INDIAN all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja hits out during his whirlwind 77.—Reuters
New Zealand paceman Matt Henry was the wrecker-in-chief as he sent the in-form Sharma trudging back to the pavilion in his very first over. Trent Boult got Kohli trapped lbw to rattle the famed Indian top-order and set the tone for the underdogs’ victory.
Jadeja and Mahendra Singh Dhoni put on 116 runs for the seventh wicket to repair the damage, but their wickets spelt the end for the pre-tournament favourites.
Kohli insisted it was just a rare bad day at the office for India, who had finished the group stage in first place with seven wins from nine games before their disappointing semi-final exit. “We are sad but not devastated. Because the kind of cricket we played in this tournament, we know where we stood as a team. Today we were not good enough. That’s the nature of the tournament, one bad day at this stage and you are out of this tournament.”
Scoreboard
NEW ZEALAND (overnight 211-5 in 46.1 overs):
Batsmen & mode of dismissals R B 4s 6s SR
M.J. Guptill c Kohli b Bumrah 1 14 0 0 7.14
H.M. Nicholls b Jadeja 28 51 2 0 54.90
K.S. Williamson c Jadeja b Chahal 67 95 6 0 70.52
L.R.P.L. Taylor run out 74 90 3 1 82.22
J.D.S. Neesham c Karthik b Pandya 12 18 1 0 66.66
C. de Grandhomme c Dhoni b Kumar 16 10 2 0 160.00
T.W.M. Latham c Jadeja b Kumar 10 11 0 0 90.90
M.J. Santner not out 9 6 1 0 150.00
M.J. Henry c Kohli b Kumar 1 2 0 0 50.00
T.A. Boult not out 3 3 0 0 100.00
EXTRAS (LB-5, W-13) 18 - - - --
TOTAL (for eight wkts, 50 overs) 239 - - - --
FALL OF WKTS: 1-1 (Guptill, 3.3 ov), 2-69 (Nicholls, 18.2 ov), 3-134 (Williamson, 35.2 ov), 4-162 (Neesham, 40.6 ov), 5-200 (de Grandhomme, 44.4 ov), 6-225 (Taylor, 47.6 ov), 7-225 (Latham, 48.1 ov), 8-232 (Henry, 48.6 ov).
DID NOT BAT: L.H. Ferguson.
BOWLING: Kumar 10-1-43-3; Bumrah 10-1-39-1; Pandya 10-0-55-1 (5w); Jadeja 10-0-34-1; Chahal 10-0-63-1 (4w).
INDIA:
Batsmen & mode of dismissals R B 4s 6s SR
K.L. Rahul c Latham b Henry 1 7 0 0 14.28
R.G. Sharma c Latham b Henry 1 4 0 0 25.00
V. Kohli lbw b Boult 1 6 0 0 16.66
R.R. Pant c de Grandhomme b Santner 32 56 4 0 57.14
K.D. Karthik c Neesham b Henry 6 25 1 0 24.00
H.H. Pandya c Williamson b Santner 32 62 2 0 51.61
M.S. Dhoni run out 50 72 1 1 69.44
R.A. Jadeja c Williamson b Boult 77 59 4 4 130.50
B. Kumar b Ferguson 0 1 0 0 0.00
Y.S. Chahal c Latham b Neesham 5 5 0 0 100.00
J.J. Bumrah not out 0 0 0 0 --
EXTRAS (LB-3, W-13) 16 - - - --
TOTAL (all out, 49.3 overs) 221 - - - --
FALL OF WKTS: 1-4 (Sharma, 1.3 ov), 2-5 (Kohli, 2.4 ov), 3-5 (Rahul, 3.1 ov), 4-24 (Karthik, 9.6 ov), 5-71 (Pant, 22.5 ov), 6-92 (Pandya, 30.3 ov), 7-208 (Jadeja, 47.5 ov), 8-216 (Dhoni, 48.3 ov), 9-217 (Kumar, 48.6 ov), 10-221 (Chahal, 49.3 ov).
BOWLING: Boult 10-2-42-2 (3w); Henry 10-1-37-3 (3w); Ferguson 10-0-43-1 (2w); de Grandhomme 2-0-13-0 (1w); Neesham 7.3-0-49-1 (3w); Santner 10-2-34-2 (1w).
RESULT: New Zealand won by 18 runs.
UMPIRES: R.A. Kettleborough (England) and R.K. Illingworth (England).
TV UMPIRE: R.J. Tucker (Australia).
MATCH REFEREE: D.B. Boon (Australia).
MAN-OF-THE-MATCH: Matt Henry.
SECOND SEMI-FINAL: England vs Australia, Edgbaston (Thursday).
Published in Dawn, July 11th, 2019