Who will win India vs New Zealand, Semi-Final ICC CWC 2019?

India face New Zealand at Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, at the first of the two ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 semi-finals.

The match occurs on July 9 along with the live activity starts at 10:30 local time.

IND vs NZ, ICC CWC 2019: Where to watch/Live streaming
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Live streaming: Today TV, Sky Go, SonyLiv, SuperSport Live, Willow TV Online

IND vs NZ Toss Prediction
Teams, such as India and New Zealand, have favoured batting first at Old Trafford and also the group opening up has generally gone on to triumph. This could be a toss.

IND vs NZ Weather Report
Frustratingly, rain is set to come back to Manchester on Tuesday and there could be a couple of interruptions due to showers.

If IND vs NZ Semi-Final is Rained Out?

There is a possibility of this game being washed out because of rain, and if it does, then both the teams will face each other on Friday that has been set since the reserve day with this semi-final. However, rain has been forecast for that day also and so the big question which arises here is that will perform the finals if the book day too gets washed out. If so, it is India who will advance to play the finals on Sunday courtesy of the higher position (first) in the standings compared to New Zealand (fourth).IND Team News
India rested Mohammed Shami and Yuzvendra Chahal to their final group game against Sri Lanka, with Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav earned. Both changes are likely to be reversed for the semi-final, nevertheless. Dinesh Karthik has been selected ahead of Kedar Jadhav and is put to bat at number seven.

IND Key Players
Rohit Sharma has become the stand-out batsman of this 2019 Cricket World Cup, scoring his fifth century in eight innings as India watched Sri Lanka last time outside. Sharma has now scored 100s in his last three consecutive games in his way to some tournament-high 647 runs in complete.

Virat Kohli is India’s second highest run-scorer, having scored five consecutive half-centuries throughout the group phase. The India captain has hit 442 runs in total at an average of 63.14 after his unbeaten 34 from Sri Lanka.

KL Rahul, opening the batting, hit 111 in that game and shared a 189-run venture with Sharma to proceed to 360 runs out of eight innings in complete.

Together with the ball, Jasprit Bumrah claimed three wickets to come back to the top of India’s wicket-taking graphs with 17, complemented with a terrific economy rate of 4.48 runs annually. Mohammed Shami will probably be pushing for a recall after taking 14 wickets in only four games, while spinner Yuzvendra Chahal has taken 11 in seven games.

IND Team Form
India bounced back from their only band stage defeat — a 31-run defeat to hosts England at Edgbaston – by beating Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to sign off on a top.

Against Bangladesh, Rohit Sharma scored 104. Jasprit Bumrah then maintained 4-55 as India bowled the Tigers out for 286 in response.

Sharma then hit a second century — his fifth of the championship and third in a row — to lead India to a commanding victory against Sri Lanka. He scored 103 and KL Rahul hammered 111 as India needed just 43.3 overs to pursue 265 and win by seven wickets.

India’s Journey at World Cup 2019

India made an ideal start to their World Cup campaign, beating the likes of South Africa, Australia, Pakistan, Afghanistan and the West Indies to win their first five completed matches on the bounce. Their third fixture was against New Zealand that had to be called off due to rain without a ball bowled. After beating the Windies, India then took on the hosts England and endured a 31-run reduction – their only defeat at the tournament up to now. They, however, returned to winning ways using back-to-back wins over Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to finish on peak of the leaderboard with 15 points.