After India’s victory over New Zealand on October 22 at the Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium in Dharamshala, they are currently in first place on the point table for the Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023. This victory moved India up to the number one spot. New Zealand previously held the first spot, but after losing to India, they are now in second place at the point table with 4 wins and 1 loss after finishing 5 matches. Their total points are now 8. On the other hand, India is still undefeated in this World Cup with five wins in five games. Their total points are now 10.
India won the match by 4 wickets, with 12 balls left in the match. The HPCA Stadium was full of thousands of supporters from both sides. Indian fans celebrated the whole match as they knew they were going to win it. It was a really great day for India and their supporters. On the other hand, New Zealand tried their best to win the match, but it was unfortunate that they lost the match. The people of New Zealand and those who supported them had a terrible day. India fully controlled the match both in batting and bawling. New Zealand had no chance against the England team on this day.
After winning the toss, India made the decision to bowl first. Devon Conway and Will Young started their opening for New Zealand, but their wickets went really fast as the Indian bowler did not give any chance to score. Devon Conway scored 0 after playing nine balls and got out by Mohammed Siraj. Will Young scored only 17 runs with 27 bowls, but he got out by Mohammed Shami’s bowl. After that, Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell took the match by the hand and played an excellent match. Rachin scored 75 runs after playing 87 bowls. He had six 4s and one 6 in this match. He got out by Shami. Mitchell scored a fantastic century in this match, but it did not help his team win the match. He scored 130 runs after playing only 127 bowls. He had nine 4s and five 6s in this match. Shami also took his wicket at the very end of the inning. After that, no one can score much for New Zealand. Glenn Phillips scored only 23 runs and got out by Kuldeep Yadav’s bowl.
At the end of the innings, New Zealand scored 273 runs after losing all of their wickets in 50 overs. Mohammed Shami played an excellent role in this match to defeat New Zealand, as he took five crucial wickets after giving up only 54 runs in 10 overs. Apart from him, Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets, Jasprit Bumrah took 1 wicket, and Mohammed Siraj took 1 wicket in this match.
India needs 274 runs to win the match against New Zealand. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill started the opener and played really well. Rohit scored 46 runs after playing 40 bowls. During this match, he had four fours, as well as four sixes. But he got out of the Lockie Ferguson bowl before completing his fifty. Shubman Gill scored 26 runs after playing 31 bowls. He hit five fours in this match but got out by a Lockie Ferguson bowl. After them, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer started playing and took their team to victory. Kohli scored 95 runs after playing 104. Virat kohli just played and excellent game to make his team win in this match. During this match, he had eight fours and two sixes to his name. Kohli got out by Matt Henry, and Iyer got out by Trent Boult. After them, KL Rahul scored 27 runs, and Ravindra Jadeja scored 39 runs.
Lockie Ferguson took 2 wickets, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, and Trent Boult each got 1 wicket in this match. India scored 274 runs after losing six wickets in just 48 overs.
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Scores:
New Zealand: 270 (50)
India: 274/6 (48)
India won the match by four wickets against New Zealand.