India books World Cup 2023 final spot after Kohli, Shami heroics

MUMBAI: India booked ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 final spot after Virat Kohli and Muhammad Shami heroics in the semi-final against New Zealand.

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NZ 327  

OVERS 48.5

INDIA 397-4

OVERS 50

 

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Kohli’s classy century built on a blistering start from the Indian openers, as the tournament hosts got off to a flier in Mumbai.

 

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With wickets in hand and plenty of power to come, India were eyeing a huge score even once Kohli departed for 117. And Shreyas Iyer’s own stunning hundred helped them set the biggest-ever total in a Men’s Cricket World Cup semi-final, bringing up his ton off 67 balls.

Mitchell Santner’s 1/51 were the pick the returns for the Kiwis, with Tim Southee taking three of the four wickets to fall but finishing with expensive figures of 3/100. New Zealand require something special to chase down 397.

Rohit Sharma backed his own call by putting his foot on the pedal early on in the innings. He took on Trent Boult in the very first over with a couple of streaky fours. There wasn’t much with Boult’s lines in his opening over, but Rohit went in with the intent of taking quick runs.

 

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Iyer’s hundred came off 67 balls, the third quickest by an Indian man at a Cricket World Cup, with eight of his 12 boundaries being sixes before he departed for 105 to Boult.

India lost to New Zealand in the World Cup 2019 semi-final.

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