Matt Henry to Shubman Gill, 1 run, straying onto leg,
1.1
Matt Henry to Shubman Gill, no run, a big inswinger to begin with. Classic Test match length that beats Gill on the inside edge and strikes him on the top of the pad flap. A loud appeal from Henry but too high perhaps, and just outside the line of off
Matt Henry, right-arm fast medium, comes into the attack
0.6
Boult to Rohit, no run, fuller and wide outside off, no swing. Driven to the fielder at short cover. First over survived!!
0.5
Boult to Rohit, no run, on a length angling onto fourth stump, punched softly towards mid-off
0.4
Boult to Rohit, no run, fuller delivery on middle stump, turned to mid-wicket
0.3
Boult to Rohit, no run, back of length angling across. Defended
0.2
Boult to Rohit, FOUR, to backward square leg
0.1
Boult to Rohit, no run, gentle length ball angling onto off stump to begin with, defended into the pitch
Rohit and Shubman Gill are at the crease. Rohit is on strike. Boult will open the attack
Trent Boult with the new ball, one slip in place. Rohit Sharma on strike Watch out for the inswinger!
Right, so we are ready for the chase. Four years ago, in a World Cup semi-final, an Indian top-order of KL Rahul, Virat Kohli and Rohit Sharma all fell cheaply against the new ball threat of Trent Boult and Matt Henry. Will today be a change to right those wrongs or will history repeat itself? An important ‘45 minutes of good/bad cricket’ coming up, let’s see who prevails…
Rachin Ravindra: It took a bit longer to get into my rhythm. The Indian bowlers did really well in the powerplay as well. However, as the game went by, the partnerships started to grow. I think we looked at the 280 mark while batting, the pitch was a bit low. They pegged us back with their death bowling. They bowled really well in the end. I think Jadeja and Kuldeep didn’t get too much turn, but the seamers had a bit of up and down bounce. Hopefully, our boys can do something similar.
Highest individual scores for New Zealand vs India in ODIs 145* - Tom Latham, Auckland, 2022 140 - Michael Bracewell, Hyderabad, 2023 138 - Devon Conway, Indore, 2023 130 - Daryl Mitchell, Dharamsala, 2023 120 - Nathan Astle, Rajkot, 1999
Shami in World Cups Matches: 12 Wickets: 36 Avg: 15.02 SR: 17.6 ER: 5.09
Most wickets for India in World Cups 44 - Zaheer Khan 44 - Javagal Srinath 36 - Mohammed Shami 31 - Anil Kumble 29 - Jasprit Bumrah 28 - Kapil Dev
India bowlers with five-fors in World Cups 2 - Mohammed Shami 1 - Kapil Dev 1 - Venkatesh Prasad 1 - Robin Singh 1 - Ashish Nehra 1 - Yuvraj Singh
Most 4-plus wicket hauls in World Cups 6 - Mitchell Starc 5 - Imran Tahir 5 - Mohammed Shami No other Indian bowler has more than two 4-plus wicket hauls in World Cups.
18:03 Local Time, 12:33 GMT, 18:03 IST: From being 243 for 4 to 273 all-out. NZ would be a little disappointed. The innings was headlined by one substantial partnership.
49.6
Shami to Boult, out Ferguson Run Out!! Ferguson run out (Rahul) 1(5)