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MUMBAI, Nov 15 (Reuters) – India captain Rohit Sharma received the toss and elected to bat within the first World Cup semi-final towards New Zealand on the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.
The venue, the place India received their final 50-overs World Cup title, has hosted 4 day-night contests to date at this event with three of these being received by the group batting first.
Australia had been the one group to win batting second on the floor after Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten double hundred.
“It seems to be like a very good pitch, on the slower aspect as nicely however no matter we do, we all know we have got to try this nicely,” Sharma stated on the toss.
For Wednesday’s contest, each India and New Zealand had been unchanged from their earlier match.
India have appeared invincible to date, profitable all 9 of their spherical robin matches together with a four-wicket victory over the Black Caps in Dharamsala.
New Zealand, nonetheless, defeated India on the identical stage of the 2019 version.
“It was means again in 2019 that we performed that semi-final, New Zealand have been probably the most constant group through the years and it will be a very good contest,” Sharma added.
“It is a vital day. I have been continually speaking about how essential it’s to show up on the day and overlook what has occurred previously.”
New Zealand captain Kane Williamson stated he would have batted first as nicely.
“It is clearly a used floor however we’ll attempt to make use of it with the ball first up and hopefully there’s some dew later,” Williamson stated.
“It is a tremendous event. We’re trying ahead to the problem forward – it is a stiff one, they have been enjoying some nice cricket, however now we have as nicely.”
Australia and South Africa will meet within the second semi-final at Kolkata’s Eden Gardens, with the ultimate to be held on Sunday in Ahmedabad.
Groups:
India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj
New Zealand: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson (captain), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitch Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; enhancing by Peter Rutherford
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