First Semi Final – India Vs New Zealand at Manchester on 09.07.19 – New Zealand won by 18 runs

This semifinal provided the 23^rd semi final in the history of the World Cup. India was playing its seventh semi finals of the World Cup, while New Zealand was playing its eighth semi finals. India lost its fourth semi finals while New Zealand won its second semifinals

This game was played over two days with rain intervention to provide the 37^th occasion of a one day international played over two days. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
1	England	India	England	6 wickets	The Oval	Jul 15-16, 1974
2	England	West Indies	West Indies	36 runs	Lord’s	Aug 28-29, 1976
3	England	Pakistan	England	132 runs	Manchester	May 24-25, 1978
4	Australia	Pakistan	Pakistan	89 runs	Nottingham	Jun 13-14, 1979
5	England	Canada	England	8 wickets	Manchester	Jun 13-14, 1979
6	India	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	47 runs	Manchester	Jun 16-18, 1979
7	England	West Indies	West Indies	24 runs	Leeds	May 28-29, 1980
8	India	West Indies	India	34 runs	Manchester	Jun 09-10, 1983
9	New Zealand	Pakistan	New Zealand	52 runs	Birmingham	Jun 11-12, 1983
10	Australia	West Indies	West Indies	101 runs	Leeds	Jun 11-12, 1983
11	New Zealand	Pakistan	no result		Auckland	Feb 16-17, 1985
12	New Zealand	West Indies	no result		Sydney	Feb 19-21, 1985
13	Pakistan	England	Pakistan	18 runs	Rawalpindi	Oct 12-13, 1987
14	Australia	New Zealand	Australia	3 runs	Indore	Oct 18-19, 1987
15	England	West Indies	England	7 wickets	Lord’s	May 23-24, 1988
16	England	West Indies	England	1 wicket	Birmingham	May 23-24, 1991
17	New Zealand	Australia	Australia	1 wicket	Christchurch	Mar 21-22, 1993
18	England	South Africa	England	4 wickets	Manchester	Aug 27-28, 1994
19	New Zealand	South Africa	New Zealand	46 runs	Christchurch	Feb 23-24, 1995
20	England	West Indies	West Indies	5 wickets	Nottingham	May 24-25, 1995
21	England	India	no result		The Oval	May 23-24, 1996
22	England	India	England	4 wickets	Manchester	May 26-27, 1996
23	England	India	India	63 runs	Birmingham	May 29-30, 1999
24	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	no result		Leeds	Jun 06-07, 1999
25	New Zealand	West Indies	New Zealand	8 wickets	Wellington	Jan 08-09, 2000
26	Bangladesh	India	India	8 wickets	Dhaka	May 30-31, 2000
27	New Zealand	Pakistan	Pakistan	6 wickets	Auckland	Feb 17-18, 2001
28	England	Zimbabwe	England	152 runs	Birmingham	Sep 10-11, 2004
29	Kenya	Pakistan	Pakistan	7 wickets	Birmingham	Sep 14-15, 2004
30	England	Sri Lanka	England	49 runs	Southampton	Sep 17-18, 2004
31	South Africa	West Indies	West Indies	5 wickets	The Oval	Sep 18-19, 2004
32	Sri Lanka	India	no result		Colombo (SSC)	Aug 18-19, 2006
33	West Indies	Australia	West Indies	103 runs	North Sound	May 27-28,2007
34	Scotland	Canada	Scotland	4 wickets	Ayr	Jul 11-12, 2012
35	Canada	Netherlands	no result		King City (NW)	Aug 27-28, 2013
36	England	Sri Lanka	England	5 wickets	Pallekele	Dec 10-11, 2014
37	India	New Zealand	New Zealand	18 runs	Manchester	Jul 09-10, 2019

This game was played over two days with rain intervention to provide the eleventh occasion of an one day international played over two day in the history of World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Team 1	Team 2	Winner	Margin	Ground	Match Date
1	Australia	Pakistan	Pakistan	89 runs	Nottingham	Jun 13-14, 1979
2	England	Canada	England	8 wickets	Manchester	Jun 13-14, 1979
3	India	West Indies	India	34 runs	Manchester	Jun 09-10, 1983
4	New Zealand	Pakistan	New Zealand	52 runs	Birmingham	Jun 11-12, 1983
5	Australia	West Indies	West Indies	101 runs	Leeds	Jun 11-12, 1983
6	Pakistan	England	Pakistan	18 runs	Rawalpindi	Oct 12-13, 1987
7	Australia	New Zealand	Australia	3 runs	Indore	Oct 18-19, 1987
8	England	India	India	63 runs	Birmingham	May 29-30, 1999
9	New Zealand	Zimbabwe	no result		Leeds	Jun 06-07, 1999
10	West Indies	Australia	West Indies	103 runs	North Sound	May 27-28,2007
11	India	New Zealand	New Zealand	18 runs	Manchester	Jul 09-10, 2019

New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat to provide the 14^th occasion of a team winning the toss and electing to  bat first in the Semi finals of the World Cup. It also provides the fourth occasion of New Zealand doing so in a semifinal.

KC Williamson scored 67 in this game to provide the 179^th occasion of a captain scoring a fifty in the World Cup. It also provides the 26^th occasion of a New Zealand captain scoring a fifty in the World Cup

It also provides the fourth fifty by KS Williamson in this edition. He became the fourth New Zealand captain to score four or more fifties in a single edition of the World Cup. Others are – MD Crowe – five in 1992, SP Fleming – four in 2006-07 and BB McCullum – four in 2014-15

He became the fifth New Zealand batsman to score four or more fifties in a single edition of the World Cup. Others are – MD Crowe – five in 1992, SB Styris – Five in 2006-07, SP Fleming – four in 2006-07 and BB McCullum – four in 2014-15

KS Williamson became the 13^th captain to score a fifty in the semifinals of the World Cup. The following table furnishes the list of all the captains who have achieved the feat

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	JM Brearley	53	1	Eng	NZl	Manchester	20 Jun 1979
2	Imran Khan	58	2	Pak	Aus	Lahore	04 Nov 1987
3	MW Gatting	56	1	Eng	Ind	Mumbai	05 Nov 1987
4	MD Crowe	91	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
5	SR Waugh	56	1	Aus	RSA	Birmingham	17 Jun 1999
6	SC Ganguly	111*	1	Ind	Ken	Durban	20 Mar 2003
7	SO Tikolo	56	2	Ken	Ind	Durban	20 Mar 2003
8	M Jayawardene	115*	1	Srl	NZl	Kingston	24 Apr 2007
9	KC Sangakkara	54	2	Srl	NZl	Colombo (RPS)	29 Mar 2011
10	AB de Villiers	65*	1	RSA	NZl	Auckland	24 Mar 2015
11	BB McCullum	59	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	24 Mar 2015
12	MS Dhoni	65	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015
12	KS Williamson	67	1	NZl	Ind	Manchester	09 Jul 2019

KS Williamson became the third New Zealand captain to score a fifty in the semifinals of the World Cup. The following table furnishes the list of all these three captains who have achieved the feat

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MD Crowe	91	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
2	BB McCullum	59	2	NZl	RSA	Auckland	24 Mar 2015
3	KS Williamson	67	1	NZl	Ind	Manchester	09 Jul 2019

KS Williamson {67} and LRPL Taylor {74} scored fifties in this game to  provide the 58^th and 59^th occasion of batsman scoring a fifty in the semifinals of the World Cup. It also provides the ninth and tenth occasion of New Zealand batsmen scoring fifties in the semifinals of the World Cup.

LRPL Taylor was dismissed run out for 74 in this game to provide the 75^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 13^th occasion o New Zealand batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup

LRPL Taylor was dismissed run out for 74 in this game to provide the sixth occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup semifinal. It also provides the third occasion o New Zealand batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup semi final

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	JG Wright	69	2	v England	Manchester	20 Jun 1979
2	MD Crowe	91	1	v Pakistan	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
3	LRPL Taylor	74	1	v India	Manchester	09 Jul 2019

KL Rahul, RG Sharma and V Kohli were dismissed for an identical score of one run in this game to provide the very first occasion of first three batsmen dismissed for one in the history of one day internationals. India thus earned a dubious world record

MS Dhoni and RA Jadeja added 116 runs for the seventh wicket in this game to provide the 307th occasion of batsmen posting a three figure innings in the World Cup. It also provides the 38^th occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure innings in the World Cup.

MS Dhoni and RA Jadeja added 116 runs for the seventh wicket in this game to provide the fourth occasion of batsmen posting a three figure innings for the seventh wicket in the World Cup. It also provides the first occasion of Indian batsmen posting a three figure innings for the seventh wicket in the World Cup.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	Amjad Javed, Shaiman Anwar	7	107	1	UAE	Ire	Brisbane	25 Feb 2015
2	Amjad Javed, Nasir Aziz	7	107	1	UAE	Win	Napier	15 Mar 2015
3	NM Coulter-Nile, SPD Smith	7	102	1	Aus	Win	Nottingham	06 Jun 2019
4	MS Dhoni, RA Jadeja	7	116	2	Ind	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019

MS Dhoni and RA Jadeja added 116 runs for the seventh wicket in this game to provide the record partnership for the seventh wicket in the World Cup.

No	Partners	Wkt	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni, RA Jadeja	7	116	2	Ind	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
2	Amjad Javed, Shaiman Anwar	7	107	1	UAE	Ire	Brisbane	25 Feb 2015
3	Amjad Javed, Nasir Aziz	7	107	1	UAE	Win	Napier	15 Mar 2015

RA Jadeja scored 77 in this game to provide the 18^th occasion of a batsman scoring a fifty batting at number eight in the World Cup. It also provides the second best score by a batsman in the World Cup batting at number eight. The best score is 93 by NM Coulter-Nile of Australia against West Indies at Nottingham on 06.06.19

RA Jadeja {77} and MS Dhoni {50} scored fifties in this game to provide the 60^th and 61^st occasion of batsmen scoring fifties in the semi  final of the World Cup. It also provides the ninth and tenth occasion of Indian batsman scoring fifties in the semi final of the World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Yashpal Sharma	61	2	v England	Manchester	22 Jun 1983
2	SM Patil	51*	2	v England	Manchester	22 Jun 1983
3	M Azharuddin	64	2	v England	Mumbai	05 Nov 1987
4	SR Tendulkar	65	2	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	13 Mar 1996
5	SR Tendulkar	83	1	v Kenya	Durban	20 Mar 2003
6	SC Ganguly	111*	1	v Kenya	Durban	20 Mar 2003
7	SR Tendulkar	85	1	v Pakistan	Mohali	30 Mar 2011
8	MS Dhoni	65	2	v Australia	Sydney	26 Mar 2015
9	MS Dhoni	50	2	v New Zealand	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
10	RA Jadeja	77	2	v New Zealand	Manchester	09 Jul 2019

MS Dhoni became the second Indian batsman to score fifties in the semifinal of the World Cup on two or mor occasions after SR Tendulkar. SR Tendulkar has scored three fifties in the semifinals of the World Cup.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	65	2	v Australia	Sydney	26 Mar 2015
2	MS Dhoni	50	2	v New Zealand	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
1	SR Tendulkar	65	2	v Sri Lanka	Kolkata	13 Mar 1996
2	SR Tendulkar	83	1	v Kenya	Durban	20 Mar 2003
3	SR Tendulkar	85	1	v Pakistan	Mohali	30 Mar 2011

RA Jadeja {77} and MS Dhoni {50} scored fifties in this game to provide the third occasion of two Indian batsmen scoring fifties in the same innings in the semi final of the World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Opposition	Ground	Start Date
1	Yashpal Sharma	61	2	v England	Manchester	22 Jun 1983
2	SM Patil	51*	2	v England	Manchester	22 Jun 1983
1	SR Tendulkar	83	1	v Kenya	Durban	20 Mar 2003
2	SC Ganguly	111*	1	v Kenya	Durban	20 Mar 2003
1	MS Dhoni	50	2	v New Zealand	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
2	RA Jadeja	77	2	v New Zealand	Manchester	09 Jul 2019

KS Williamson {67} and LRPL Taylor {74} scored fifties in New Zealand innings and RA Jadeja {77} and MS Dhoni {50} scored fifties in Indian innings in this game to provide the third occasion of four batsmen scoring fifties in the in the semi final game of the World Cup. All such occasions are tabulated below

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	CG Greenidge	73	1	Win	Pak	The Oval	20 Jun 1979
2	DL Haynes	65	1	Win	Pak	The Oval	20 Jun 1979
3	Majid Khan	81	2	Pak	Win	The Oval	20 Jun 1979
4	Zaheer Abbas	93	2	Pak	Win	The Oval	20 Jun 1979
1	MD Crowe	91	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
2	KR Rutherford	50	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
3	Javed Miandad	57*	2	Pak	NZl	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
4	Inzamam-ul-Haq	60	2	Pak	NZl	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
1	KS Williamson	67	1	NZl	Ind	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
2	LRPL Taylor	74	1	NZl	Ind	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
3	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
4	RA Jadeja	77	2	Ind	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019

MS Dhoni was dismissed run out for 50 in this game to provide the seventh occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup semifinal. It also provides the second occasion on Indian batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in an innings in the World Cup semi final

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	65	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015
2	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019

LRPL Taylor was dismissed run out for 74 in New Zealand innings in this game and MS Dhoni was dismissed run out for 50 in Indian innings in this game to provide the second occasion of rival batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the World Cup semifinal. It is interesting to note that New Zealand is one of the teams on these two occasions

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	MD Crowe	91	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
2	Inzamam-ul-Haq	60	2	Pak	NZl	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
1	LRPL Taylor	74	1	NZl	Ind	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
2	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019

MS Dhoni earned the dubious distinction of becoming the only batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty on two occasions in the semi finals of the World Cup.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	65	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015
2	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019

MS Dhoni was dismissed run out for 50 in this game to provide the 76^th occasion of a batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the World Cup

LRPL Taylor was dismissed run out for 74 in New Zealand innings in this game and MS Dhoni was dismissed run out for 50 in Indian innings in this game to provide the seventh occasion of rival batsmen dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the World Cup

MS Dhoni was dismissed run out for 50 in this game to provide the tenth occasion of a wicket keeper batsman dismissed run out after scoring a fifty in the World Cup

MS Dhoni earned the dubious distinction of becoming the only wicket keeper batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty on two occasions in the semi finals of the World Cup.

No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Opp	Ground	Start Date
1	MS Dhoni	65	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015
2	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019

MS Dhoni became the eighth batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty on two occasions in the World Cup. The following table lists all these batsmen

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MD Crowe	97	2	NZl	Eng	The Oval	09 Jun 1983
	2	MD Crowe	91	1	NZl	Pak	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
2	1	AB de Villiers	92	2	RSA	Aus	Basseterre	24 Mar 2007
	2	AB de Villiers	134	1	RSA	Net	Mohali	03 Mar 2011
3	1	MS Dhoni	65	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015
	2	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
4	1	Inzamam-ul-Haq	60	2	Pak	NZl	Auckland	21 Mar 1992
	2	Inzamam-ul-Haq	81	1	Pak	Aus	Leeds	23 May 1999
5	1	AH Jones	64	2	NZl	Ind	Bengaluru	14 Oct 1987
	2	AH Jones	78	2	NZl	Eng	Wellington	15 Mar 1992
6	1	JH Kallis	96	2	RSA	Ind	Hove	15 May 1999
	2	JH Kallis	69	2	RSA	Ind	Nagpur	12 Mar 2011
7	1	RT Ponting	102	1	Aus	Win	Jaipur	04 Mar 1996
	2	RT Ponting	86	2	Aus	Eng	North Sound	08 Apr 2007
8	1	SR Tendulkar	70	2	IND	Win	Gwalior	21 Feb 1996
	2	SR Tendulkar	137	1	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Mar 1996

MS Dhoni became the second Indian batsman to be dismissed run out after scoring a fifty on two occasions in the World Cup after SR Tendulkar. The following table lists these two batsmen

No	No	Player	Runs	Inns	Team	Oppn	Ground	Start Date
1	1	MS Dhoni	65	2	Ind	Aus	Sydney	26 Mar 2015
	2	MS Dhoni	50	2	Ind	NZl	Manchester	09 Jul 2019
2	1	SR Tendulkar	70	2	IND	Win	Gwalior	21 Feb 1996
	2	SR Tendulkar	137	1	Ind	Srl	Delhi	02 Mar 1996

MS Dhoni scored 50 in this game to provide the 114th occasion of a wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the World Cup. It also provides the ninth occasion of Indian wicket keeper batsman scoring a fifty in the World Cup

MS Dhoni’s 50 in this game represent his fifth fifty as a wicket keeper batsman in the World Cup. He became the fourth wicket keeper batsman to score five or more fifties in the World Cup. Others are – KC Sangakkara {12}, AC Gilchrist {09}, and Mushfiqur Rahim {07]

MS Dhoni’s 50 in this game represent his fifth half century as a wicket keeper batsman in the World Cup. He became the fourth wicket keeper batsman to score five or half centuries in the World Cup. Others are – AC Gilchrist {08}, KC Sangakkara {07},and Mushfiqur Rahim {06]

MS Dhoni took a catch in New Zealand innings which fetched him a total of 444 dismissals. He has pouched 321 catches and 123 dismissals. It is interesting to note that his catches and stumping dismissals are in the reverse order 321-123 while his aggregate of catches 444 is four times ‘”a Nelson”

V Kohli took two catches in this game which fetched him a total of 14 catches in the World Cup. He now shares the record for most catches by an Indian fieldsman excluding wicket keeper with A Kumble. A Kumble has also pouched 14 catches.

V Kohli took two catches in this game which fetched him a total of four catches in the World Cup Semi finals. He now owns the record for most catches by a fieldsman excluding wicket keeper in the semi finals of the World Cup. He went past ST Jayasuirya who has pouched three catches.