The first semi-final of the ICC World Cup 2019 is departing to be played amid India and New Zealand. India finished at the summit of the desk and mislaid just one sport in its whole campaign. New Zealand finished fourth and was somewhat blessed to have scraped during to the semi-final on the foundation of net run-rate.
Fascinatingly, the only diversion that was washed absent for both India and New Zealand was beside each other. They played beside each other in a warm-up diversion prior to the start of the actual World Cup 2019, a competition that was win by New Zealand.
India comes into this competition full of poise with nearly all of its players in form while New Zealand comes after three immediately defeat in its previous three matches.
India’s top-order is in supreme form. Rohit Sharma has hit a record-breaking five centuries in this edition of the World Cup, including three in a row. Lokesh Rahul also managed to score a century and the pair did not leave much for the rest of the players to do.
India’s top-3 has been the most excellent in the world for an extended time and even although Shikhar Dhawan is out injured; Lokesh Rahul has filled that blemish up quite well. All the teams playing India will see an occasion to develop after that top-3.
Rishab Pant is very youthful in his ODI career and can be fairly random. MS Dhoni at number 5 is a waning power and Dinesh Karthik, the existing number 6, is far from believable also. Hardik Pandya has been promoted up the organize to attempt and make a collision towards the end of the inning but his high-risk manner of playing makes him a bit incompatible too.
India’s batting is defenseless to near the beginning wickets and that is perhaps why they start a bit slow. Beside New Zealand, Trent Boult is departure to be a large threat with the new ball. He swings the ball into the pads of the batsmen and has troubled Rohit Sharma in the precedent.
India’s batting has a few big holes in it and will require its top-3 to bear it for two more matches.
The bowling is a new story, although. Jasprit Bumrah is the the bulk inexpensive bowler still remaining in the competition. He may not have full the wickets that some of the bowlers have in use but his ability to dried out up the runs is just wonderful.
New Zealand must move toward this match with a new mind. Nothing that has disappeared before this match has any result and a good presentation here could give them the possibility to win their first World Cup title.
Pitch report & Weather forecast
Weather Report : Weather is forecasted to be moderate or heavy rain shower. The daytime temperature is going to reach 18 °c and the temperature is going to dip to 14 °c at night. We expect around 1.5 mm of precipitation to fall and cloud covering 93% of the sky, the humidity will be around 76%.
Pitch Report : The pitch here at this stadium is much favored as batting pitch. It has a decent amount of pace, bounce, and enough carry to allow the batsmen to play their shots freely. A large number of boundaries will be hit on this venue. The pitch may also have some help in it for the seamers.
STATISTICS OF THE VENUE
- Avg 1st inn score: 225
- Highest Total: 397/6 (50 Ov) by ENG vs AFG
- Lowest Total: 45/10 (40.3 Ov) by Can vs ENG
- Highest Chased: 286/4 (53.4 Ov) by ENG vs NZ
- Lowest Defended: 221/8 (60 Ov) by ENG vs NZ
Record of chasing teams: Won – 3, Lost – 2
INDIA 2019 World Cup Squad
Virat Kohli (c), Rohit Sharma (vc), Rishab Pant, MS Dhoni (wk), Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mayank Aggarwal, Dinesh Karthik (wk), KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja
NEW ZEALAND 2019 World Cup Squad
Kane Williamson (c), Tom Blundell (wk), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (wk), Colin Munro, Jimmy Neesham, Henry Nicholls, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee (vc), Ross Taylor
Best World Cup 2019 Fantasy Team for League11
Suggested Playing X1 No. 1 for League11
keeper – MS DHONI
Batsman – RISHAB PANT, MARTIN GUPTIL, ROHIT SHARMA(VC), KS WILLIAMSON(C)
Allrounder –R JADEJA, CD GRANDHOMME
Bowler – B KUMAR, LOCKIE FERGUSON, TRENT BOULT, JJ BUMRAH
Suggested Playing X1 No. 1 for League11
keeper – MS DHONI
Batsman – ROSS TAYLOR, KS WILLIAMSON(VC), RISHAB PANT, V KOHLI, ROHIT SHARMA(C)
Allrounder – JAMES NEESHAM, HARDIK PANDYA
Bowler – LOCKIE FERGUSON, TRENT BOLUT
INDIA vs NEW ZEALAND 2019 World Cup Match Details
1st Semi-Final match, ICC Cricket World Cup at Trent Bridge, Nottingham.
9 July 2019, 3:00 PM IST
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