World Cup 2023: India ending ICC knockout jinx against New Zealand and other records that can be broken in semi-final

India and New Zealand gear up for a second ICC World Cup semi-final meeting in as many editions when they lock horns in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday. World Cup 2023: News | Schedule | Results | Points table The two sides had met at Dharamsala’s picturesque HPCA Stadium earlier during the league stage, with the Men in Blue ending their long-running jinx against the Black Caps in ICC events. Daryl Mitchell’s century (130 in 127 balls) would go on vain as India would chase the 274-run target set by the Kiwis with four wickets and two overs to spare. It would be India’s first win against New Zealand in ICC events since the 2003 World Cup game in Centurion.

A semi-final meeting however, will be a different ball-game altogether and the events at Dharamsala will have little effect on how things pan out at the Wankhede on Wednesday, something that Black Caps skipper Kane Williamson also stated in the pre-match press conference. **IND vs NZ preview: A chance for Rohit's men to wipe away unhappy memories** The first semi-final could also witness a number of records being broken and milestones being achieved, which would including a special ‘50’ for Virat Kohli that he had missed out in their final league match of the World Cup against the Netherlands on Sunday. More on that below: — Virat Kohli is level with Sachin Tendulkar on 49 ODI centuries, the most in the format, and will hope to become the first batter to a half-century of ODI centuries on Wednesday. Kohli had gone level with his childhood idol with an unbeaten 101 against South Africa in Kolkata and had briefly raised hopes of surpassing Tendulkar in the match against Netherlands at Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium, only to be dismissed for 51. — Kohli needs another 80 runs to surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s 673 runs in 2003 for the most runs scored in a single edition of the World Cup. So if Kohli goes on to score a century against New Zealand, he’ll end up breaking two of Tendulkar’s records on a single day. [caption id=“attachment_13351402” align=“alignnone” width=“640”] Virat Kohli went level with Sachin Tendulkar on 49 ODI centuries. AP[/caption] — Mohammed Shami needs another three wickets to become the first Indian cricketer to complete 50 wickets in the World Cup. He had earlier surpassed Zaheer Khan and Javagal Srinath, who have 44 World Cup wickets each, to become the most successful Indian bowler in the history of the tournament. — Kuldeep Yadav needs another three wickets to become only the fourth Indian bowler to collect 50 or more wickets in a calendar year. Kuldeep currently is the leading wicket-taker this year with 47 wickets at an average of 17.89. Only Anil Kumble (61 wickets in 1996), Ajit Agarkar (58 wickets in 1998) and Ravindra Jadeja (52 wickets in 2013) have achieved this feat before. — India are yet to defeat New Zealand in a knockout match of an ICC event. They had previously lost the final of the 2000 Champions Trophy (then Knockout Tournament), the 2019 World Cup semi-final as well as the inaugural World Test Championship final in 2021.