Indian Cricket Team
The Indian team has so far seen one-sided performance on the field in the ICC ODI World Cup 2023. After playing eight matches, Team India has already confirmed its place in the semi-finals by winning all of them. India is yet to play one match in the league stage, which will be played against Netherlands on November 12 at Bengaluru. It is almost certain that the Indian team will face New Zealand in the semi-finals, hence the record of Team India in the knockout matches has scared all the fans.
India has reached the World Cup semi-finals seven times so far
In the history of the ODI World Cup, the Indian team has so far reached the semi-finals seven times. However, out of these, Team India has been successful in reaching the finals only three times, out of which it has been able to win the World Cup trophy twice. When the Indian team made it to the semi-finals of the 1983 World Cup, they defeated England by 6 wickets in that match and after that also won the World Cup trophy. After this, when the Indian team reached the semi-finals in the 1987 World Cup, they again faced England and lost by 35 runs.
After this, Team India was successful in reaching the semi-finals in the 1996 World Cup, where India had to face defeat in that match against the Sri Lankan team. In the 2003 World Cup, the Indian team faced the Kenyan team in the semi-finals. India won this match by 91 runs and made it to the finals, but they had to face defeat from Australia in the title match. In the 2011 World Cup, Team India faced Pakistan in the semi-finals and in this match, after winning by 29 runs, they made it to the finals where they defeated the Sri Lankan team and won the ODI World Cup trophy for the second time. Did in your name.
The Indian team also had a great performance in the 2015 World Cup, but in the semi-final match they had to face defeat by 95 runs against Australia. After this, in the 2019 World Cup, the Indian team faced the New Zealand team in the semi-finals and in this, Team India had to face defeat by 18 runs.
India’s record in knockout matches against New Zealand is not good
It is almost certain that the Indian team will face New Zealand in the first semi-final match on November 15 at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. So far, the Indian team’s record against the Kiwi team in ICC knockout matches has been very poor, in which they have faced defeat in all the three encounters.
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