ICC WORLD CUP 2023 DISCUSSION THREAD!

[Patrol69]

If India could win semis and final, they would rival the prime Australia back in 2003/'07, 11 wins consecutively.

Rest assured that India will be the champion in the 2023 World Cup and will be the undefeated champion again. If India wins against New Zealand then rest assured against Australia/South Africa in the semi-final and India will become the champions of the 2023 World Cup. and would share Australia's 2003/2007 World Cup record of 11 consecutive victories.

The way India is performing in this tournament, we should not have any doubt that India will win the World Cup tournament in this tournament. In the first leg matches, India did not care about any team at all. Team India has won the match with a great performance against every team. Everyone is considering India as the favorite for the World Cup and I am also considering India as the favorite for the World Cup but I have seen New Zealand's defeat in front of my eyes several times.

 In 2019 England World Cup we saw that New Zealand lost the World Cup tournament against England due to wrong decisions by the umpires. India are favorites in this World Cup but I would be more than happy to see the toffees in the hands of New Zealand especially for Kane Williamson.

[Sithara007]

Not only that, All Big Cricket boards have different priorities nowadays. They are following a rotation policy way too seriously, considering their packed schedule.

If we look at a yearly basis then after 2019 ODI WC, the Likes of Cummins, Starc, Bumrah, Shami, Sharma, Kohli, Root, Kane, Wood, Stokes etc played a handful of ODI cricket, some due to injuries and some schedules.

In case of Bumrah, Stokes, Wood.etc, it is mostly due to injury. But players such as Sharma and Kohli have been very active in franchise cricket during this time period. Seriously I don't foresee ODI cricket surviving for much longer. The ODI World Cup in 2027 will go ahead as planned, but I have doubts regarding the 2031 edition. Already Hotstar is asking the ICC to change the format of 2025 Champions Trophy from ODI to T20. With each passing year, ODI is losing out and at the same time T20I is growing at it's expense.

[lixer]

Not only that, All Big Cricket boards have different priorities nowadays. They are following a rotation policy way too seriously, considering their packed schedule.

If we look at a yearly basis then after 2019 ODI WC, the Likes of Cummins, Starc, Bumrah, Shami, Sharma, Kohli, Root, Kane, Wood, Stokes etc played a handful of ODI cricket, some due to injuries and some schedules.

In case of Bumrah, Stokes, Wood.etc, it is mostly due to injury. But players such as Sharma and Kohli have been very active in franchise cricket during this time period. Seriously I don't foresee ODI cricket surviving for much longer. The ODI World Cup in 2027 will go ahead as planned, but I have doubts regarding the 2031 edition. Already Hotstar is asking the ICC to change the format of 2025 Champions Trophy from ODI to T20. With each passing year, ODI is losing out and at the same time T20I is growing at it's expense.

Now I am also in favor skipping this ODI format because with this we will have some good time for players to adjust in two formats test and T20i which will help them and also helpful for the boards as well because this will allow their schedule as well with Hotstar is on right path, but I am also not in favor of this Champions Trophy because this is also not ideal event with having only T20i world cup and WTC championship is enough because recently we have good changes into Franchise cricket and mostly players love to play in these for the financial help they also need to favor this, but we need good well-balanced schedule as well which will help all boards specially associate members to improve their structure and quality as well.

[Sithara007]

Now I am also in favor skipping this ODI format because with this we will have some good time for players to adjust in two formats test and T20i which will help them and also helpful for the boards as well because this will allow their schedule as well with Hotstar is on right path, but I am also not in favor of this Champions Trophy because this is also not ideal event with having only T20i world cup and WTC championship is enough because recently we have good changes into Franchise cricket and mostly players love to play in these for the financial help they also need to favor this, but we need good well-balanced schedule as well which will help all boards specially associate members to improve their structure and quality as well.

Then what about the 2027 ODI World Cup? As far as I know, it will go ahead according to the plan and the media rights holders are also OK with the format. It is true that ODI is rapidly losing popularity. But they are an essential part of the bilateral fixtures. Ideally the cricket boards should be shifting to T20Is, but there is a lot of reluctance in doing so. Some of the cricket boards, especially the BCCI and the PCB are really slow in catching up to the changing situation. Now the ball is in ICC's court and they need to take the next step regarding the future of ODI.

[synchronym]

If India could win semis and final, they would rival the prime Australia back in 2003/'07, 11 wins consecutively.

Rest assured that India will be the champion in the 2023 World Cup and will be the undefeated champion again. If India wins against New Zealand then rest assured against Australia/South Africa in the semi-final and India will become the champions of the 2023 World Cup. and would share Australia's 2003/2007 World Cup record of 11 consecutive victories.

The way India is performing in this tournament, we should not have any doubt that India will win the World Cup tournament in this tournament. In the first leg matches, India did not care about any team at all. Team India has won the match with a great performance against every team. Everyone is considering India as the favorite for the World Cup and I am also considering India as the favorite for the World Cup but I have seen New Zealand's defeat in front of my eyes several times.

 In 2019 England World Cup we saw that New Zealand lost the World Cup tournament against England due to wrong decisions by the umpires. India are favorites in this World Cup but I would be more than happy to see the toffees in the hands of New Zealand especially for Kane Williamson.

India lost in the semi-final against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. So they will try to reach the final by defeating New Zealand on the 15th. Every player in India is in form Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Sammang Gill all of them are batting well. Great things to say Md Siraj Sami Jadeja Bhomra among them strong bowling. So it is expected that the Indian team will try to reach the final by playing the best against New Zealand in the semi-final. But it feels very bad for New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, they have played the final in 2019 World Cup consecutively but could not win the cup. Kane Williamson this may be his last World Cup, so those who are fans of Williamson will definitely want this World Cup to be in his hands. Now let's see who makes it to the final after all the speculation ends on the 15th.

[hafiztalha]

If India could win semis and final, they would rival the prime Australia back in 2003/'07, 11 wins consecutively.

Rest assured that India will be the champion in the 2023 World Cup and will be the undefeated champion again. If India wins against New Zealand then rest assured against Australia/South Africa in the semi-final and India will become the champions of the 2023 World Cup. and would share Australia's 2003/2007 World Cup record of 11 consecutive victories.

The way India is performing in this tournament, we should not have any doubt that India will win the World Cup tournament in this tournament. In the first leg matches, India did not care about any team at all. Team India has won the match with a great performance against every team. Everyone is considering India as the favorite for the World Cup and I am also considering India as the favorite for the World Cup but I have seen New Zealand's defeat in front of my eyes several times.

 In 2019 England World Cup we saw that New Zealand lost the World Cup tournament against England due to wrong decisions by the umpires. India are favorites in this World Cup but I would be more than happy to see the toffees in the hands of New Zealand especially for Kane Williamson.

Yes you are right, India is the favourite team in this World Cup Tournament from all teams which includes South Africa, Australia, New Zealand because of their outstanding performance. Right this time, India team is present at the top rank in points table due to brilliant struggle with all wins in old games with every team Pakistan, South Africa strong and attacker team, Australia, New Zealand, England, Afghanistan, Netherlands , Sri Lanka and Bangladesh team. Total 18 points they earned in past games with playing commendable effort. India team have a highly chance to win this World Cup but I also have some doubt of Australia and South Africa team. I see that South Africa bat first in every games, they gave a very big target to fighting team. Australia team also performed good in previous games and hope they will also made good effort in semi final game

[Sithara007]

India lost in the semi-final against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. So they will try to reach the final by defeating New Zealand on the 15th. Every player in India is in form Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Sammang Gill all of them are batting well. Great things to say Md Siraj Sami Jadeja Bhomra among them strong bowling. So it is expected that the Indian team will try to reach the final by playing the best against New Zealand in the semi-final. But it feels very bad for New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, they have played the final in 2019 World Cup consecutively but could not win the cup. Kane Williamson this may be his last World Cup, so those who are fans of Williamson will definitely want this World Cup to be in his hands. Now let's see who makes it to the final after all the speculation ends on the 15th.

New Zealand is still struggling to perform under Indian conditions. They are still overdependent on their pacers (especially Trent Boult) as their spinners (apart from Mitchell Santner) are not taking wickets. Surprisingly they are doing quite well in the batting department despite the absence of Kane Williamson. Rachin Ravindra have been the find of the tournament for them and he is being ably supported by Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway. But till, this won't be able to get past the Indians, who are simply looking invincible as of now.

[libert19]

India lost in the semi-final against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. So they will try to reach the final by defeating New Zealand on the 15th. Every player in India is in form Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Sammang Gill all of them are batting well. Great things to say Md Siraj Sami Jadeja Bhomra among them strong bowling. So it is expected that the Indian team will try to reach the final by playing the best against New Zealand in the semi-final. But it feels very bad for New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, they have played the final in 2019 World Cup consecutively but could not win the cup. Kane Williamson this may be his last World Cup, so those who are fans of Williamson will definitely want this World Cup to be in his hands. Now let's see who makes it to the final after all the speculation ends on the 15th.

New Zealand is still struggling to perform under Indian conditions. They are still overdependent on their pacers (especially Trent Boult) as their spinners (apart from Mitchell Santner) are not taking wickets. Surprisingly they are doing quite well in the batting department despite the absence of Kane Williamson. Rachin Ravindra have been the find of the tournament for them and he is being ably supported by Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway. But till, this won't be able to get past the Indians, who are simply looking invincible as of now.

Trent boult? He's been average so far, yes he got two 3s but other than 1-2s and in two games 0. In spin department, they only have Santner as main line spinners, others are all rounders, he's been most consistent bowler in their team, his spells only didn't work in their match against Pakistan.

They only do well in battling dept when Ravindra or Mitchell make centuries at least 

Conway made century in first game, other than nothing much for him.

[Minor Miner]

India lost in the semi-final against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. So they will try to reach the final by defeating New Zealand on the 15th. Every player in India is in form Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Sammang Gill all of them are batting well. Great things to say Md Siraj Sami Jadeja Bhomra among them strong bowling. So it is expected that the Indian team will try to reach the final by playing the best against New Zealand in the semi-final. But it feels very bad for New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, they have played the final in 2019 World Cup consecutively but could not win the cup. Kane Williamson this may be his last World Cup, so those who are fans of Williamson will definitely want this World Cup to be in his hands. Now let's see who makes it to the final after all the speculation ends on the 15th.

New Zealand is still struggling to perform under Indian conditions. They are still overdependent on their pacers (especially Trent Boult) as their spinners (apart from Mitchell Santner) are not taking wickets. Surprisingly they are doing quite well in the batting department despite the absence of Kane Williamson. Rachin Ravindra have been the find of the tournament for them and he is being ably supported by Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway. But till, this won't be able to get past the Indians, who are simply looking invincible as of now.

After losing four matches in a row, New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals with a win against Sri Lanka. It cannot be said that the team is in a very good rhythm.

India will undoubtedly be favourites, considering the performance aspect. The team performed well against all the teams. However, the India vs New Zealand match was India's most competitive match in this World Cup. Also in every match we saw only Indian players dominating. Because of this the New Zealand players can have some confidence. If New Zealand's bowlers can do well against India, they have some chance of winning. If the bowlers of New Zealand do not do well, we will only see the dominance of India in this match.

[justdimin]

New Zealand is still struggling to perform under Indian conditions. They are still overdependent on their pacers (especially Trent Boult) as their spinners (apart from Mitchell Santner) are not taking wickets. Surprisingly they are doing quite well in the batting department despite the absence of Kane Williamson. Rachin Ravindra have been the find of the tournament for them and he is being ably supported by Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway. But till, this won't be able to get past the Indians, who are simply looking invincible as of now.

Trent boult? He's been average so far, yes he got two 3s but other than 1-2s and in two games 0. In spin department, they only have Santner as main line spinners, others are all rounders, he's been most consistent bowler in their team, his spells only didn't work in their match against Pakistan.

They only do well in battling dept when Ravindra or Mitchell make centuries at least 

Conway made century in first game, other than nothing much for him.

If you are able to check their history then please go ahead because we have performances like this from them in every event just because of this they have never been able to win any big event while mostly they are not consistent even they have quality and ability currently their few players are not able to perform as they required but still they are jumped into last four which is really impressive with now they are 6th or 7th times in semifinal in ODI world cups which is also impressive.

Now they are going to play in big match where Indians will try to hit them hard which can create some interesting points for them and game as well hopefully, we will have good match from them for the next and final game even India is hot favorite but still any result can happen but if we have New Zealand in final this could be third time any team will achieve this in ODI world cup history after West Indies and Australia.

[Nalain420]

India lost in the semi-final against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. So they will try to reach the final by defeating New Zealand on the 15th. Every player in India is in form Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Sammang Gill all of them are batting well. Great things to say Md Siraj Sami Jadeja Bhomra among them strong bowling. So it is expected that the Indian team will try to reach the final by playing the best against New Zealand in the semi-final. But it feels very bad for New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, they have played the final in 2019 World Cup consecutively but could not win the cup. Kane Williamson this may be his last World Cup, so those who are fans of Williamson will definitely want this World Cup to be in his hands. Now let's see who makes it to the final after all the speculation ends on the 15th.

New Zealand is still struggling to perform under Indian conditions. They are still overdependent on their pacers (especially Trent Boult) as their spinners (apart from Mitchell Santner) are not taking wickets. Surprisingly they are doing quite well in the batting department despite the absence of Kane Williamson. Rachin Ravindra have been the find of the tournament for them and he is being ably supported by Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway. But till, this won't be able to get past the Indians, who are simply looking invincible as of now.

If don't do it then new Zealand can not go to final.  Because there is full confidence in the bowler of New Zealand in the semi final.If Maxwell play like the old match they will definitely win the semi final. If New Zealand bowler and batsmen are quick New Zealand can win against india.If New Zealand bowler and batsman played very well then can make the possible impossible.If Mitchel marsh and Maxwell and other batsmen and bowler play with effort and intensity in the morning match India cannot spoil them.

[JSRAW]

Trent boult? He's been average so far, yes he got two 3s but other than 1-2s and in two games 0. In spin department, they only have Santner as main line spinners, others are all rounders, he's been most consistent bowler in their team, his spells only didn't work in their match against Pakistan.

They only do well in battling dept when Ravindra or Mitchell make centuries at least  

Conway made century in first game, other than nothing much for him.

In 2019 WC too, Trent Boult had similar numbers and the semifinal equation was also the same ( 1-India vs 4-New Zealand). Boulty boy bagged 2 wickets and one of em was a prize wicket of Kohli.

At that time our scorecard was 5/3 in just 3 overs and it became a kind of meme on the interweb so be careful if you are an Indian fan. Hum toh sala nervasa rahe hain ki kahin bhokal na macha de ei budbak Boult.

[noormcs5]

If umpire gave out last batsman against South Africa match , Pakistan could qualify for final. That was empire decision and that was Pakistani bad luck.

I am surprised that you are still complaining about the Umpire Decision on that Pakistan-South Africa match but do not take into account their poor performance in the overall World Cup.

For a moment, let's suppose that Pakistan would have won the match if that decision had been in their favor but they still needed to win against England in order to qualify. You can see how poorly they have played in that match. England won that match by 93 runs which shows that it was a one sided match.

So can you explain how Pakistan could have reached the semi finals if they were beaten by England  

[BitcoinsGreat]

India lost in the semi-final against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. So they will try to reach the final by defeating New Zealand on the 15th. Every player in India is in form Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Sammang Gill all of them are batting well. Great things to say Md Siraj Sami Jadeja Bhomra among them strong bowling. So it is expected that the Indian team will try to reach the final by playing the best against New Zealand in the semi-final. But it feels very bad for New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, they have played the final in 2019 World Cup consecutively but could not win the cup. Kane Williamson this may be his last World Cup, so those who are fans of Williamson will definitely want this World Cup to be in his hands. Now let's see who makes it to the final after all the speculation ends on the 15th.

New Zealand is still struggling to perform under Indian conditions. They are still overdependent on their pacers (especially Trent Boult) as their spinners (apart from Mitchell Santner) are not taking wickets. Surprisingly they are doing quite well in the batting department despite the absence of Kane Williamson. Rachin Ravindra have been the find of the tournament for them and he is being ably supported by Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway. But till, this won't be able to get past the Indians, who are simply looking invincible as of now.

After losing four matches in a row, New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals with a win against Sri Lanka. It cannot be said that the team is in a very good rhythm.

India will undoubtedly be favourites, considering the performance aspect. The team performed well against all the teams. However, the India vs New Zealand match was India's most competitive match in this World Cup. Also in every match we saw only Indian players dominating. Because of this the New Zealand players can have some confidence. If New Zealand's bowlers can do well against India, they have some chance of winning. If the bowlers of New Zealand do not do well, we will only see the dominance of India in this match.

India vs New Zealand will be the greatest, high profile match, which India will not want to lose at any cost. It is a match where both teams had unbelievable players and both teams had an unstoppable team with massive players. Indian bowling vs New Zealand batting. If Kane Willamsons settles against Indian bowlers on Wankhede pitch so he can hit many boundaries, he is a fear for Indian bowlers. That is also a batting pitch, it provides an advantage to both teams and on the other side, this thing also is a danger for bowlers, and both teams have bowlers who can take the wicket of other team batsmen in few balls.

Toss may play an important role in this match and i think the team winning the toss should bat first, put the runs on the board and hope to get other team in pressure of chasing in a big match.

[Minor Miner]

India lost in the semi-final against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. So they will try to reach the final by defeating New Zealand on the 15th. Every player in India is in form Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Sammang Gill all of them are batting well. Great things to say Md Siraj Sami Jadeja Bhomra among them strong bowling. So it is expected that the Indian team will try to reach the final by playing the best against New Zealand in the semi-final. But it feels very bad for New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, they have played the final in 2019 World Cup consecutively but could not win the cup. Kane Williamson this may be his last World Cup, so those who are fans of Williamson will definitely want this World Cup to be in his hands. Now let's see who makes it to the final after all the speculation ends on the 15th.

New Zealand is still struggling to perform under Indian conditions. They are still overdependent on their pacers (especially Trent Boult) as their spinners (apart from Mitchell Santner) are not taking wickets. Surprisingly they are doing quite well in the batting department despite the absence of Kane Williamson. Rachin Ravindra have been the find of the tournament for them and he is being ably supported by Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway. But till, this won't be able to get past the Indians, who are simply looking invincible as of now.

After losing four matches in a row, New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals with a win against Sri Lanka. It cannot be said that the team is in a very good rhythm.

India will undoubtedly be favourites, considering the performance aspect. The team performed well against all the teams. However, the India vs New Zealand match was India's most competitive match in this World Cup. Also in every match we saw only Indian players dominating. Because of this the New Zealand players can have some confidence. If New Zealand's bowlers can do well against India, they have some chance of winning. If the bowlers of New Zealand do not do well, we will only see the dominance of India in this match.

India vs New Zealand will be the greatest, high profile match, which India will not want to lose at any cost. It is a match where both teams had unbelievable players and both teams had an unstoppable team with massive players. Indian bowling vs New Zealand batting. If Kane Willamsons settles against Indian bowlers on Wankhede pitch so he can hit many boundaries, he is a fear for Indian bowlers. That is also a batting pitch, it provides an advantage to both teams and on the other side, this thing also is a danger for bowlers, and both teams have bowlers who can take the wicket of other team batsmen in few balls.

Toss may play an important role in this match and i think the team winning the toss should bat first, put the runs on the board and hope to get other team in pressure of chasing in a big match.

Almost every pitch in this World Cup was batting-friendly. But the Wankhede Stadium pitch also helps the bowlers a lot. But as the batsmen of both the teams are in very good rhythm, this match is likely to see a high score.

On this pitch at Wankhede Stadium, it is very difficult to win by batting at a big target in the second innings. So the outcome of the match will largely depend on the toss. The Australian team won by chasing maximum runs on this pitch. Australia won by a target of 292 runs given by Afghanistan. Australia won because of Maxwell's unbeaten innings of 201 runs. Otherwise, they would have been defeated by Afghanistan. India will be favourites in this match. But if New Zealand can bat first, they are likely to control the match.

[noormcs5]

India lost in the semi-final against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. So they will try to reach the final by defeating New Zealand on the 15th. Every player in India is in form Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Sammang Gill all of them are batting well. Great things to say Md Siraj Sami Jadeja Bhomra among them strong bowling. So it is expected that the Indian team will try to reach the final by playing the best against New Zealand in the semi-final. But it feels very bad for New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, they have played the final in 2019 World Cup consecutively but could not win the cup. Kane Williamson this may be his last World Cup, so those who are fans of Williamson will definitely want this World Cup to be in his hands. Now let's see who makes it to the final after all the speculation ends on the 15th.

New Zealand is still struggling to perform under Indian conditions. They are still overdependent on their pacers (especially Trent Boult) as their spinners (apart from Mitchell Santner) are not taking wickets. Surprisingly they are doing quite well in the batting department despite the absence of Kane Williamson. Rachin Ravindra have been the find of the tournament for them and he is being ably supported by Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway. But till, this won't be able to get past the Indians, who are simply looking invincible as of now.

Trent boult? He's been average so far, yes he got two 3s but other than 1-2s and in two games 0. In spin department, they only have Santner as main line spinners, others are all rounders, he's been most consistent bowler in their team, his spells only didn't work in their match against Pakistan.

They only do well in battling dept when Ravindra or Mitchell make centuries at least  

Conway made century in first game, other than nothing much for him.

Tomorrow is the biggest match for the host nation India vs New Zealand. This is an exciting match because this is the first semi-final, all players and people had just one thing on his/her minds which was that in 2019 the semi-final was India vs New Zealand and this is the second time India and New Zealand met in the semi-final after 2019, and India also have first position in previous point table and the same thing was held this time but the difference is just one which is in 2019 India lost one match but this India won them all matches, I think that the biggest reason of this thing is that India team play in their home ground, which gave comfortably and advantage to play.

[Compromise me]

If umpire gave out last batsman against South Africa match , Pakistan could qualify for final. That was empire decision and that was Pakistani bad luck.

I am surprised that you are still complaining about the Umpire Decision on that Pakistan-South Africa match but do not take into account their poor performance in the overall World Cup.

For a moment, let's suppose that Pakistan would have won the match if that decision had been in their favor but they still needed to win against England in order to qualify. You can see how poorly they have played in that match. England won that match by 93 runs which shows that it was a one sided match.

So can you explain how Pakistan could have reached the semi finals if they were beaten by England  

No doubt, Pakistan played not well in last match against England but in my opinion if Pakistan team won against South Africa then
momentum could shift towards Pakistani team .Before the England match, Pakistani team knew ,they are out of the World cup , so they don't gave their 110 percent.If Pakistan won against South Africa, Pakistan could qualify for Semi final. But in my opinion, Pakistani team is not deserving team to play Semi final.  Tomorrow match is very interesting,India is favorite but New Zealand has also weapons to lose India.

[Nalain420]

India lost in the semi-final against New Zealand in the 2019 World Cup. So they will try to reach the final by defeating New Zealand on the 15th. Every player in India is in form Rohit Sharma Virat Kohli Sammang Gill all of them are batting well. Great things to say Md Siraj Sami Jadeja Bhomra among them strong bowling. So it is expected that the Indian team will try to reach the final by playing the best against New Zealand in the semi-final. But it feels very bad for New Zealand captain Kane Williamson, they have played the final in 2019 World Cup consecutively but could not win the cup. Kane Williamson this may be his last World Cup, so those who are fans of Williamson will definitely want this World Cup to be in his hands. Now let's see who makes it to the final after all the speculation ends on the 15th.

New Zealand is still struggling to perform under Indian conditions. They are still overdependent on their pacers (especially Trent Boult) as their spinners (apart from Mitchell Santner) are not taking wickets. Surprisingly they are doing quite well in the batting department despite the absence of Kane Williamson. Rachin Ravindra have been the find of the tournament for them and he is being ably supported by Daryl Mitchell and Devon Conway. But till, this won't be able to get past the Indians, who are simply looking invincible as of now.

Trent boult? He's been average so far, yes he got two 3s but other than 1-2s and in two games 0. In spin department, they only have Santner as main line spinners, others are all rounders, he's been most consistent bowler in their team, his spells only didn't work in their match against Pakistan.

They only do well in battling dept when Ravindra or Mitchell make centuries at least  

Conway made century in first game, other than nothing much for him.

Tomorrow is the biggest match for the host nation India vs New Zealand. This is an exciting match because this is the first semi-final, all players and people had just one thing on his/her minds which was that in 2019 the semi-final was India vs New Zealand and this is the second time India and New Zealand met in the semi-final after 2019, and India also have first position in previous point table and the same thing was held this time but the difference is just one which is in 2019 India lost one match but this India won them all matches, I think that the biggest reason of this thing is that India team play in their home ground, which gave comfortably and advantage to play.

It is true that the first semi final is very exciting for the public and important for both team. After seeing the weakness in the previous matches India has decided to win nine matches out of nine with its good performance in this year ICC World Cup and have also decided to take the semi final and the final.But India batsman and bowler make effort and produce energy and win the matches.It is also true that they are winning despite playing at their home ground but if India does not work hard they win comfortably but they have beaten other team with more modern work and have big target in front of them.  Keep and win all matches.

[synchronym]

The first semi-final between New Zealand and India will be held today. Today's match is going to be a high voltage match. Today's match is very important for both teams. Both the teams will want to play their best to secure the final. If we talk about the 2019 World Cup. Then we will see that India was the opponent of New Zealand in the semi-final. New Zealand reached the final after defeating India in the semi-final. 2023 World Cup in the same series, New Zealand vs India in the semi-final. Now it is to be seen who will win this match today. New Zealand is the only team to have played in 5 consecutive World Cup semi-finals, including two World Cup finals. Now it remains to be seen how much New Zealand can prove themselves on today's field in the 2023 World Cup in the fight to reach the finals. If New Zealand wins today's match and goes to the final. I personally would definitely want New Zealand to win today's match. May the New Zealand team be the 2023 World Cup champion.

[Sithara007]

No doubt, Pakistan played not well in last match against England but in my opinion if Pakistan team won against South Africa then
momentum could shift towards Pakistani team .Before the England match, Pakistani team knew ,they are out of the World cup , so they don't gave their 110 percent.If Pakistan won against South Africa, Pakistan could qualify for Semi final. But in my opinion, Pakistani team is not deserving team to play Semi final.  Tomorrow match is very interesting,India is favorite but New Zealand has also weapons to lose India.

Pakistan started relatively well in the tournament, but they were unable to win against the pig-4 sides. They won against New Zealand, but that was mostly due to luck. New Zealand scored 401 and even then they lost because of DLS. Without this win, Pakistan would have been in a pathetic position in the points table (by the time they won, Pakistan had a win probability of 12% or so in that match). As I mentioned previously, the players were not focusing on the game. Rather than doing that they were mostly focusing on various controversies.