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☆ 'King Kohli' enters 50-overs GOAT debate at run-laden World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-18 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Initially, Kohli was part of batting's "Fab Four" alongside England's Joe Root, Australia's Steve Smith and New Zealand's Kane Williamson. While others have faded somewhat recently, Kohli has been burning brightly, and pulling ahead of his peers. The elegant right-hander ended that drought in September last year and has been at his prolific best at the current World Cup, where he is the runaway top-scorer with 711 runs from 10 matches including three centuries. "And to do it on the biggest stage - in the World Cup Semi-final - and at my home ground is the icing on the cake." Congratulations emperor," the bowling great wrote after Kohli's Mumbai masterclass.

Persons: India's Virat Kohli, Devon Conway, Tim Southee REUTERS, Adnan Abidi, Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar, Kohli, Joe Root, Steve Smith, Zealand's Kane Williamson, Tendulkar, RICHARDS, Viv Richards, Kohli's, Sachin, Richards, Wasim Akram's, Amlan Chakraborty, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, New Zealand, Wankhede, Rights, Tendulkar's, West Indies, International Cricket Council, Thomson Locations: India, New, Mumbai, Rights AHMEDABAD, Pakistan, Ahmedabad

☆ Kohli's record 50th ton helps India set New Zealand 398-run target
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Sudipto Ganguly | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

The venue, where India won their last 50-overs World Cup title, has hosted four day-night contests so far at this tournament with three of those being won by the team batting first. Australia were the only team to win batting second at the ground after Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten double hundred. India have looked invincible so far, winning all nine of their round robin matches including a four-wicket victory over the Black Caps in Dharamsala. New Zealand, however, defeated India at the same stage of the 2019 edition. Reporting by Sudipto Ganguly; editing by Peter Rutherford and Christian RadnedgeOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: India's Virat Kohli, Devon Conway, Tim Southee REUTERS, Adnan Abidi, Virat Kohli, Kohli's, Sachin Tendulkar, Lockie Ferguson, Kohli, Tendulkar, David Beckham, Tim Southee, Shreyas, Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill, Gill, Glenn Maxwell, Sudipto Ganguly, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, New Zealand, Wankhede, Rights, England, India, Black, Christian, Thomson Locations: India, New, Mumbai, Rights MUMBAI, Australia, Dharamsala . New Zealand, South Africa, Eden, Ahmedabad

☆ India win toss, bat first against New Zealand in semi-final
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( Sudipto Ganguly | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/13] Cricket - ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 - Semi-Final - India v New Zealand - Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India - November 15, 2023 India's Virat Kohli celebrates after reaching his 50th century, breaking Sachin Tendulkar's record of most number of ODI centuries REUTERS/Adnan Abidi Acquire Licensing RightsMUMBAI, Nov 15 (Reuters) - India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat in the first World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. The venue, where India won their last 50-overs World Cup title, has hosted four day-night contests so far at this tournament with three of those being won by the team batting first. Australia were the only team to win batting second at the ground after Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten double hundred. For Wednesday's contest, both India and New Zealand were unchanged from their previous match. New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said he would have batted first as well.

Persons: India's Virat Kohli, Sachin Tendulkar's, Adnan Abidi, Rohit Sharma, Glenn Maxwell, we've, Sharma, I've, Kane Williamson, Williamson, they've, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitch Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Sudipto Ganguly, Peter Rutherford Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, New Zealand, Wankhede, Rights, India, Black, KL Rahul, Thomson Locations: India, New, Mumbai, Rights MUMBAI, Australia, New Zealand, Dharamsala . New Zealand, South Africa, Eden, Ahmedabad, Zealand

☆ Head hammers hundred as Australia clinch record-scoring thriller v NZ
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Needing 19 runs off Mitchell Starc's final over, New Zealand milked 13 runs off the first four legitimate deliveries to keep the heat on Australia. "That was awesome," Australia captain Pat Cummins said after their fourth win in six matches. Glenn Phillips broke the burgeoning stand by taking a return catch to dismiss Warner, but Head raced to a 59-ball century. New Zealand were uncharacteristically sloppy in the field, dropping five catches, with Head the beneficiary on two occasions. That left Ferguson with the job of hitting the final delivery for six, but he drilled it straight to the cover fielder instead.

Persons: Arun Jaitley, Labuschagne, David Warner, Adnan Abidi, Travis Head's, Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, James Neesham, Mitchell, Neesham, Lockie Ferguson, Pat Cummins, Australia's, Glenn Phillips, Warner, Phillips, Glenn Maxwell, Josh Inglis, Pat Cummins clobbered, Devon Conway, Will Young, Josh Hazlewood, Mitchell steadied, Maxwell, Cummins, Ferguson, Tom Latham, Amlan Chakraborty, Hugh Lawson Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, New Zealand, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, New, Mitchell Starc's, New Zealand milked, Kiwis, Warner, Zealand, Thomson Locations: Australia, Netherlands, New Delhi, India, Himachal, New, New Zealand, Starc

☆ India ask NZ to bat first in a clash of unbeaten sides
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Twice champions India left out an injured Hardik Pandya and fellow all-rounder Shardul Thakur bringing in batter Suryakumar Yadav and seamer Mohammed Shami. Rohit said India relished chasing on a track, where dew could make bowling difficult in the second innings. "In training yesterday we thought dew came in early," Rohit said. New Zealand, who are without regular skipper Kane Williamson, fielded the same team that beat Afghanistan in their previous match. "We would've bowled first as well due to the dew," stand-in skipper Tom Latham said.

Persons: Daryl Mitchell, Adnan Abidi, Rohit Sharma, Hardik Pandya, Shardul Thakur, Suryakumar Yadav, seamer Mohammed Shami, Rohit, India, Kane Williamson, Tom Latham, Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, Ravindra Jadeja, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj, Jasprit, Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult, Amlan Chakraborty, Sonali Paul Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association, New Zealand, India, KL Rahul, Thomson Locations: India, New Zealand, Himachal, Dharamsala, Afghanistan, Jasprit Bumrah, Zealand, New Delhi

☆ Conway, Ravindra fireworks as New Zealand overwhelm England
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

Devon Conway and Rachin Ravindra smashed rapid unbeaten centuries to set up New Zealand's successful pursuit of a 283-run victory target, which they reached with 13.4 overs to spare. Ravindra's unbeaten 123 off 96 balls, studded with 11 fours and five sixes, earned the 23-year-old player-of-the-match award on his World Cup debut. New Zealand lost Will Young for nought in the first over but Conway, who smashed a career-best 152 not out, and Ravindra turned the heat back on England with their free scoring. Ravindra, who shared unbroken 273-run partnership with Conway, took one delivery fewer to notch up his maiden ODI hundred. New Zealand rested Williamson (knee) and fast bowler Tim Southee (thumb) to give them more time to recover from surgery.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Rachin Ravindra, Andrew Boyers, Devon Conway, Joe Root, Jos Buttler, Jonny Bairstow, Matt Henry, Buttler, Will Young, Conway, Ravindra, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson, Rachin, Williamson, Tim Southee, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Amlan Chakraborty, Ken Ferris, Ed Osmond Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, New Zealand, Narendra, Rights, England, Zealand, nought, Thomson Locations: England, New, Ahmedabad, India, Rights AHMEDABAD, Rachin, Devon, Zealand

☆ New Zealand's Ravindra lives up to his name in dream WC debut
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

New Zealand all-rounder Rachin Ravindra achieved that difficult feat with his dream World Cup debut against England on Thursday. The 23-year-old made an unbeaten 123 off 96 balls against the defending champions to help secure New Zealand's nine-wicket rout at the Narendra Modi Stadium. Ravindra was thrust into the limelight when stand-in skipper Tom Latham introduced him to bowl the 17th over of England's innings. That would have been improbable had Kane Williamson, New Zealand's regular captain, recovered from a knee injury. "He is unfit so luckily enough, I got an opportunity," Ravindra said of his experience of batting at number three.

Persons: Narendra Modi, Rachin Ravindra, Devon Conway, Andrew Boyers, Ravindra, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Tom Latham, Harry Brook, Brook, Kane Williamson, Tendulkar, Dravid, Amlan Chakraborty, Ed Osmond Organizations: Cricket, ICC Cricket, New Zealand, Narendra, Devon Conway REUTERS, Rights, England, New, Zealand, Wellington, Thomson Locations: England, New, Ahmedabad, India, Rights AHMEDABAD, Zealand, New Zealand, Conway

☆ 'We are not robots', says Buttler after England's tough loss
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Amlan Chakraborty | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Buttler accepted that England had been "completely outplayed" but the disappointment would not blur his perspective going forward in the tournament. "It's certainly a tough loss to take...but just as we, had we won the game, don't get too high, we don't get too low when we lose as well." Joe Root top-scored for England with 77, while Buttler (43) and Jonny Bairstow (33) also made starts. Sometimes you don't play as well as you would like. England play Bangladesh in Dharamsala on Tuesday hoping to boost their net run-rate.

Persons: Jos Buttler, wallow, Narendra Modi, Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Buttler, It's, Joe Root, Jonny Bairstow, Ben Stokes, Harry Brook, Amlan Chakraborty, Ed Osmond Organizations: New Zealand, Narendra, Zealand, England, Bangladesh, Thomson Locations: AHMEDABAD, India, England, Zealand, Dharamsala, Ahmedabad

☆ Malan ton leads England to series victory over NZ
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( John Mehaffey | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"Good run, especially scoring some runs here at the home of cricket and leading into a World Cup. It was a bit slow, when they built pressure I found it hard to score," Malan said. We had to get off to a good start with the ball and we did that.”Butler said his team were in a good position for the World Cup. England's victory will give them a boost ahead of their World Cup title defence. The teams will then meet in the opening match of the 50-overs World Cup in India on Oct. 5.

Persons: England's Dawid Malan, Matthew Childs, Dawid Malan, Moeen Ali, Malan, Jos Buttler, Devon Conway, Buttler, Henry Nicholls, Moeen snuffed, Rachin Ravindra, Sam Curran's, Tim Southee, He'll, Tom Latham, Joe Root, Liam Livingstone, " Malan, I've, Captain Buttler, ” Butler, ” Ravindra, Root, Harry Brook, Aadi Nair, John Mehaffey, Pritha Sarkar Organizations: New Zealand, England, Thomson Locations: England, New, London, Britain, New Zealand, Moeen, Ireland, Bangladesh, India, Bengaluru

☆ Broad magic puts England on brink of first test victory
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

"It's just a different pitch to bowl with in the lights," Broad told reporters. The England skipper's 31 included his 108th six to take him past his coach Brendon "Baz" McCullum as the most prolific scorer of the maximum in test cricket history. Wagner could have dismissed him on the next delivery but his miserable day continued when he caught the England skipper on the boundary only to fall over the rope and give Stokes his 109th test six. "If we can get a couple of partnerships together, we can make a fist of this total." Reporting by Nick Mulvenney in Sydney; Editing by Stephen Coates, Michael Perry and William MallardOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Black Caps tweak 2021 squad for T20 World Cup
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Martin Guptill will play in his seventh T20 World Cup and Devon Conway will keep wickets in addition to his batting duties at the tournament, which starts for the Black Caps with a re-run of last year's final against Australia in Sydney on Oct. 22. Seamer Adam Milne, who was an injury replacement for Lockie Ferguson at last year's tournament in the United Arab Emirates, was retained in the absence of Kyle Jamieson, who has a back problem. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterHard-hitting batsman Allen and all-rounder Bracewell are the numeric replacements for leg spinner Todd Astle and wicketkeeper Tim Seifert, who both missed out. "With the nucleus of that squad retained along with the exciting additions of Finn and Michael, we should go into the tournament with plenty of optimism." New Zealand also face Afghanistan, England and two as yet undetermined qualifiers from the opening stage of the tournament in Group 1 of the Super 12.

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