IND vs NZ: Can Team India beat New Zealand in Semi Finals?
ICC Cricket World Cup 2023: The first semi-final match of the World Cup 2023 will be played between India and New Zealand. This match will be played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. Millions of fans around the world are waiting for this match. Indian fans have an emotional connection with this match, as India faced defeat in the semi-final match against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. So this time the fans hope that Team India will beat New Zealand and take revenge for that defeat.
New Zealand has dominated Team India in last 20 years of ICC tournament, but this time Team India can beat New Zealand in semi-final match. There are many reasons for this. We are going to tell you about the major reasons on the basis of which Team India can defeat New Zealand in the semi-final match.
Currently, Team India is in a different form. Team India has almost single-handedly won 8 matches in the league stage of the World Cup. In this World Cup, India has defeated all 9 teams and earlier in the Asia Cup, Team India had a one-sided victory. In this World Cup, India did not even give a chance to 100 runs to strong teams like Sri Lanka and South Africa. On the other hand, New Zealand also played excellent cricket in the beginning of this World Cup, but then they faced 4 consecutive defeats. So currently India’s form is better than New Zealand’s.
Top-5 batsmen of Team India have performed amazingly in this World Cup. Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer and KL Rahul have all scored a lot of runs in the World Cup. Rohit Sharma has scored 503 runs, Shubman Gill has scored 270 runs, Virat Kohli has scored 594 runs (highest in World Cup), Shreyas Iyer has scored 421 runs and KL Rahul has scored 347 runs. Together these five have scored 5 centuries and 15 fifties so far. These figures are enough to prove that the batsmen of Team India are in excellent form.
Batting has always been the strength of Team India, but after watching Team India’s bowling in this World Cup, cricket legends around the world believe that India’s bowling is the most dangerous bowling in the world this time. Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammad Siraj, Mohammad Shami, Kuldeep Yadav and Ravindra Jadeja are five bowlers who take wickets and can single-handedly change the course of a match at any time. In this World Cup, Jasprit Bumrah has taken 17 wickets, Mohammad Shami 16, Ravindra Jadeja 16, Kuldeep Yadav 14 and Mohammad Siraj 12. That means these five bowlers of Team India have taken a total of 75 wickets so far. This shows that this time Team India is not depending on any one bowler but all the bowlers and it will not be easy for the New Zealand batsmen to face them.