IND vs NZ Semi-Final: India beat New Zealand by 70 runs at Mumbai's Wankhede stadium on Wednesday. With that, the men in blue smashed their way to the 2023 World Cup final, scheduled on November 19, with a perfect win streak in the ongoing tournament.
This is the fourth time India qualified for the 50-over World Cup final. Of the three finals played so far, India won two, beating West Indies in 1983 and Sri Lanka in 2011, but lost to Australia in 2003.
Here is the list of records broken during IND vs NZ semi-final-
- Mohammed Shami (7-57) became the first Indian to take a seven-wicket haul in ODI cricket.
- 4 five-wicket hauls by Shami in ODI World Cups is the most by any bowler surpassing Mitchell Starc's three five-fors
- With 54 wickets in just 17 innings, Shami became the fastest bowler to reach the milestone of 50 wickets in the ODI World Cup, a record held by Starc in 19 games.
- The 50th ODI ton by Virat Kohli in ODIs is the most for any player in this format surpassing Sachin Tendulkar's tally of 49.
- Kohli smashed 711 runs in this ODI World Cup, the most by any batter in a single edition of the men's ODI World Cup, surpassing Tendulkar's 673 runs in 2003.
- Shreyas Iyer surpassed Adam Gilchrist by smashing fastest hundred in knockout game of a World Cup in 67 balls.
- Rohit Sharma completed 50 sixes in the World Cup and is now leading six hitter in the World Cup.
- India's total 397 for 4 against New Zealand is the highest by any team in an ODI World Cup knockout game.