22 October,2023 01:33 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Rohit Sharma, Tom Latham (Pic: AFP)
Match 21 of the ICC World Cup 2023 will be played between India and New Zealand. The match will start at 2.00 pm in Dharmashala's HPCA Stadium. Indian skipper Rohit Sharma is ready with his 'Men in Blue' to face Tom Latham's 'Black Caps'.
India skipper Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bowl first against New Zealand.
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The Kiwis are in the first position with four wins in the ICC World Cup 2023 so far and the hosts are in the second spot with four wins. The match will be between the number one team and the number two team in the tournament.
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Squads:
India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Surya Kumar Yadav
New Zealand: Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (c), Daryl Mitchell, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitch Santner, Will Young
The story of South Africa vs England
Temba Bavuma didn't play yesterday's match due to illness and Aiden Markram took over the captaincy control for South Africa. Reeza Hendricks was added to the squad as a replacement player for Tewmba Bavuma.
Ben Stokes made a return in England's side in yesterday's match.
England won the toss and elected to bowl first against South Africa.
Quinton de Kock opened the inning with Reeza Hendricks. But, South Africa lost the early wicket of de Kock. Rassie van der Dussen who came to bat at no.3 made a 121 runs partnership with Hendricks.
Later Heinrich Klaasen smashed 109 runs in just 67 balls. Accompanying him was Marco Jansen who went on to score 75 runs in just 42 deliveries.
Adil Rashid and Reece Topley struck important wickets for England. The Proteas put on a target of 400 runs for England to chase down.
None of the England players scored decent runs except Mark Wood and Gus Atkinson. Wood scored 43 runs and Atkinson scored 35 runs against South Africa. The Protea's players with the bat displayed an entertaining show and later on, entertained Mumbai's Wankhede crowd with the ball too. England was bowled out for 170 runs.
