World Cup Final 2023: Manchester took ‘revenge’ in Mumbai, Team India canceled the ticket for the final after 12 years

New Delhi. The Indian cricket team is just one win away from the World Cup trophy. Team India, captained by Rohit Sharma, has made it to the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 by winning its 10th consecutive match, where it will face the winner of the second semi-final to be played between South Africa and Australia. Team India defeated New Zealand by 70 runs in the first semi-final played at Wankhede Stadium. With this, Team India also settled the score of 4 years old defeat against Kiwis. In the semi-finals of the 2019 World Cup, New Zealand defeated India in Manchester and prevented it from reaching the finals. The final will be played on 19 November in Ahmedabad. Before this, Team India had reached the final of the 2011 World Cup.

Chasing the target of 398 runs set by India, the Kiwi team could score only 327 runs in 48.5 overs. For New Zealand, Daryl Mitchell scored 134 runs while captain Kane Williamson was out after scoring 69 runs. For India, Mohammed Shami took the maximum of 7 wickets. Earlier, India scored 397 runs for 4 wickets with the help of Virat Kohli’s 50th century and Shreyas Iyer’s second consecutive century. Shubhman Gill returned unbeaten after scoring 80 runs. Captain Rohit was out after scoring 47 runs while KL Rahul scored unbeaten 39 runs in 20 balls.

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Kohli broke Sachin’s great record
Virat Kohli left behind his idol Sachin Tendulkar and became the first batsman in the history of the game to score 50 ODI centuries. Kohli completed his century in 106 balls with two runs by playing the ball of fast bowler Lockie Ferguson at square leg. He completed half-century in the 279th innings of his career. Kohli achieved this feat in the presence of the great Tendulkar at the Wankhede Stadium. The special thing is that Tendulkar, who started his career on 15 November 1989, batted for India for the last time on 15 November (2013) on this ground. This test match was played against West Indies.

Sachin praised Virat a lot
After Kohli’s achievement, Tendulkar wrote on ‘X’, ‘When I met you for the first time in the Indian dressing room, other teammates jokingly forced you to touch my feet. I couldn’t stop laughing that day. You touched my heart with your passion and skills. I am very happy that the young boy has become a ‘Virat’ player. I couldn’t be happier than that an Indian broke my record. And achieving it on the biggest stage (in the World Cup semi-finals) and on your home ground is just icing on the cake.

Virat had scored his 49th century 10 days ago
Earlier, when Kohli had equaled Tendulkar’s record by scoring his 49th century against South Africa on November 5, the great batsman had expressed hope that he would soon complete his 50th century. Along with this, Kohli also left behind Tendulkar’s record (673 runs in 2003) in terms of scoring most runs in a single season of the World Cup.

Virat has scored 711 runs in this World Cup
Kohli has 711 runs in his name in this World Cup with two centuries and three half-centuries. During this period, his average in 10 innings is more than 101. During this period, Kohli also became the highest run scorer in the current World Cup, leaving South Africa’s Quinton de Kock (591) behind. After these two is Rachin Ravindra of New Zealand (578). This is Kohli’s fifth century in the World Cup. He is jointly ranked third along with Kumar Sangakkara and Ricky Ponting in terms of scoring most centuries in this tournament.

Indian captain Rohit Sharma (seven) and Tendulkar (six) are at the top two positions in this list. After scoring the most runs in ODIs, he reached the third position, leaving behind Australia’s Ricky Ponting. Tendulkar tops the list with 18,426 runs, followed by Kumar Sangakkara (14,234). Kohli secured the third position by defeating Ricky Ponting (13,704). Kohli has 13794 runs in his name in 291 matches.

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