ICC Cricket World Cup 2019, Semi-Final 1 India vs New Zealand

World Cup 2019 Semi-Final 1, India vs New Zealand 

World Cup 2019 Semi-Final 1, India vs New Zealand 

A great set back for team India as one of the most of am to win the world cup  2019 was knocked outfavorites te in the semi final 1 by New Zealand who finished the league matches at no. 4 and the runner up of 2015 qualifies again in the finals by beating team India by 18 runs.

      Team India's journey in World Cup 2019 just got over without the mission being accomplished 

New Zealand played brilliantly and set a total of 239-8 in 50 overs where the skipper Williamson scored 67 runs (6 fours) of 95 balls and than the most experienced player of the  team Ross Taylor scored the the most crucial 74 runs (3 fours, 1 six) of 90  balls which helped the team to reach that competitive total.

Ross Taylor, World Cup 2019 semi-final 1

          The bowlers done their job beautifully for team India and restricted Kiwis at a score of 239 where Bhuvneshwar Kumar took 3 wickets conceding 43 runs in his 10 overs and Bumrah, Chahal, Hardik and Jadeja picked 1 wicket each. 

 The total set by New Zealand was not so huge and seemed too easy for team India but the New Zealand bowlers made it difficult by departing the top 3 batsman at their individual score of 1 run especially Matt Henry who picked the wicket of the most consistent batsman Rohit Sharma and Kl Rahul along with the wicket of  Dinesh Kartik and Trent Boult picked the wicket of Virat Kohli. 

Later on Rishab Pant and Hardik Pandya tried to built a partnership but Mitchell Santner made them play loose shots and depart one after another at the score of 32 runs each. At a point team India was in big trouble as they lost 6 wickets at a total of 92 runs.

World Cup 2019 semi-final 1, Ravindra Jadeja

Then Ravindra Jadeja walks in to bat along with MS Dhoni and played a brilliant knock and scored runs at a strike rate of 130 but the team was quite unfortunate to loose the wicket of Jadeja at a crucial point in the 48th over where he score 77 runs (4 fours, 4 sixes) of 59 balls. And at very next over MS Dhoni got out by a match changing throw by Martin Guptil and all the hopes for team India ruined and the team was wrapped out at 221-10 in 49.3 overs.

Matt Henry, World Cup 2019 Semi-Final 1

   Matt Henry was the most successfully bowler for New Zealand and got the Player of the match award where he picked 3 wickets conceding 37 runs with 2 maiden overs. Trent Boult picked two most important wickets at a crucial point along with Santner, Lockie Ferguson and Jamesh Neesham got 1 wicket at the end. And thus New Zealand qualifies for the finals on 14th of July 2019 with a brilliant team performance.