{"id":296778,"date":"2023-10-22T18:25:20","date_gmt":"2023-10-22T18:25:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296778"},"modified":"2023-10-22T18:25:20","modified_gmt":"2023-10-22T18:25:20","slug":"world-cup-hosts-india-beat-new-zealand-to-maintain-perfect-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/%d1%81ricket\/world-cup-hosts-india-beat-new-zealand-to-maintain-perfect-record\/","title":{"rendered":"World Cup hosts India beat New Zealand to maintain perfect record"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Virat Kohli hits superb 95 and Mohammed Shami takes five wickets as World Cup hosts India beat New Zealand to maintain perfect record<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mohammed Shami took five wickets to restrict New Zealand to 273 in 50 overs<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Virat Kohli&#8217;s classy knock put India on the brink of victory at the World Cup<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>But he failed to equal\u00a0Sachin Tendulkar&#8217;s tally of 49 ODI centuries on Sunday<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The imperious Virat Kohli helped India stay perfect at the World Cup with a four-wicket victory over New Zealand &#8211; but he did miss out on a historic century.<\/p>\n<p>Hosts India were set 274 for victory in Dharamshala after Daryl Mitchell struck a wonderful 130 for the Black Caps, who had also won their opening four group stage fixtures.<\/p>\n<p>New Zealand&#8217;s unbeaten start was ended though, with Kohli leading the charge with a superb 95, but he was dismissed with only five more runs required for victory and his 49th ODI hundred, which would have drawn him level with Indian great Sachin Tendulkar.<\/p>\n<p>After India won the toss, New Zealand were put into bat first and Mitchell helped them recover from 19 for two with a 161-run partnership for the third wicket with Rachin Ravindra.<\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Shami dismissed Ravindra for 75 and would later account for Mitchell on his way to five for 54, but only after the Black Caps middle-order batter plundered five maximums in his scintillating knock to help his nation reach 273 all out from their 50 overs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/18\/76865737-0-image-a-25_1697997180658.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Virat Kohli helped India stay perfect at the World Cup with a victory over New Zealand<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/22\/18\/76865747-0-image-a-26_1697997216227.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Mohammed Shami took five wickets to restrict New Zealand to 273 in 50 overs<\/p>\n<p>India captain Rohit Sharma led from the front in reply, hitting 46 and putting on 71 with Shubman Gill before it turned into the Kohli show.<\/p>\n<p>Kohli marshalled India&#8217;s chase expertly with half-century stands with Shreyas Iyer (33) and KL Rahul (27) before Ravindra Jadeja walked out with the home side on 191 for five.<\/p>\n<p>A Kohli ton looked unlikely at the end of the 46th over with 19 runs required for victory and 18 for his three figures.<\/p>\n<p>Yet a six over cow corner off Trent Boult and a four two balls later suddenly put Kohli into the nineties, but he failed equal Tendulkar&#8217;s tally of 49 ODI centuries.<\/p>\n<p>Kohli&#8217;s attempted big shot in Matt Henry&#8217;s next over picked out Glen Phillips, but the silenced partisan home crowd were back celebrating when Jadeja pulled for four to clinch a fifth straight victory.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12659527\/Virat-Kohli-hits-superb-95-Mohammed-Shami-takes-five-wickets-World-Cup-hosts-India-beat-New-Zealand-maintain-perfect-record.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virat Kohli hits superb 95 and Mohammed Shami takes five wickets as World Cup hosts India beat New Zealand to <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":296777,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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