New Zealand cricket gamers are seen throughout a apply session forward of the primary semifinal towards India in Mumbai on November 13, 2023.
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No staff has been capable of take a sport deep towards India within the 2023 Men’s World Cup league stage. If in any respect a aspect has requested some query of Rohit Sharma’s males, it’s the 2 trans-Tasman groups.
The lesser-fancied of these two groups has emerged because the bogey staff for India within the ICC tournaments, particularly knockouts, of late. No surprise New Zealand is hoping to construct on not solely the latest ICC historical past but in addition the league sport in Dharamsala three weeks in the past.
“It was a hard-fought game. I thought that has been extremely well, to get a great total on that. And of course, with one-day cricket and playing against India, there is a lot of ebbs and flows,” stated Lockie Ferguson, the New Zealand pacer, on Monday night forward of the staff’s first coaching session on the Wankhede Stadium.
While India has been unstoppable, New Zealand has had a rollercoaster experience to date within the World Cup. After beginning the match with 4 wins, New Zealand misplaced the subsequent 4 ties earlier than sealing the fourth place within the semifinal with a convincing win towards Sri Lanka.
Ferguson indicated that the patchy form within the league stage will have no bearing come Wednesday. “Part of tournament cricket and certainly World Cup cricket. Every team we play here is an exceptional team and have done their homework, done their scouting and we had a couple of close games that didn’t quite go away and a rain -affected one,” Ferguson stated.
“That’s the joy of tournament cricket and nice to bounce back in our last round rubbing to find ourselves here but from our point of view ,those nine games have got us to this position and we kind of all start from zero again. So come Wednesday, it will be a good challenge.”
