World Cup 2023 Semi-Final-1 today: India and New Zealand will face each other in the second consecut

World Cup 2023 Semi-Final-1 today: India and New Zealand will face each other in the second consecutive knockout

The first semi-final match of ODI World Cup 2023 will be held today i.e. on 15th November in Mumbai. The match will be played between table-topper India and 2019 runner-up New Zealand. The match will start at 2:00 pm at Wankhede Stadium, with the toss taking place at 1:30 pm.

Team India will play the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup for the 8th time and New Zealand for the 9th time. Both the teams are going to face each other in the semi-finals for the second consecutive time in the tournament.

Indian fans will remember the day of July 10, 2019

Manchester 2019 to Mumbai 2023. After four years, once again both the teams will face each other in the semi-finals of the ODI World Cup. Today, when both the teams will take the field, the first thing Indian fans will remember is the date of July 10, 2019. When Team India was eliminated from the tournament after losing to this team in the semi-finals of the World Cup 2019. In 2019, Team India was considered a strong contender to win the World Cup but due to a close 18-run defeat against New Zealand in the semi-finals, the team was eliminated.

India won all 9 matches

Two-time world champion Team India has had an excellent performance in the league stage of this World Cup. The team proved itself in every department. India remained the table topper in the league stage by winning all 9 matches. The team started the tournament by defeating five-time world champion Australia.

After Australia, the team also defeated Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, New Zealand, England, Sri Lanka, South Africa and Netherlands. New Zealand was defeated by Team India by 4 wickets in Dharamsala. The team achieved the target of 274 runs by losing 6 wickets in the 48th over.

New Zealand won 5 out of 9 matches

New Zealand, the runner-up of the last World Cup, had a great start in this World Cup. The team had defeated the current champion England by 9 wickets in the first match of the tournament. After this the team also defeated Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Netherlands.

The Kiwi team was on the top of the points table after 4 consecutive wins, but from here they had to face 4 consecutive defeats. They were defeated by India, Australia, South Africa and Pakistan. The team could qualify for the semi-finals by defeating Sri Lanka in the last match of the league stage. The team won 5 out of 9 matches and made it to the knockouts by finishing at number 4 in the points table.

Kohli has scored 594 runs

Virat Kohli is the top run scorer of the tournament, with 594 runs in 9 matches. He has scored 5 fifties and 2 centuries, but he could not cross the score of 50 runs only against Pakistan and England. After him, captain Rohit Sharma and Shreyas Iyer have scored the most runs for the team.

Among bowlers, pacer Jasprit Bumrah has 17 wickets in his name. After him Ravindra Jadeja and Mohammed Shami have taken 16-16 wickets. Kuldeep Yadav has got 14 successes and Mohammad Siraj has got 12 successes.

Rachin has scored 3 centuries, Santner has 16 wickets

Rachin Ravindra, playing his first World Cup, is the team's top run scorer, he has scored 564 runs in 9 matches. Rachin also has 3 centuries and 2 fifties to his name. After him, Daryl Mitchell has scored 418 and Devon Conway has scored 359 runs.

Mitchell Santner has 16 wickets in his name among the bowlers, he is second among the spinners taking the most wickets in the tournament. After him, Trent Boult has taken 13 wickets. Lockie Ferguson has also taken 9 wickets.

Head-to-head and recent records

New Zealand has the upper hand in the ODI World Cup. There were 10 matches between the two in the tournament. New Zealand won in 5, while India won in 4. One match in 2019 remained inconclusive due to rain.

Both the teams last faced each other in the 21st league match of this World Cup. Then the match was played in Dharamshala. India won this match by 4 wickets.

A total of 117 ODIs have been played between India and New Zealand so far. India won 59 matches and New Zealand won 50 matches. 7 matches remained inconclusive, while one match was also tied.

pitch report

The pitch of Wankhede Stadium is batting friendly. Due to good bounce here, the ball hits the bat properly. The fifth and last match of the tournament will be played in the stadium. Toss can play a little role in today's match, because here 3 out of 4 matches of this World Cup have been won by the team batting first.

Wankhede has hosted a total of 27 ODI matches so far. In this, the teams batting in the first innings have won 14 matches and the teams batting in the second innings have won 13 matches. That is, if we look at the old records, the toss does not play any important role here. The highest team score here is 438, which was made by South Africa against India in 2015. The lowest score is 55 runs, which was made by Sri Lanka against India in the same tournament.

weather forecast

There is no problem regarding weather in Mumbai before the match. Today's weather will be clear in Mumbai. There is a 1% chance of rain. During this period the wind speed will be 6 kilometers per hour. The temperature can range from 25 to 36 degrees Celsius.

Possible playing-11

India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wicketkeeper), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami and Mohammed Siraj.

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (captain), Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wicketkeeper), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Lockie