Injury has been an issue for India. Pacer Bhuvaneshwar Kumar’s hamstring injury made him sit out a few matches. Opening Batsman Shikhar Dhawan’s thumb injury and all-rounder Vijay Shankar’s toe injury ruled them out of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019. Rishab Pant and Mayank Agarwal replaced them, respectively. India has the momentum with them and it should be easy for them to take things forward.
Out of 9 matches that they have played, India won 7 and lost 1. The match against New Zealand had been abandoned because of rain. They finished the Group Stage in the 1st position with 15 points (Net Run Rate: +0.809).
New Zealand is yet to win a World Cup, so they would be desperately trying to accomplish this feat. Pakistan broke their streak of remaining unbeaten in this World Cup and then they went on to be defeated in two more matches. Fortunately, they had no injury scares. Their performance has been good throughout the tournament.
Out of 9 matches that they have played, New Zealand won 5 and lost 3. The match against India had been abandoned due to rain. They finished the Group Stage in the 4th position with 11 points (Net Run Rate: +0.175).
ICC World Cup Semifinal 1 Match Details
Semi-Final 1: India vs New Zealand.
Date: Tuesday, 9th of July 2019.
Reserve Day: Wednesday, 10th of July 2019.
Time : 9:30 am GMT / 10:30 am Local / 3 pm IST.
Venue: Old Trafford, Manchester.
World Cup Semifinal, India vs New Zealand
India
Rohit Sharma became the first person to score 5 tons in a single edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup. In India’s final match of the Group Stage, KL Rahul hit his first century in a World Cup. After taking 3 wickets in the match against Sri Lanka, Jasprit Bumrah became the 2nd fastest Indian to take 100 ODI wickets, after Mohammed Shami.
Playing XI: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli (Captain), Rishab Pant, MS Dhoni (Wicket-keeper), Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah.
New Zealand
Trent Boult has been very consistent and has been supported really well by Lockie Ferguson. Kane Williamson has been an amazing Captain and led the team from the front. He has scored 2 centuries. Ross Taylor and Colin Munro have also played well.
Playing XI: Colin Munro, Kane Williamson (Captain), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham (Wicket-keeper), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Tim Southee, Ish Sodhi.
ICC World Cup Semifinal, India vs New Zealand Dream11 Prediction
Both the teams remained unbeaten for some time in this World Cup. While India managed to recover from their loss, New Zealand suffered 3 back-to-back defeats. These two teams did not get to play a match against each other in the Group Stage as the match was abandoned without toss because of rain. India and New Zealand both have excellent players in their teams and the winner of this match will depend on who performs better on the field during the match.
