New Zealand tempo bowler Trent Boult is extraordinarily excited with the prospect of facing India in the primary semifinal of the continuing World Cup. Though it’s nonetheless not confirmed, the highest 4 are kind of set after the Kiwis’ thumping win over Sri Lanka that noticed their web run-rate soar to 0.743, method past Pakistan and Afghanistan’s attain.
While Afghanistan are facing South Africa on Friday, Pakistan might be locking horns towards England in their respective last league stage matches and face an inconceivable state of affairs to go previous New Zealand’s NRR now. This confirms that India might be taking up their nemesis New Zealand in the semifinal on the Wankhede stadium in Mumbai.
Meanwhile, Boult who picked three wickets to derail Sri Lanka in Bengaluru is wanting ahead to play towards the red-hot Indian aspect that has not misplaced a single sport in eight outings in this World Cup but. “They (India) are playing a positive style of cricket and I suppose playing shots does present chances. But we’re going to be very clear with how we’re going to tackle that game,” he stated in the post-match press convention.
For the unversed, New Zealand defeated India in the semifinal of 2019 World Cup by 18 runs with the encounter being the final of MS Dhoni‘s illustrious profession as properly. However, when the 2 groups locked horns earlier in the event, India managed to win towards the Kiwis by 4 wickets.Â
“I think there’ll be a lot of excitement and the prospect of that challenge … as I said it doesn’t get any bigger than taking on India in front of 1.5 billion people. Yeah, it’s very exciting. To come up against the host nation, a team that’s red hot, playing good cricket – you couldn’t script it any better,” Boult added. “We’ve played India a lot of times. Quality players know these conditions very well. History suggests it’s a good wicket (at Wankhede) and, yeah, nice to have come up against them in Dharamsala,” the left-arm pacer additional stated.
