By The Daily Bharat Express (Sports-Desk): India beat New Zealand by 70 runs in the first semi-final of the ICC Men’s ODI World Cup 2023, which was played at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday (November 15). India rode on Virat Kohli’s 50th ODI century and Shreyas Iyer’s 70-ball-105 to first post a total of 397 runs on the board for the loss of four wickets in 50 overs and then dismiss the Kane Williamson-led side for 327 in 48.5 overs. For India, Mohmmed Shami picked up seven wickets for 57 runs in 9.5 overs to register the best-ever bowling figures by an Indian in ODI history.
Kohli went past Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 hundreds in 50-over internationals, and to do that in the presence of Tendulkar at his home ground made the occasion even bigger.
After getting to his record century, Kohli bowed down facing towards the stand where Tendulkar was sitting along with football legend David Beckham.
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“When Sachin finished with 49 tons, I thought ‘Kaun Karega yaar’ pachaas Sau (will anyone ever score 50 hundreds?). You can still think about it as all-inclusive (cumulative centuries) across formats. But this guy (Kohli) came, saw and conquered,” added Akram.
Akram said Tendulkar has inspired a generation of cricketers and Kohli is one of them.
“It’s so important to have role models in any walk of life for a young kid to follow. And he (Tendulkar) has been a prime example for any young, budding cricketer, not just in India, I am talking about worldwide. That’s the great Sachin.”
With a memorable win over the Black Caps, India has secured a place in the final of the ODI World Cup 2023, which will be played on Sunday (November 19) in Ahmedabad.
During the match between India and New Zealand, multiple records were broken by players from both teams. Here’s a look at all of them.
India will take on the winner of the second semifinal between Australia and South Africa in the title match on Sunday in Ahmedabad.
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- Virat Kohli became the first batter in history to score 50 ODI centuries. He broke Sachin Tendulkar’s world record of 49 hundreds.
- Kohli broke Tendulkar’s all-time record of scoring the most runs in a single edition of the ODI World Cup. Sachin scored 673 runs in 2003, and Kohli has 711 runs in 10 matches of the ODI World Cup 2023.
- Virat is the first and only batter to score 700+ runs in a single edition of the ODI World Cup.
- Virat scored his third century in the ODI World Cup 2023 during the first semi-final. He now has eight 50+ scores in this year’s tournament, which is the most by any batter.
- Kohli leapfrogged Ricky Ponting to become the third-leading run-getter in ODI history. He has 13,794 runs in 291 ODIs, whereas Ponting scored 13,704 in 375 ODIs.
- The century against New Zealand on Wednesday was Virat’s sixth ODI hundred in 2023. In 2017 and 2018 as well, he scored six ODI centuries each.
- Virat became the ninth batter after Mark Waugh (Australia, 1996), Sourav Ganguly (India, 2003), Matthew Hayden (Australia, 2007), Kumar Sangakkara (Sri Lanka, 2015), Rohit Sharma (India, 2019), David Warner (Australia, 2019), Quinton de Kock (South Africa, 2023), and Rachin Ravindra (New Zealand, 2023) to score at least three centuries in a single edition of the ODI World Cup.
- Mohammed Shami becomes the first Indian bowler to take 50 wickets in the ODI World Cup.
- Shami is the fastest bowler to take 50 wickets in ODI World Cup history.
- Shami registered his career-best (Test, ODI, and T20I combined) figures on Wednesday by taking 7 wickets for 57 runs in 9.5 overs.
- Shami is the first Indian to take seven wickets in an ODI match.
- Shami’s figures of 7/57 are the best bowling show by an Indian in ODIs and the ODI World Cup.
- Shami becomes the first bowler to take four five-wicket hauls in ODI World history. Mitchell Starc of Australia is second with three five-wicket hauls.
- After taking seven wickets against New Zealand, Shami has taken his tally of wickets in the ODI World Cup 2023 to 23, which is the most by any bowler so far.
- Shami broke Zaheer Khan’s record of taking the highest number of 21 wickets for India in a single edition of the ODI World Cup.
- Rohit Sharma is the fourth Indian skipper after Kapil Dev, Sourav Ganguly, and MS Dhoni to reach the final of the ODI World Cup.
- Rohit now holds the record for hitting the highest number of sixes in ODI World Cup history. In 27 matches, he has hammered 50 maximums, which is one more than Chris Gayle’s tally of 49 sixes.
- Rohit is the fastest batter to score 1500 runs in ODI World Cup history. He achieved the milestone in just his 27th inning.
- Shreyas Iyer now holds the record for hitting the maximum number of sixes in an ODI World Cup innings for India. The 28-year-old hammered eight sixes against New Zealand in Mumbai during the first semi-final.
- Iyer becomes the third Indian after Rahul Dravid (1999) and Rohit Sharma (2019) to hit back-to-back centuries in the ODI World Cup.
- Virat and Iyer became the second and third Indians after Sunil Gavaskar to score a century against New Zealand in ODI World Cup matches.
- Virat and Iyer join Sourav Ganguly and Rohit Sharma in the elite list of Indian batters who have managed to score a century in the knockout match of the ODI World Cup.
- Daryl Mitchell is the only batter who has managed to score two centuries in ODI World Cup matches played between India and New Zealand.
- India’s total of 397-4 against New Zealand in Mumbai on Wednesday is the highest by any team in an ICC knockout match.
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In the final, India will face the winner of the second semi-final match between Australia and South Africa.
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