First Semi – Final Match, ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023
Indian captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and opted to bat first against New Zealand in the first semifinal of the 2023 ODI World Cup at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. It is a replay of the first semifinal from the 2019 edition of the tournament.The two teams had also met in the league stage in Dharamsala, which India won by four wickets.
- India beat New Zealand by 70 runs to reach the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, India.
- Mohammed Shami took seven wickets as New Zealand were all out for 327 runs.
- Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer scored centuries for India, while Shubman Gill retired hurt on 79 as India finished their innings on 397-4.
- Kohli broke Sachin Tendulkar’s record for most one-day international (ODI) hundreds.
- Unbeaten India are looking to make it to their first World Cup final since 2011, while New Zealand are looking to enter their third consecutive final.
This special cover issued on 15-11-2023 in Mumbai.
