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Match 46: India vs New Zealand 1st Semifinal - ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 Post Match Summary

Old Trafford created history in WC matches! It’s the Kiwis who made it for the 2nd consecutive time for the finals! The match 46 which is the 1st Semi-final happened between India and New Zealand at Old Trafford, Manchester, England. As it was a reserve day match which should be resulted for the must for whom to play in the final the matches happened for 2 days on July 9th and 10th. It was 10:30 am.

First innings :

on July 9th and commenced again at 10:28 am by the local time at Old Trafford flooded in rain on July 9th. The toss was won by the Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson and as all expected he decided to bat 1st since the track initially looked dry and flat. First Innings It was the experienced Martin Guptill and Henry Nicholas opened the innings. It was Guptill who was expected at least this time for the WC 2019 failed to make runs on this name departed firstly for 1 off 14 deliveries. Then it was the New Zealand captain Kane Williamson came in the middle. The partnership for the 2nd wicket went on till 68 runs as the South-paw batsman Henry Nicholas departed for 28 off 51 balls with 2 boundaries included. It was Ross Taylor the most experienced the 35-year-old the senior batsman for the Kiwi’s came middle in the middle along with his captain Kane Williamson as the partnership for the 3rd wicket went on for 65 runs which made the most crucial part of the innings why not even for the match. Kane who settled so firmly departed after marking his 2nd fifty of this 2019 WC which excludes 2 centuries as he went for 67 off 95 balls with 6 boundaries included. On the other end the experienced Ross Taylor who is playing his 4th WC played more sensibly and responsibly who made his 5th WC fifty despite playing 4 World Cups. In the start of the 47th over when Taylor was at 67 the rain interrupted the play. As the rain did not stop the match referees decided to make a reverse day match with the knowledge and acceptance of the 2 Captains. Thus, the play began to start on July 10th, Wednesday by 10:28 am the local time.
Though it was a fresh start on the 2nd day New Zealand could manage only 28 runs in the final 23 balls. Ross who commenced on 67 departed for 74 off 90 balls with 3 boundaries and a six included. As 5 wickets were left the Kiwis decided to fire to increase the team’s total but, it’s the Indian bowlers who were on top to restrict them. The Indian bowler Bhuvaneshwar Kumar who picked a 3 wicket-haul was on top where all the all other 4 regular bowlers which include the world no.1 Jasprit Bumrah, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja and Yuzhvendra Chahal picked 1 wicket each. Thus, New Zealand finally made 239 for the loss of 8 wickets in their complete 50 overs.

Second Innings :

With only 10 minutes break to start the second innings, it was the inform successive opening pair KL Rahul and the “Hit-Man” Rohit Sharma who both went for the comfortable chase. A miracle happened for the New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson who expected from his pacemakers to pick early wickets. The top order batsmen including the Indian skipper and the world no.1 batsman Virat Kohli departed from the middle for just 1 run. The world no.1 (Virat) and no.2 (Rohit) with the inform batsman KL Rahul departed for just 1 run who were the only dependable and set batsmen for team India as the middle order did not find any proper connect. It was the experienced Dinesh Karthick who only plays his 2nd innings in WCs just made just 6 runs off 25 balls he faced with only 1 boundary in his innings. It was the young next generation wicket-keeper batman Rishabh Pant and the all-rounder Hardik Pandya was in the middle. As the pair built a solid 47 runs partnership off 77 balls. Pant who settled well in the middle himself gave his wicket to Colin de Grandhomme who was in the deep mid-wicket for 32 off 56 balls with 4 boundaries under his belt. Exactly 21 runs later it was again the settled Pandya departed for 32 off 62 balls with only 2 boundaries which should be noticed keenly of his innings. It was then Mahendra Singh Dhoni walked in the middle as Ravindra Jadeja got a chance to pair along with him. It was 92 for 6 at one stage then with Dhoni matured class game and Jadeja’s composure made them to built a century partnership for the 7th wicket which for the 1st time for India to built such a 7th wicket partnership in World Cups. Jadeja who batted so maturely made him secure his 1st WC half-century and 11th in ODIs. After the 47th over Jadeja decided to charge hardy which caused team India to lose the wicket as he made 77 off just 59 balls with 4 fours and 4 sixes included. Now, all pressure we on Dhoni who was a specialist to handle pressure situations. It required 30 from the last 2 overs and in the 3rd ball when Dhoni came for the 2nd run he was run-out with a brilliant direct hit by the Kiwi opening batsmen Martin Guptill. Thus MSD went from the middle exactly for 50 off 72 balls with 1 boundary and a six included. Thus, his last WC match went through a run-out as he marked his 73rd ODI fifty and 2nd World Cups. After MSD’s wicket India lost their match by losing all their 10 wickets as the New Zealand bowler Matt Henry took a 3 wicket-haul while Trent Boult and Mitchell Santer picked 2 each. Thus, team India failed decently to 221 runs with just 3 balls left in their innings.



Man of the Match(MOM): It was Matt Henry who grabbed the Man of the Match for this 3 wicket-haul.

Records: Kane Williamson by this registered his 3rd WC fifty which is 2nd in this WC 2019 and 39th in ODIs.

Ross Taylor registered his 5th WC fifty and 3rd in this WC 2019. Ross finally made match a winning crucial knock who brought his 50th fifty in ODIs.

It was the unexpectedly Ravi Jadeja who can bat marked his maiden half-century in WC and 11th in ODIs which was an outstanding remembering knock.

Thus, The Rohit Sharma failed to create the world record of maximum no of runs secured in a single WC tournament by holding the 3rd position for 648 runs next to Mathew Hayden's 659 runs and Sachin's 673 runs who is in the top.

Finally, MS Dhoni who departed for 50 marked his 73rd ODI fifty.