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MUMBAI : New Zealand captain Kane Williamson on Wednesday heaped praise on India after losing the World Cup semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium, saying the unbeaten hosts were simply the best side around and were playing outstanding cricket.
MUMBAI: Virat Kohli scored a record-breaking 50th one-day international hundred and Mohammed Shami took seven wickets as India beat New Zealand by 70 runs to reach the Cricket World Cup final on Wednesday. Kohli made 117 to surpass the ODI century record he had shared with India great Sachin Tendulkar, and Shreyas Iyer clubbed a rapid 105 in a commanding total of 397-4. New Zealand were then dismissed for 327 despite Daryl Michell’s 134 with paceman Shami taking a sensational career-best 7-57. The Black Caps had hope of an improbable win during a third-wicket stand of 181 between captain Kane Williamson and Mitchell at the Wankhede Stadium Shami, however, all but ended the chase with two wickets in three balls during the 33rd over.
Kohli made 117, to surpass the record he had shared with India great Sachin Tendulkar, and Shreyas Iyer a rapid 105 in a commanding total of 397-4 that also featured Shubman Gill’s 80 not out.
Virat Kohli's record-breaking 50th ODI century saw him leapfrog the great Sachin Tendulkar and propel India into a fourth ICC Men's Cricket World Cup final following a 70-run win over New Zealand.
MUMBAI : India's Virat Kohli said he had painted the perfect picture after confirming his place as cricket's modern-day master batsman with a record 50th one-day international hundred in his team's World Cup semi-final win over New Zealand on Wednesday.
MUMBAI : India's Virat Kohli struck a record 50th hundred and fast bowler Mohammed Shami's seven-wicket haul proved equally crucial as the unbeaten hosts overpowered New Zealand by 70 runs in a high-scoring match on Wednesday to march into the World Cup final.
His hero applauded, his wife blew kisses, and a football royalty watched in disbelief, a packed crowd going bonkers, as Virat Kohli caressed his way into the record books with another significant cricketing milestone. The occasion was huge - a World Cup semifinal against New Zealand at an iconic venue - and Kohli came up with an apt description after he want past Sachin Tendulkar for his world record 50th ODI hundred here on Wednesday. Cheering him from the stands were, among others, Tendulkar himself, Kohli's actor wife Anushka Sharma, and football legend David Beckham.
Virat Kohli scaled the ‘Mount 50' on Wednesday, and former Indian captain Sourav Ganguly had little doubt that the batting star has many more miles to traverse in his career. Kohli made his 50th ODI hundred during the World Cup semifinal against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium, going one ahead of his idol Sachin Tendulkar. "It will take a lot of beating to go past this and he's not finished yet. It's a phenomenal achievement," Ganguly said during an interaction with reporters at the Eden Gardens.