ICC World Cup 2019 semi-final 1, India vs New Zealand, statistical preview: Teams line up for first World Cup knockout clash

India and New Zealand will meet in the first semi-final of the 2019 World Cup at Old Trafford, Manchester, on July 9. Ahead of the match, here is a statistical preview.

Statistical preview

0 World Cup knockout matches between India and New Zealand till date. The highest level at which they have met are the Super Sixes: New Zealand had won in 1999 and India in 2003.

0.75 win-loss ratio of India against New Zealand (3 wins, 4 defeats) in World Cups.

1 World Cup semi-final won by New Zealand (in 2015) in 7 attempts. New Zealand’s 6 semi-final defeats are the most. Pakistan are next, with 4.

1.222 win-loss ratio of India against New Zealand (55 wins, 45 defeats).

2 five-wicket hauls for Yuzvendra Chahal. Among Indians, only Javagal Srinath and Harbhajan Singh (3 each) have more.

2 World Cup hundreds for Martin Guptill and Kane Williamson, the joint most for New Zealand. Glenn Turner, Nathan Astle, Scott Styris, and Stephen Fleming also have 2 each.

3 matches between India and New Zealand in England and New Zealand have won all 3 – in the 1975, 1979, and 1999 World Cups.

3 consecutive series wins for India against New Zealand before the World Cup including a 4-1 victory on New Zealand soil earlier this year.

3 consecutive ODI hundreds for Rohit Sharma, the joint 2nd most. Only Kumar Sangakkara (4, all in the 2015 World Cup) has got more on the trot. Of the ten men who have scored 3 consecutive ODI hundreds, Virat Kohli and Rohit are the only Indians.

3 World Cup semi-finals won by India (in 1983, 2003, and 2011) in 6 attempts. West Indies, England, and Sri Lanka have also won 3 each. Australia have won 6.

4 World Cup four-wicket hauls for Mohammed Shami, the joint 3rd most in history. Shami is currently tied with Shane Warne, Trent Boult, Shahid Afridi, and Muttiah Muralitharan. Only Mitchell Starc (6) and Imran Tahir (5) have more.

5 matches at Old Trafford in the 2019 World Cup. The sides batting first have won all five.

5 five-wicket hauls for Boult, joint most among New Zealanders. Richard Hadlee also has 5.

5 hundreds for Kohli against New Zealand, the joint 2nd most. Kohli is tied with Sanath Jayasuriya and Sachin Tendulkar. Only Ricky Ponting and Virender Sehwag (6 each) have more.

5 fifties for Kohli in the 2019 World Cup, the joint most in a single edition without a hundred. Kohli shares this dubious record with David Boon (1987), Javed Miandad (1992), Graeme Smith (2007), and Jonathan Trott (2011).

5.01 India’s run rate of India on English soil, the 2nd-best for any country, after England (5.09). New Zealand’s Lanka’s is 4.67.

6 fifty-plus scores for Rohit in the 2019 World Cup (5 hundred, 1 fifty), the joint 2nd most in a single edition. David Warner also has 6 in this edition (3 and 3). Only Tendulkar (1 and 6 in 2003) and Shakib Al Hasan (2 and 5 in 2019) have more.

6 World Cup hundreds for Rohit, joint most in history. Rohit is tied with Tendulkar.

6 World Cup fifty-plus scores for Guptill (2 hundreds, 4 fifties) and Ross Taylor (1 and 5). They need 1 to draw level with Fleming (2 and 5) and Brendon McCullum (1 and 6). Among New Zealanders, only Martin Crowe (1 and 8) and Styris (2 and 6) have more.

7 hundreds for Rohit on English soil, the most by any overseas batsman and the 3rd most overall. Only Marcus Trescothick and Joe Root (8 each) have more.

8 World Cup fifty-plus scores (1 hundred, 7 fifties) for Kohli, joint 3rd most for India. Only Tendulkar (6 hundreds, 15 fifties) and Rohit (6 and 3) have more. Kohli is tied with Mohammad Azharuddin (8 fifties), Rahul Dravid (2 and 6), and Yuvraj Singh (1 and 7).

9 four-wicket hauls for Shami. One more will help him draw level with Srinath (10) and Kumble (10). Among Indians, only Ajit Agarkar (12) has more.

12 World Cup catches for Kohli. He is tied with Kapil Dev and Tendulkar. Among Indians, only Kumble (14) has held most catches among non-wicketkeepers.

13 World Cup catches for Guptill. He is tied with Jacob Oram and Styris. Among New Zealanders, only Chris Cairns (16) has held most catches among non-wicketkeepers.

16 hundreds for Guptill, the joint 2nd most in New Zealand history. Astle also has 16. Taylor (20) has the most.

27 runs needed by Rohit (647) to reach the leading run-getter in a single edition of World Cup cricket. Only Tendulkar (673 in 2003) and Matthew Hayden (659 in 2007) had more.

31 World Cup wickets for Shami. He needs 1 more to go past Anil Kumble (31) and secure 3rd spot among Indians. Only Zaheer Khan (44) and Srinath (44) have more.

35.20 India’s batting average of India on English soil, the most for any country, more than even England (34.40). New Zealand’s is 31.24.

53 World Cup matches won by both India and New Zealand, the 2nd-most. Only Australia (69) has won more.

67 runs needed by Williamson (647) to become the leading run-getter for New Zealand in a single World Cup edition. Only Guptill (547 in 2015) and Styris (499 in 2003) had more.

72 batting average of Williamson on English soil, the highest for anyone with a 1,000-run cut-off. Rohit (70.21) is next. Ravindra Jadeja has 281 runs at 70.25.

75 runs needed by Hardik Pandya (925 and 53) to become the 13th Indian and 103rd overall to do the 1,000 run-50 wicket double in ODIs.

79 runs needed by Kohli (11,285) to go past Sourav Ganguly (11,363) and secure 8th spot in the list of leading run-scorers in ODI history. Among Indians, only Tendulkar (18,426) has more.

144.5 strike rate of Pandya on English soil, the highest for anyone with a 100-run cut-off.

349 ODIs for MS Dhoni. He will become the 2nd Indian (after Tendulkar – 463) and 10th overall to play 350 ODIs.

442 runs for Kohli in the 2019 World Cup. Another 58 will help him become the 2nd Indian to score 500 runs in a single edition of World Cup. Tendulkar (673 in 2003 and 523 in 1996) and Rohit (647 and counting in 2019) are the only Indians to have done this till date.

975 World Cup runs for Guptill. He needs 101 more to go past Fleming (1,075) and become the leading run-scorer for New Zealand in World Cup cricket. Taylor has 913 runs.

977 World Cup runs for Rohit. He needs 53 more to go past Kohli (1,029), who will also play in this match. Among Indians, Tendulkar has 2,278 runs and Ganguly 1,006.