IND vs NZ World Cup Semi-final: India up against poor ICC events record vs New Zealand

India ended their 20-year ICC events jinx against New Zealand in the group stage of the 2023 Cricket World Cup when they defeated the Kiwis by four wickets in Dharamsala on 22 October. The two teams meet again in the 2023 World Cup semi-final on Wednesday (15 November) at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, which will be a repeat of the 2019 World Cup semi-final where India lost by 18 runs . World Cup 2023: News | Schedule | Results | Points table Before the 2023 group stage win, the last time India beat New Zealand in an ICC tournament was back in 2003 at the ODI World Cup. Then, the Sourav Ganguly-led India beat New Zealand by seven wickets. Since then, India had lost to the Black Caps in every match in ICC events till October 2023.

Before 2003 the last India had defeated New Zealand was at the 1987 ODI World Cup. In fact, India have lost nine out of 13 matches against the Black Caps in ICC white-ball tournaments. India also lost to New Zealand in the 2021 World Test Championship final. A look at India’s poor record vs New Zeland in ICC tournaments: 1975 World Cup: India lost by 4 wickets in Manchester 1979 World Cup: India lost by 8 wickets in Leeds 1987 World Cup: India won by 16 runs in Bengaluru 1987 World Cup: India won by 9 wickets in Nagpur 1992 World Cup: India lost by 4 wickets in Dunedin 1999 World Cup: India lost by 5 wickets in Nottingham 2000 Champions Trophy final: India lost by 4 wickets in Nairobi 2003 World Cup: India won by 7 wickets in Centurion 2007 T20 World Cup: India lost by 10 runs in Johannesburg 2016 T20 World Cup: India lost by 47 runs in Nagpur 2019 World Cup: No result due to rain 2019 World Cup semi-final: India lost by 18 runs in Manchester 2021 WTC final: India lost by eight wickets 2021 T20 World Cup: India lost by 8 wickets in Dubai 2023 World Cup: India won by 4 wickets in Dharamsala