced Virat Kohli, who was dismissed for 95 runs. Rohit was also a key contributor in the match, scoring 46 runs and also sharing an opening partnership of 71 runs with Shubman Gill.