India vs New Zealand highlights: India defeated New Zealand after 20 years , Virat Kohli and Mohammad Sami became game changers

India vs New Zealand highlights :

In the 21st match of World Cup 2023, India achieved a historic win against New Zealand by four wickets. The win ended a two-decade-long drought for India, as they had not beaten New Zealand in a World Cup match for 20 years.

Great Opening Partnership :

An excellent opening partnership between Rohit Sharma (46 runs off 40 balls) and Shubman Gill (26 runs off 31 balls) gave India a strong start, with 71 runs being scored for the first wicket. However, New Zealand's Lockie Ferguson dismissed Rohit in the 11th over and sent Gill back to the pavilion in the 14th over.

Virat Kohli's brilliant performance:

A brilliant performance was seen from India's chase master Virat Kohli, who played a brilliant inning and scored 95 runs in 104 balls, which included 8 fours and 2 sixes.

After the dismissal of Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill, Kohli played an important role by forming three important partnerships. He made a partnership of 52 runs with Shreyas Iyer (33 off 29 balls) for the third wicket and 54 runs partnership with KL Rahul (27 off 35 balls) for the fourth wicket. In the 22nd over, Trent Boult took the wicket of Iyer and in the 33rd over, Mitchell Santner dismissed Rahul. Suryakumar Yadav was run out for 2 runs in the 34th over.

India's victory partnership:

When India lost five wickets for 191 runs, the responsibility of carrying the innings forward fell on Kohli and Ravindra Jadeja.

Both made a partnership of 78 runs for the sixth wicket and took India to victory. However, at the last moment Kohli lost his wicket while trying to hit a six. However, Jadeja led India to victory by remaining unbeaten on 39 runs in 44 balls, which included three fours and a six. Mohammed Shami added 1 run.

New Zealand innings :

New Zealand had set a target of 274 runs on the board. Indian bowlers bowled admirably. Mohammed Shami was an excellent performer, taking 5 wickets for 54 runs in 10 overs, which is a great performance in the World Cup.

Daryl Mitchell performed brilliantly for New Zealand and scored 130 runs in 127 balls with the help of 9 fours and 5 sixes. New Zealand had a bad start and in the fourth over, Mohammad Siraj dismissed Devon Conway, who could not even open his account. Mohammed Shami bowled out Will Young on 17 in the ninth over.

Rachin Ravindra and Darly Mitchell made a big partnership of 159 runs for the third wicket, but Shami ended this partnership by dismissing Ravindra in the 34th over. 

Indian bowlers attack :

After this, Kuldeep Yadav strengthened India's grip on the match by dismissing captain Tom Latham for 5 runs in the 37th over and Glenn Phillips for 23 runs in the 45th over. In the 47th over, Jasprit Bumrah increased the problems for New Zealand by sending Mark Chapman back to the pavilion for 6 runs. After this, Shami bowled Mitchell Santner at 1 run and Matt Henry at 0 in the 48th over. New Zealand lost two more wickets in the 50th over bowled by Shami, on the fifth ball of the last over, Kohli took the catch of Darly Mitchell and Lockie Ferguson (1) was run out on the last ball of the over.

India's historic win :

India's remarkable performance led to their fifth consecutive win in the World Cup 2023 and a historic win over New Zealand after two decades.

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