The stage is set. India vs New Zealand. India is famously referred as chokers. The Ex-Head Coach of Team India ‘Ravi Shastri’ said, “the problem with India is not in the league matches. Team India suffers in the big game, the knockout matches.”
In the last decade, after 2013 Champions Trophy. Team India would easily qualify into the Knockout match, but couldn’t stand up to the test. This became a pattern and a never ending cycle.
India has defeated New Zealand in the league match. But, the game did come very close at the end. It was the sensibility of Jadeja and Maturity of Virat. They didn’t rush to end the game and took it deep enough, and didn’t expose our tail. But, the biggest question that remains is team India facing Tom Latham as a captain vs Skipper Kane Williamson. Kane is a different man altogether. He has played under various IPL teams and very well knows the strength and weakness of majority of the players in the Indian dressing unit.
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What makes the New Zealand skipper a deadly arsenal for the team, is his ability to analyze the situation and play accordingly to it. In 2019, the Semi-final match against India. Kane understood the dynamic of the match and how Jadeja was middling the ball. It looked like India had it under control. But, Kane knew that Jadeja will attack he if gets any room. Jadeja did, we knew the result.
India is on a rampage. Virat kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Shubham Gill and the skipper are scoring runs left, right and center. The wagon wheel shows run every batter in the line-up that played today.
Virat kohli scored his 50th century in the format. While his idol, ‘Sachin Tendulkar’ was in admiration of him. The performance of team India is somewhat directed by king Kohli. He wasn’t scoring runs when it mattered the most in the knockout stage. Things have changed today. Virat is now the highest run scorer in the tournament and have broken the record for scoring the highest amount of run in a single world cup edition.
The Man in Form, the Number 4 batsmen ‘Shreyas Iyer’. Two centuries in two matches. Class and form both are with Iyer. His high back-lift has made him a fierce striker of the ball. The distance of sixes are massive.
The stage is set. Kiwis aren’t gonna let go without a fight.
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