New Zealand in ICC CWC 2019 Final by beating India by 18 Runs at Manchester
New Zealand in ICC CWC 2019 Final by beating India by 18 Runs.
New Zealand reached ICC CWC 2019 final by beating India by 18 runs in first semi final of ICC Cricket World Cup 2019.
It is second time that New Zealand reached in final of ICC CWC .In 2015 they played final of ICC CWC 2015 at Melbourne vs Australia.Now New Zealand will face Winner of 2nd semi final Australia vs England.
Playing first New Zealand scored 239 runs in 50 overs.Kane Williamson scored 67 off 95 balls and Ross Taylor scored 74 off 90 balls. Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 for 43 in 1overs, Bumrah 1 for 39 and Pandya 1 for 55 in 10 overs.Jadeja took 1 for 34 and Chahal 1 for 63.
India need 240 runs in 50 overs. India start was total desaster. Indian lost first wicket in 2nd over when Henry took wicket of Rohit Sharma .Sharma scored 1 and India score was 4.Virat Kohli was 2nd to go. Boult LBW Virat Kohli at 1 and India was 2 for 5.Henry struck again in first balls of 4th over.KL Rahul was caught by Latham on Henry Ball.India lost 3rd wicket on 5 and India lost 6th wicket at 92.Ravindra Jadeja and MS Dhoni scored 116 runs in 7th wicket partnership.In 48th over Jadeja was caught by Kane Williamson on Boult ball.Jadeja scored 77 off 59 balls.
Jadeja hit 4 fours and 4 sixes.In 49th over India last hope MS Dhoni run out at score of 216 .India lost 8th wicketa nd Dhoni scored 50 off 72 balls. Mat Henry took three 3 for 37 runs in 10 overs.Trent Boult took 2 for 42 in 10 overs.Ferguson took 1 for 43 and Neesham took 1 for 49 in 7.3 overs.Santner was most economical with ball with 34 runs in 10 overs and 2 wickets .Mat Henry was player of match for his bowling performance.
In 11 CWC New reached in semi final 7 times and won 2 and lost 5 semi final. New Zeland has not won ICC Cricket World Cup.
Final Result b1st semi Final.
New Zealand beat India by 18 runs.
New Zealand 239/8 in 50 overs.
India 221 all out in 49.3 overs.