India won the IND Vs NZ, the 21st match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 by 4 wickets played at Dharmsala Stadium, Himachal Pradesh, India on 22 October 2023.
Brief of IND Vs NZ, the 21st Match of ICC Cricket World Cup:
India won the toss and decided to bowl first. New Zealand began their innings at the 21st match of the World Cup. While batting, New Zealand set a target of 273 runs for a loss of 10 wickets in 50 overs.
New Zealand lost its first wicket on 9 runs when Conway was out caught by Shreyas Iyer on the fuller delivery of Mohammad Siraj; the second wicket also went early at 19 runs. In this way, New Zealand is restricted to a low total. Rachin Ravindra and Mitchell built one of the very reliable partnerships of 159 runs in 152 balls, which helped New Zealand reach a decent total of 273 runs.
New Zealand lost and scored its first wicket on 9 runs when Conway was out caught by Shreyas Iyer on the fuller delivery of Mohammad Siraj; the second wicket also went early at 19 runs. In this way, New Zealand is restricted to a low total. Rachin Ravindra and Mitchell built one of the very reliable partnerships of 159 runs in 152 balls, which helped New Zealand reach a decent total of 273 runs.
The Indian bowling attack has been imposing and attacking right from the beginning of the match. After the partnership between Rachin Ravindra and Mitchell broke, Indian bowlers, especially Mohammed Shami, did not let the New Zealand batter build any further partnerships of more than 50 runs. Md Shami took 5 wickets in 10 overs; Kuldeep Yadav took 2 wickets; whereas Bumrah and Siraj settled for 1 wicket each.
Opening from India has been full of confidence to win the match. Rohit Sharma and Shubman Gill came for an opening from the Indian side and built up a partnership of 71 runs for the first wicket, but soon after Rohit Sharma, Shubman Gill also lost his wicket when India’s total score was 76 runs.
Virat Kohli played a crucial role today with his bat and navigated the Indian team near the winning total. He made 95 runs in 104 balls, which included 8 fours and 2 sixes. Lastly, Ravindra Jadeja contributed 39 runs in 44 balls.
India and New Zealand in the tournament have been favorites. They seem staunch contenders, as both are in second and first place in the point table of the tournament. Two have won all their matches so far. As per experts, today’s match between the two has been exciting.
Playing Eleven of India for IND Vs NZ, the 21st match of the World Cup, 2023:
Here is the brief of the playing eleven players of New Zealand for the match below table:
| Serial No. | Player | Role |
| 1 | Rohit Sharma (C) | Batter |
| 2 | Shubman Gill | Batter |
| 3 | Virat Kohli | Batter |
| 4 | Shreyas Iyer | Batter |
| 5 | KL Rahul (WK) | WK-Batter |
| 6 | Suryakumar Yadav | Batter |
| 7 | Ravindra Jadeja | Bowling Allrounder |
| 8 | Kuldeep Yadav | Bowler |
| 9 | Jasprit Bumrah | Bowler |
| 10 | Mohammed Shami | Bowler |
| 11 | Mohammed Siraj | Bowler |
Playing Eleven of New Zealand for IND Vs NZ, the 21st match of the World Cup, 2023:
Here is the brief of the playing eleven players of New Zealand for the match below table:
| Serial No. | Player | Role |
| 1 | Devon Conway | WK-Batter |
| 2 | Will Young | Batter |
| 3 | Rachin Ravindra | Batting Allrounder |
| 4 | Daryl Mitchell | Batting Allrounder |
| 5 | Tom Latham (C & WK) | WK-Batter |
| 6 | Glenn Phillips | WK-Batter |
| 7 | Mark Chapman | Batter |
| 8 | Mitchell Santner | Bowling Allrounder |
| 9 | Matt Henry | Bowler |
| 10 | Lockie Ferguson | Bowler |
How the point table look like after the 21st match of the World Cup, 2023:
Here are the points table of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023, after the 21th match played between India and New Zealand at Dharmsala. The table contain the matches played by each teams, won, lost, points and net run rates, etc..
| Team | Matches | Won | Lost | Tied | NR | Points | NRR |
| India | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | +1.353 |
| New Zealand | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +1.481 |
| South Africa | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | +2.212 |
| Australia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.193 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | -0.456 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.784 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.790 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.048 |
| England | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.248 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -1.250 |
Before this match, the points table looked like with New Zealand has been on top of the table.