Indian victory was a foregone conclusion

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Indian victory was a foregone conclusion

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It is true that cricket is a game of glorious uncertainties. But after scoring mammoth 397 runs, the Indian victory against New Zealand in the Yesterday’s semifinal match was never in doubt. However, the anxious moments came when Mohd Shami dropped the crucial catch of Kane Williamson at 52. At that time, it looked as if the match is going to be a very close fight. But even then, an Indian defeat was never in mind.

The breakthrough came when Williamson could not handle a magical delivery of Shami and gave a catch to Suryakumar Yadav. By hitting back, Shami had turned the tables on Kiwis and very quickly took the wicket of Tom Latham for duck. Shami took the career best ODI world cup haul of 7/57 and was declared player of the match. Yes in between, Darryll Mitchell delayed the Indian victory by scoring century.

Moments after India won the semifinal match by 70 runs, the social media congratulatory messages went into frenzy with netizens declaring the semifinal match as “Shamifinal.” “I dropped Williamson’s catch, I shouldn’t have. I felt terrible,” said Shami.

But Shami was not alone in India’s spectacular win against Kiwis. The real foundation was laid by Captain Rohit Sharma himself who scored blistering 47 runs with four fours and four sixes. Shubman Gill also played well with 80 runs inning. Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer were equally good by cracking majestic centuries. Iyer along with K L Rahul accelerated the score in the dying moments when it was most needed. The 397 runs in the world cup semifinal was a winning score in any way. Remember India had defended 183 runs against the mighty West Indies in the 1983 final. And the present New Zealand team was no match in this regard. Ends