kohli shreyas century shami took seven wickets 12 years we are in final wks

Virat Kohli completed half century of centuries in ODI Sachin Tendulkar broke the record of, while Mohammed Shami India once again performed brilliantly in bowling by taking seven wickets, thereby breaking the myth of losing in the semi-finals by defeating New Zealand by 70 runs here on Wednesday and making it to the final of the ODI World Cup for the fourth time. Earlier, India had not been able to progress beyond the semi-finals in 1987, 1996, 2015 and 2019. Four years ago, New Zealand had stopped its winning campaign in Manchester, for which it settled the score at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai. India won the toss and batted first and scored 397 runs for four wickets and thus made the record of the highest score in the knockout stage of the World Cup. In response, the New Zealand team was out after scoring 327 runs in 48.5 overs. India will face the winner of the second semi-final between Australia and South Africa in the final to be held in Ahmedabad on Sunday. Two-time champion India had previously reached the finals in 1983, 2003 and 2011. For India, Kohli scored 113 runs on 117 balls, while Shreyas Iyer scored 105 runs on 70 balls. Both of them added 163 runs in 128 balls.