T20 World Cup: IND vs NZ: Team India’s dismal run in the ongoing T20 World Cup continues as Virat Kohli & Co faced their second defeat in a row against New Zealand in Dubai tonight. The Men in Blue looked completely out of sorts against Kane Williamson’s side that registered a comprehensive eight wickets win over India. And, with that New Zealand’s jinx continue for the Men in Blue! It seems team India still doesn’t know how to beat Kiwis, especially in T20 WC. Follow InsideSport.in for more T20 World Cup live updates.
IND vs NZ: New Zealand jinx continues, Indian cricket doesn’t know how to beat the Kiwis
Team India had a pathetic outing, especially with the bat, against New Zealand. Put into bat, Virat Kohli & Co once again failed to get off to a solid start. Barring Hardik Pandya’s 23 off 24 and Ravindra Jadeja’s 26* off 19, India’s top-order failed once again as they could only set a 111-run target for New Zealand.
India knew Ish Sodhi & Trent Boult are the biggest threat: Going into the must-win game against New Zealand, team India knew they have Ish Sodhi & Trent Boult as the biggest threat and still they fell prey to these two bowlers
Ish Sodhi before the game:
- Sodhi had dismissed Virat Kohli for record 5 times in limited-overs matches.
- Sodhi had dismissed Lokesh Rahul twice in T20I
- Dismissed Rohit Sharma once
Ish Sodhi in the game: Kiwi spinner turned out to be the Man of the Match, accounting for the wickets of India skipper Virat Kohli and vice-captain Rohit Sharma
- Sodhi dismissed Rohit Sharma
- Sodhi dismissed Virat Kohli
Ish Sodhi named Player of the Match with vital wickets in the middle overs in Dubai. Sodhi finished with 2-17 from his four overs with the wickets of Rohit Sharma and Virat Kohli. #T20WorldCup pic.twitter.com/TFEwxaWXcL
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India’s biggest weakness had been a left-arm pacer for so long. The same was evident in the opening game against Pakistan when Shaheen Shah Afridi accounted for Virat Kohli, Rohit Sharma, and KL Rahul.
Kiwi left-arm pacer Trent Boult returned with impressive figures off 3-20 against India on Sunday.
Trent Boult in the game: Boult accounted for the wickets of Ishan Kishan, Hardik Pandya & Shardul Thakur.
India’s poor ICC tournament records against Kiwis: If we leave behind the bilateral matchups between the two sides, New Zealand turns out to be a formidable outing for Men in Blue in ICC tournaments. The Kiwis have completely dominated India for more than a decade now and India cricket just can’t find a way how to outplay the Kiwis.
The last time India managed a win over New Zealand in an ICC tournament was in the 2003 World Cup. Led by Sourav Ganguly, the Men in Blue registered a seven-wicket win over New Zealand.
2003 World Cup: India defeated New Zealand by 7 wickets
2007 T20 World Cup: New Zealand defeated India by 10 runs.
2016 T20 World Cup: New Zealand defeated India by 47 runs.
2019 World Cup Semi-Final: New Zealand defeated India by 18 runs
2021 World Test Championships: New Zealand defeated India by 8 wickets.
2021 T20 World Cup: New Zealand defeated India by 8 wickets
Meanwhile, India’s semi-final hopes took a big hit on Sunday when Kane Williamson’s New Zealand registered a comprehensive eight wickets win over Virat Kohli & Co. With two defeats in two games, India is yet to open the account in the ongoing T20 World Cup. The Men in Blue now needs to win all their remaining three games with big margins to have a chance to advance in the next advance.
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