IND vs NZ Semi Final LIVE: Fierce competition between India and New Zealand, who is stronger than whom, these players will be in focus – Bollywood Keeda

IND vs NZ Semi Final LIVE: The first semi-final match of the World Cup between India and New Zealand (India vs New Zealand semi final) will be held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai from 2 pm today. Today’s match is going to be very special. The eyes of all cricket lovers are fixed on today’s match. India’s match with New Zealand (India vs New Zealand) is a big challenge. The winner of the match between the two teams will enter the final.

Will keep an eye on these players (India vs New Zealand)

In the semi-final match, everyone’s eyes will be on India’s Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, Shubman Gill, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami and Jasprit Bumrah. New Zealand’s Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson, Trent Boult and Lockie Ferguson will be in focus.

New Zealand’s record in India

New Zealand faced Team India for the first time on Indian soil in the ICC ODI World Cup in 1987. In its first match against New Zealand, the Indian team won by 16 runs. There was a clash between the two teams for the second time in this World Cup. In this match, Sunil Gavaskar had scored a century and fast bowler Chetan Sharma created a sensation by taking three wickets in three consecutive balls and taking a hat-trick.

In this tournament, the teams of India and New Zealand have faced each other at the Dharamshala Stadium. Which India won by 4 wickets. Now both the teams are competing in the semi-finals. Although Team India’s previous record in the ICC ODI World Cup was nothing special, but after a long gap of 20 years, India finally defeated New Zealand. In such a situation, the New Zealand team in front of Team India may look nervous.

Who is superior to whom (India vs New Zealand)

The two teams have faced each other a total of 9 times in the World Cup. During this period, New Zealand team has won 5 matches, whereas India has got success in only 4 matches. In such a situation, the Indian team will try its best to bring these figures on par.

pitch report

Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium is known for high-scoring matches. The pitch is suitable for batting with a short boundary line, which allows easy hitting of fours and sixes. However, from a bowling point of view the pitch is known to provide a little help to the spinners. But short boundaries can be a problem for spin bowlers. Also, the new ball helps the fast bowlers a lot in the second innings. For this reason, India had bowled out Sri Lanka for 55 runs.

The average score of the first innings on this pitch is 261 runs. A total of 14 matches have been won by batting first on this pitch and 13 matches have been won by chasing the target. The highest score at the Wankhede Stadium is 438/4, made by South Africa against hosts India in 2015.

Probable playing XI of India and New Zealand team

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

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