- Wednesday, May 08, 2024
It will be India’s eighth semi-final at the marquee tournament and ninth for New Zealand.
By: Shubham Ghosh
INDIA will take New Zealand in the first semi-final of the ICC Men’s World Cup 2023 at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday (15). The hosts have won all their nine matches in the tournament played so far — their most consecutive wins at the marquee event — and secured the top position in the points table.
New Zealand, who finished as the runners-up in the 2015 and 2019 editions, losing to hosts Australia and England, respectively, in the title clash, had a trickier test in hand despite winning their first four games. They lost their next four but won the ninth to confirm their place in the knockouts.
The India-New Zealand semi-final will be a re-run of the same held in the 2019 edition when the Kiwis won by 18 runs, leaving billions of Indian fans heartbroken.
It will be the eighth time that the Asian side will play in a World Cup semi-final while for New Zealand, it will be the ninth time. India have won three and lost four semi-finals they have featured in so far while the Black Caps won two and lost six semi-finals they have played so far.
Here we have a look at past records of India and New Zealand in the semi-finals of the cricket World Cup since 1975, when the tournament was first played.
1975: Didn’t qualify
1979: Didn’t qualify
1983: Beat England by 6 wickets at Old Trafford, Manchester (India won the trophy)
1987: Lost to England by 35 runs at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, then Bombay
1992: Didn’t qualify
1996: Lost to Sri Lanka by default after crowd disturbance
1999: Didn’t qualify
2003: Beat Kenya by 91 runs at Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban (lost to Australia in final)
2007: Didn’t qualify
2011: Beat Pakistan by 29 runs at IS Bindra Stadium in Mohali, Punjab (India won the trophy)
2015: Lost to Australia by 95 runs at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
2019: Lost to New Zealand by 18 runs at Old Trafford, Manchester
1975: Lost to the West Indies by 5 wickets at The Oval, London
1979: Lost to England by 9 runs at Old Trafford, Manchester
1983: Didn’t qualify
1987: Didn’t qualify
1992: Lost to Pakistan by 4 wickets at Eden Park, Auckland
1996: Didn’t qualify
1999: Lost to Pakistan by 9 wickets at Old Trafford, Machester
2003: Didn’t qualify
2007: Lost to Sri Lanka by 81 runs at Sabina Park, Kingston
2011: Lost to Sri Lanka by 5 wickets at R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
2015: Beat South Africa by 4 wickets (DLS method) at Eden Park, Auckland (lost to Australia in final)
2019: Beat India by 18 runs at Old Trafford, Manchester (lost to England in final)
