The two undefeated teams of the World Cup so far, India and New Zealand will play against each other in the 18th match of the tournament at Trent Bridge. Kane Williamson led squad has won its all the three matches played so far while India has played two matches and won both the games.
With the likes of Shikhar Dhawan India posted a good total for Australia in the last match. After Dhawan's absence in this game, India's strategy will go through a tough test. So far there is one or the other player takes India to the good total, it was Rohit Sharma vs South Africa then it was Dhawan vs Australia, let us see who will come up and lead the batting department this time.
In terms of bowling department, the two pacers Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Jasprit Bumrah have been good in the last two games and Yuzvendra Chahal is managing the spin department very well.
New Zealand, on the other hand, has been in very good form this season as it has not lost any match so far. Kane Williamson and Ross Taylor are the two crucial players against whom Indian bowlers have to devise a specific strategy.
India vs New Zealand
Matches: 7
India won: 3
New Zealand won: 4
India: Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul, Virat Kohli, Vijay Shankar, MS Dhoni, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Kuldeep Yadav/Mohammed Shami, Jasprit Bumrah
New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Colin Munro, Kane Williamson, Ross Taylor, Tom Latham, Jimmy Neesham, Mitchell Santner, Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry/Tim Southee
Date and Day: June 13, 2019, Thursday.
Place: Trent Bridge Stadium, Nottingham
Time: 3:00 pm IST, 10:30 am local time
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On the other hand, it was difficult for Ben's father Gerard Stokes who was watching the final back in New Zealand and cheering for blackcaps whether to celebrate his son's effort or to be sad for his country's loss.
In terms of form, Australia has been one of the top performers in the league stages, losing just two matches in nine games. They comfortably thumped England by 64 runs at Lord's during the league stage. Australia finished second in the table with 14 points in nine matches.
Both the teams will fight to fix their spot in the semi-finals.
The century against bangladesh on Tuesday took Rohit to the top of most run scorers of 2019 World Cup surpassing David Warner.
India currently holds the second spot on the points table with 11 points while Bangladesh occupies the 6th spot with seven points.
Shankar is likely to be replaced in the squad by Karnataka opener Mayank Agarwal, who made his Test debut against Australia last year, has not yet played in the ODI format.
Sri Lanka holds the 7th position on the World Cup points table with 6 points while West Indies is on 9th with just one victory and three points.
With 11 points and no losses India occupies the second spot on the points table while England is on 5th with 8 points.
Australia tops on the points table with 12 points while New Zealand is spotted on third with 11 points.
Pakistan is placed at the 6th position on the points table with 7 points while Afghanistan is at the rock bottom and yet to open its account.