After winning the toss against New Zealand in the first semi-final, the Indian batsmen ran rampant against the Kiwi bowlers. India picked up 397 runs after losing 4 wickets in the stipulated 50 overs. Which is the record of the highest collection in the knockout phase of the World Cup. New Zealand need 398 runs to win. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer scored double centuries for India today.
Rohit Sharma went on a rampage against the Kiwis. However, Team Southee brought back the devastating Rohit. When Rohit returned, Shubman Gill ran rampant with Virat. When he returned to Sajghar as a retired heart with a personal 79 runs, Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer made a pair. Both of them scored double centuries today. Today, Virat made a record by picking up a century. Indian A batsman has become the owner of 50 centuries in the 50 over version. In the end India scored 397 runs losing 4 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Shubman Gill recovered and went to the field unbeaten on 80 runs.
After winning the toss at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Indian opener Rohit Sharma started to attack the QI bowlers. And he was accompanied by Shubman Gill.
India completed the team’s half-century in just 5 overs with this pair. Rohit was becoming more and more terrible. Finally Tim Southee brought him back.
Rohit, who was on the verge of a half-century, scored 47 runs off 29 balls and returned to the dressing room after being caught by Kane Williamson off Tim Southee. On his departure, India’s opening pair broke for 71 runs.
After Rohit’s departure, Shubman Gill formed a pair with Virat Kohli. Taking Kohli with him, he started rampaging the Kiwi bowlers. Team India scored a century in just 12 overs by relying on this pair.
Shubman Gill brought up a personal fifty against the Kiwis today off 41 balls. After picking up the half-century, he was becoming more formidable. However, he left the field as a retired heart after scoring 79 runs off 65 balls.
When Shubman Gill left the field due to retired heart, Virat Kohli formed a pair with Shreyas Iyer. In the midst of this, Virat Kohli picked up a personal half-century. He scored a half-century against the Kiwis in 59 balls. India picked up 200 runs in 28 overs based on this pair. India to gradually move towards larger collections.
Both these batsmen scored a pair of centuries after rampaging the Kiwi bowlers. Virat Kohli equaled cricket god Sachin Tendulkar’s record by scoring a century on his birthday. And today in the semi-final against New Zealand, Virat surpassed Sachin Tendulkar to become the world record for the highest century in ODIs. Indian A batsman has become the owner of 50 centuries in the 50 over version.
Kohli has set another record on the way to the century. The record in which he left Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan and India’s Sachin Tendulkar. These two had the record for most fifties in a World Cup so far. Sachin Tendulkar in 2003 and Shakib in 2019 played 7 innings without fifty. Kohli has surpassed that record too.
Kohli even broke another record in this one century. Sachin was the owner of the highest run in a World Cup so far. He scored 673 runs in South Africa in 2003. Kohli surpassed that too today. Before this match, Kohli’s runs were 594. Kohli now has 694 runs after the century.
However, despite taking a century, he could not take his innings further. Sajghar returned as Team Southee’s second victim after scoring 117 off 113 balls.
Shreya Iyer also scored a century after his departure. He also scored a century in the previous match. Kiwis today he took a century off 67 balls.
In the last over, Shubman Gill could score only 1 run when he came into the field again. In the end India scored 397 runs losing 4 wickets in the allotted 50 overs. Shubman Gill remained unbeaten on 80 runs and Lokesh Rahul on 39 runs.
(November 15/NBW)