India Vs New Zealand: Semi Final 1

India to face New Zealand in a semi final clash of the world cup on 9th June at the Old Trafford stadium in Manchester.

Key Battles:

1.Rohit Sharma vs Trent Boult

2.Lockie Ferguson vs Virat Kohli

3.MS Dhoni vs Mitchell Santner

4.Colin Munro vs Jasprit Bumrah

5.Williamson-Taylor vs Kuldeep-Chahal

Riding on a pretty successful outing in this tournament team India will look to dominate the Black Caps with as their form has dipped during the business end of the tournament. going into the semi finals with three consequtive losses New Zealand will look to enter back to back world cup finals.

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There has been some contrasting differences between the two sides going into the clash on Tuesday.

India with their top order piling runs match after match and bowlers adapting to every possible situation they have a great momentum going onto the field.

On the other hand New Zealand with great first half of the tournament found themselves in a sort of bother in the later half. Top order not scoring enough runs. A lot depends on Williamson and Taylor as far as batting is concerned. But three straight losses going into the big game like a world cup semi final indicates lack of momentum which means they start a notch behind in the game.

Though New Zealand have a better world cup record against India. Also India lost to New Zealand in the warm-up game before the world cup. But in recent series played between both the sides India won 4-1 in New Zealand. Team India have been playing some good cricket and they will have a steep task ahead in a pressure game tomorrow against one of the tournament favourites.

The other bad news for Cricket fans and New Zealand is the weather in Manchester. The forecast indicates showers on tuesday. We've already seen the league game washed out between both the teams. The semi finals and the final have a reserve day. But if both the days are washed out India will be through to the finals as they sit on top of the points table.

As cricket lovers everyone will want a full game of cricket to decide who deserves to get to the Finals.