The stage is about in Ahmedabad as Team India get set to tackle Australia within the ultimate of 2023 ODI World Cup on Sunday (November 19). Rohit Sharma and his troops have already reached town the ultimate goes to be performed at and Australia have efficiently defeated South Africa by 3 wickets in what was a nail-biting thriller at Eden Gardens in Kolkata. A slight rain delay was there on Thursday however nothing might cease the Aussies from reaching the ultimate of the World Cup.
Men in Blue reached Ahmedabad after their sensational victory in opposition to New Zealand in Mumbai which was additionally their second win in opposition to the Kiwis in World Cup historical past. Take a take a look at the video of Team India arriving in Ahmedabad. (Cricket World Cup 2023: David Beckham Wishes Luck To Rohit Sharma And Team India For Final – WATCH)
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South African middle-order batter David Miller made historical past on Thursday, smashing the first-ever century by a Proteas batter in an ICC Cricket World Cup knockout match however his efffort went in useless because the Proteas had been crushed by 7 wickets.
Miller completed this milestone through the semifinal match of the ICC Cricket World Cup in opposition to Australia at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens. Miller walked in at 24/4 and smashed a memorable century regardless of all odds. He scored 101 runs in 116 balls. His knock consisted of eight fours and 5 sixes. His runs got here at a strike price of over 87.
This has overtaken Faf Du Plessis’s 82-run knock in opposition to New Zealand within the 2015 Cricket World Cup semifinal as the perfect rating by a South African in WC knockouts. Miller’s century can be solely the third century by a South African in an ICC occasion knockout match. Earlier, Herschelle Gibbs had made 116* in opposition to India within the semifinal of the ICC Champions Trophy 2002. Jacques Kallis additionally made 113* in opposition to Sri Lanka within the semifinal of the 1998 Champions Trophy.
Miller has additionally overtaken Kallis to develop into Proteas’ second-highest six-hitter in ODI cricket, with 138 sixes. Kallis had hit 137 sixes in his ODI profession. The highest ODI sixes by a South African batter are by AB de Villiers, who has 200 sixes within the 50-over format.
Besides Glenn Maxwell (three centuries), Miller is the one batter who comes at quantity 5 or under to have two or extra World Cup tons. Miller has scored two centuries in his World Cup profession.
In 10 matches of this World Cup, Miller has scored 356 runs at a mean of 44.50. He has ended unbeaten twice. Miller has scored a century and a fifty within the match, with the perfect rating of 101 and a strike price of over 107.
Now, the main focus shifts to the ultimate of the match which can be between the mighty Aussies and the red-hot Men in Blue. It goes to be ODI World Cup ultimate quantity 8 for Australia and they’ll certainly be examined by the hosts nation who’re unbeaten within the match.