World Cup 2023 Semi Final 1 is on November 15, 2023 at Wankhede Stadium between India and New Zealand. Rohit Sharma led India side and Kane Williamson led New Zealand side will go head to head in 1st Semi final of ICC ODI World Cup 2023. Currently India is undefeated and at 1st spot on points table, while New Zealand is at 4th spot. India is willing to take on Kiwis and return the loss during World Cup 2019 semi-final. Currently Indian side is having great campaign in World Cup 2023 with winning all 9 Matches, while New Zealand having 5 wins and 4 losses in Group stage matches.
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ICC World Cup 2023 Semi final 1 : India Vs New Zealand Playing 11
The India Vs New Zealand Semi Final Squad details are as follow.
India Squad
Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan, Prasid Krishna, Suryakumar Yadav.
New Zealand Squad
Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee, Will Young.
ICC World Cup 2023 Semi final 1 : India Vs New Pitch Report And Ground
Semi Final 1 of ICC World Cup 2023 will be played at Wankhede stadium at Mumbai. The pitch is more favourable to Batsmen and less supportive for spinners. Pacers have performed better at Wankhede Stadium if compared with Spinners. In India Vs New Zealand previous records Pacers picked up 47 wickets and spinners picked up 11 wickets. So the main focus will be on pacers on Indian Side like Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj and Trent Boult, Mitchell Santner on New Zeland side who have been fantastic in World Cup 2023 journey.
ICC World Cup 2023 Semi final 1 : India Vs New Prediction And Records
India is hot favourite in this World Cup and it is not due to the India is host but as said earlier India has been Fantastic in World Cup 2023. India defeated New Zealand in round robin matches (Group Stage). But the records have been very different what is being seen in this world cup.
Surprisingly, India never won against New Zealand in Knock Out matches, Even if India had great seasons and best teams at that time, India lost to New Zealand in World Cup 2019 Semi Final, ICC world test championship final and Champions Trophy 2000 final. New Zealand has an edge over India in not choking under pressure of knock out matches. It is important to see if India can improve their records and not being chokers this World Cup too.
India Vs New Zealand in ODI
In ODI matches, both teams faced each other in 117 ODI’s, In which 59 matches were won by India, 50 matches won by New Zealand and One match is tie. India has slight edge over here and Kiwis too are dominant , unpredictable at times.
India Vs New Zealand in World Cup
In World Cup’s India and New Zealand faced head on head in 10 Matches. Kiwis are dominant in World Cup matches where they have won 5 matches and India won 4 matches with 1 match being without result.
ICC World Cup 2023 Semi final 1 : India Vs New Live Streaming
In India, World Cup 2023 broadcasted on Star Sports Network Channels and live streaming is done on Disney+ Hotstar app. In New Zealand, Sky Sport network will broadcast the match on TV and their official Website in the country. In UK England, Sky Sport network will broadcast the match. In USA, ESPN+ willow will broadcast the live matches on both TV and App’s.
In Pakistan, PTV ARY is official broadcasting channel. In Maldives, Bhutan and Nepal World Cup matches can be seen on Star Sports Network and live streaming on Yupp TV app.
How Many times India Won World Cup?
India played in 12 ICC World Cup’s, out of which India won World Cup 2 times in 1983 and 2011. In 1983 Indian side was led by Kapil Dev and In 2011 MS Dhoni was Captain of India. Australia is only country having won most 5 World Cup’s out of which 3 World Cup win’s were consecutive in 1999, 2003, 2007. India reached finals of World Cup 3 times, 2 won by India and one loss to Australia in World Cup 2003 final.
How Many times New Zealand Won World Cup?
New Zealand despite having one of the best team, did not won any World Cup yet. New Zealand reached world final twice and lost in both the matches. In 2015 World Cup final, New Zealand faced Australia in which Australia won by 7 wickets. In 2019 New Zealand faced England in World Cup final, In which England declared as winner on the basis of boundary count as match was a tie in regular and super over as well.