Team India skipper Rohit Sharma opted to bat first within the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 semi-final in opposition to New Zealand at Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday, November 15. Rohit mentioned that the wicket seemed good however was on the slower facet since it is a used pitch and urged that it may get slower as the sport progressed, one thing which New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson alluded to as effectively which is why he wished to bat first as effectively.
Batting first at Wankhede is a large benefit contemplating how poor the batters have carried out within the powerplay whereas batting second and for the reason that observe can be contemporary to bat first, the workforce defending may placed on a very huge rating and the chasing facet would possibly succumb beneath strain, as has been the case within the event.
Both groups went unchanged as the Men in Blue hope to get a giant rating first up and defend later to qualify for his or her fourth remaining in ODI World Cup historical past. This is the second time when India and New Zealand are dealing with one another in an ODI World Cup semi-final after the notorious 2019 conflict the place the Kiwis prevailed on the reserve day in a rain-hit knockout in Manchester 4 years in the past.
Playing XIs
India:Â Rohit Sharma(c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul(w), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj
New Zealand:Â Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson (c), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Tom Latham (wk), Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Lockie Ferguson
Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill can be hoping to give India an excellent begin and can goal to negate the opening bowling menace of Trent Boult and Tim Southee, which was the key contest accountable in deciding the semi-final 4 years in the past.
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