The T20 World Cup started on 7 February between 20 teams. By March 5, two finalist teams were found, between which the title match will be played on March 8 at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. New Zealand won the semi-finals in Kolkata and India won the semi-finals in Mumbai. Both the teams have lost 1-1 match to South Africa in Ahmedabad, now they will stake claim for the title on this ground. India has become champion in 2007 and 2024, while the Kiwi team has now reached the final after 2021. Performance of both the teams in the tournament… India’s only defeat was in the Super-8 stage. Host India started the T20 World Cup with a match against America. After losing 4 wickets in the powerplay, captain Suryakumar Yadav scored 84 runs and took the team to a big score. The team then won easy matches against Namibia, Pakistan and Netherlands. The home team’s first match in the Super-8 stage was against South Africa in Ahmedabad. Despite the fall of wickets in the powerplay, the Proteas team scored 187 runs. India could score only 111. After this defeat, India made a comeback by scoring 256 runs against Zimbabwe. The team then chased 197 runs against West Indies and made it to the semi-finals. India scored 253 runs in the semi-final against England, but even this score did not seem enough to win. England’s young batsman Jacob Bethel scored a century and took the team closer to victory. However, India won the high-scoring match by a close margin of 7 runs and entered the final. New Zealand lost 1-1 matches in every stage. New Zealand started the tournament by defeating Afghanistan in the group stage. The team then defeated UAE by 10 wickets. After playing both the matches in Chennai, the team went to Ahmedabad to face South Africa. Where the Proteas team won the match by 8 wickets. New Zealand then defeated Canada in Chennai and entered the Super-8. New Zealand’s first match against Pakistan in the second round became inconclusive due to rain. The team was again struggling against the home team Sri Lanka in Colombo. After poor performance in powerplay and middle overs, the team scored 168 runs by scoring 70 runs in the death overs. Sri Lanka could score only 107 runs. After defeating the home team, the team lost the last Super-8 match against England. The team became dependent on Sri Lanka to reach the semi-finals. Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by 7 runs in their last match and New Zealand qualified due to better run rate. In the semi-finals, the team chased South Africa’s target of 170 runs in just 12.5 overs. New Zealand ahead in strike rate New Zealand played its matches in both the host countries. It is difficult to score runs in Sri Lanka compared to India, despite this the Kiwi team scored with a better run rate and strike rate than India. The batting average of the Kiwi team was also 41.68 as against India’s 27.31. Only 2 New Zealand batsmen could not open their account, whereas India’s batsmen could not open their account 11 times in the tournament. Team India definitely left New Zealand behind in scoring boundaries. India hit 88 sixes and 128 fours. The Kiwi team could hit only 57 sixes and 109 fours. India also scored 200 plus three times in the tournament, whereas the best score of the Kiwi team is only 183 runs. However, this score also came in run chase. New Zealand’s spinners are better than India. New Zealand played 7 innings, in which the team got 41 wickets. 18 were taken by the spinners and the rest by the pacers. On the other hand, Team India took 59 wickets in 8 innings. 23 spinners and the rest went to pacers. New Zealand’s spinners gave away runs at an economy of 7.5, while India’s spinners gave away runs at an economy of 8.3. New Zealand also performed better than India in overall economy. Team India is strong in the middle overs. If we look at the batting in different phases, Team India has lost 2 wickets in powerplay while scoring an average of 58 runs. However, the team has also scored 80 plus twice, but these scores were against Namibia and Zimbabwe. India definitely remained strong between 7 and 16 overs, the team lost 3 wickets in scoring an average of 93 runs. 123 runs was the team’s best score in the semi-final against England. Team India remained weak in the death overs. The average score in the last 4 overs remained only 44 runs. The team could score 60 plus runs only thrice and could not cross the score of 70 even once. New Zealand very strong in powerplay. New Zealand got a strong start by the opening pair of Finn Allen and Tim Seifert. While chasing the target, both the players often made fifty partnerships and ended the match in the middle overs. In the first 6 overs, the team lost 1 wicket while scoring an average of 62 runs. The team’s best score was 84 runs, which they made in the semi-finals against South Africa. In the middle overs, New Zealand lost only 2 wickets on an average, but the team’s average score could also reach only 89. However, the team has scored 116 runs against Canada in this phase. New Zealand’s condition in the death overs is worse than India, the team’s average score was only 39 runs. However, the team got to bat only 4 times in the last 4 overs, and on most of the occasions the match ended before the 16th over. Ishan Kishan, captain Suryakumar Yadav and Sanju Samson were the top-3 scorers for Samson India in the race for Player of the Tournament. Ishaan and Surya played 8-8 matches, but Sanju scored 232 runs in 4 matches with 2 fifties. ICC has also placed him in the race for Player of the Tournament. Because Samson was the player of the match in both the knockout matches of India. If he plays a match-winning innings in the final also, he can win this award. Varun has taken 13 wickets, Bumrah’s economy is amazing. Mystery spinner Varun Chakraborty for India has taken 13 wickets in 8 matches. As soon as he takes one more wicket, he will become the top wicket taker of the tournament. Varun took 9 wickets in 4 matches of the group stage, but he could take only 4 wickets in the next 4 matches. Their economy was also very bad. In the semi-finals, Varun gave away 64 runs in just 4 overs. Jasprit Bumrah and Hardik Pandya definitely kept the team together with their economical bowling. Bumrah took 10 wickets with an economy of just 6.62. Whereas Hardik took 8 wickets with an economy of less than 9. Battle to become top scorer in Allen-Seifert: Both New Zealand’s openers Finn Allen and Tim Seifert dominated the tournament. Allen scored a century on 33 balls in the semi-finals, he is the third top scorer of the tournament with 289 runs. He can also become the top scorer by scoring 95 runs. On the other hand, Seifert has scored 274 runs with 3 fifties. Rachin’s economy: Equal to Bumrah, all-rounder Rachin Ravindra has done more work in spin bowling than batting. He took 11 wickets in 8 matches while spending runs at an economy of just 6.88. Matt Henry, who took 2 important wickets in the semi-finals, also has 9 wickets in his name. Mitchell Santner and Lockie Ferguson have also supported both the bowlers very well. India’s Strengths and Weaknesses New Zealand’s Strengths and Weaknesses
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