Cricket Today – 13 July 2019

MITCHELL SANTNER

He bowled six overs for

seven runs at one point

and was spot on in his

execution against a team

that is known to play

spinners well. The kiwi

spinner dismissed Pant

and Hardik, leaving India

in trouble. Santner was

widely praised for his ef-

fort against Men in Blue.

MATT HENRY

He did the damage

with the new ball as

New Zealand stunned

India to reach their

second successive

World Cup final. Henry

reduced the two-time

world champions India

5/3 in 3.1 overs. Men

in Blue lost Rohit

Sharma, Virat Kohli

and KL Rahul for just

one run each.

KL RAHUL

The right hand bats-

man, who scored his first

century of the World

Cup in Team India’s last

match against Sri Lanka,

could manage just one

run in the semi-final of

the World Cup. His dis-

missal by Henry left Men

in Blue in tatters. It was

the first time in history

that a team lost its first

three batsmen all for 1.

ROHIT SHARMA

Sharma, the top run-

scorer at the World Cup

with 648, lasted four

balls before edging Henry

to wicketkeeper Tom

Latham. The right hand

batsman was expected

to score big in the most

crucial match of the tour-

nament but was undone

by New Zealand bowler.

DINESH KARTHIK

When Dinesh Karthik

was removed by an

amazing, one-handed

catch by a diving Jimmy

Neesham, India was 24-

at the end of the opening

powerplay — the lowest

score after 10 overs this

tournament — and reel-

ing. He scored just 6 runs

off 25 balls.

RAVINDRA

JADEJA

Ravindra

Jadeja (77 in

59 balls) gave

the Indians

hope by putting

on a World

Cup-record 116

for the seventh

wicket with

MS Dhoni,

but India was

dismissed for

221 with three

balls remain-

ing to give New

Zealand an 18-

run win.

KANE WILLIAMSON

He is averaging a

tournament-high 91.

at this World Cup and

the way he judged the

pace of the team’s in-

nings of 239-8 in testing

circumstances and on

a tricky pitch against

India underlined his

knowledge and class

under pressure.

VIRAT KOHLI

Kohli lasted

six balls before

getting trapped

lbw by an

inswinger from

Boult, a review

showing the

ball would

have clipped

the bails and

leading Kohli

to throw his

bat into the

air in disgust.

He has hailed

miserably in

the knockout

matches of the

World Cups.

It is true that even

if I perform in ten

matches but fail in

two, I am criticized

IMAM ON MEDIA

There was a lot

of talk after the

match versus India

but the media should

be more careful

IMAD ON

GROUPISM

I didn’t really get

settled where you

are made to play

for one franchise

or maybe two

YUVRAJ ON HIS

FAILURE IN IPL

No, he hasn’t told

us anything about

his future

VIRAT ON DHONI’S

RETIREMENT

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