The ICC Men's ODI World Cup 2023 saw India defeat New Zealand by 70 runs in the opening semi-final, which took place on Wednesday. November 15, at Mumbai's Wankhede Stadium. With the help of Virat Kohli's 50th ODI century and Shreyas Iyer's 70-ball-105, India amassed 397 runs at four wickets in 50 overs. Before dismissing the Kane Williamson-led team for 327 in 48.5 overs. In 9.5 overs, Mohammed Shami took seven wickets for 57 runs to set a record for the best bowling performance by an Indian in history.
India has qualified for the 2023 ODI World Cup final, which will take place in Ahmedabad on Sunday, November 19, after to a thrilling win over the Black Caps.
Players from both teams smashed some records during the India-New Zealand match. Here's a peek at each one.
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- To hit 50 ODI hundreds, Virat Kohli made history as the first batter. His 49 hundred world record broke Sachin Tendulkar's record.
- In the ODI World Cup, Kohli broke Tendulkar's record for most runs scored in a single event. Kohli has 711 runs in 10 games at the 2023 ODI World Cup, while Sachin scored 673 runs in 2003.
- In a single ODI World Cup, Virat is the first and only batter to score 700+ runs.
- In the first semi-final of the ODI World Cup 2023, Virat hit his third century. As of right now, he leads all batters in the current tournament with eight 50+ scores.
- In the history of the ODI, Kohli crossed Ricky Ponting to become the third-highest run-scorer. In 291 ODIs, he has scored 13,794 runs, while Ponting has scored 13,704 in 375 ODIs.
- In 2023, Virat's century against New Zealand on Wednesday was his sixth in One-Day Internationals. He also scored six centuries in one-day cricket in 2017 and 2018.
- In the ODI World Cup, Mohammed Shami becomes the first bowler from India to take 50 wickets.
- In ODI World Cup history, Shami is the bowler who has taken 50 wickets fastest.
- On Wednesday, Shami recorded his highest-ever stats in Test, ODI, and Twenty20 cricket after taking seven wickets for 57 runs in 9.5 overs.
- In an ODI, Shami became the first Indian player to take seven wickets.
- In both the ODI World Cup and ODIs, Shami's 7/57 stats are the finest bowling display by an Indian player.
- Shami has now taken the most wickets of any bowler in the ODI World Cup 2023 with 23, after taking seven wickets against New Zealand.
- In an ODI World Cup, Shami broke Zaheer Khan's record of taking the most wickets for India in a single tournament.
- In ICC knockout matches, Shami becomes the first Indian player to take five wickets. It is the first time in history that India has won ten consecutive ODIs.
- With 10 wins in a single edition, Rohit Sharma becomes the first Indian captain in the history of the ODI World Cup.
- Following Kapil Dev, Sourav Ganguly, and MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma is the fourth Indian captain to make it to the ODI World Cup final.
- The fastest batter to reach 1500 runs in the history of the ODI World Cup is Rohit. In his 27th inning, he reached the milestone.
