Team India maintained their dominance within the ODI World Cup 2023 as they defeated New Zealand by 4 wickets in Dharamsala on Sunday. Put to bat first, the guests posted a complete of 273 with Daryl Mitchell smashing 130 runs. However, the Rohit Sharma-led crew chased down the goal with two overs to spare, courtesy of Virat Kohli‘s essential knock of 95 runs. Apart from Kohli, it was pacer Mohammed Shami, who registered a five-wicket haul and restricted the mighty Kiwis at a below-par rating.

Celebrating India’s win, Indian Premier League (IPL) franchise Rajasthan Royals took to X (previously Twitter), shared a hilarious video to sum the hosts victory in opposition to the Blackcaps. The video was an edit made out from a scene from well-known 2011 Bollywood movie, ‘Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara’.

20 years since India beat NZ at an ICC occasion? pic.twitter.com/Ch056A3siN

— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) October 22, 2023

New Zealand have been off to a stable begin however sensational shows by Mohammed Shami and Virat Kohli meant that the Rohit Sharma-led aspect registered their fifth victory on the trot within the competitors.

India at the moment are prime of the desk with 10 factors and a Net Run Rate of +1.353. This was the primary loss for New Zealand who’re second with 8 factors from 5 matches with a NRR of +1.481.

Virat Kohli was as soon as once more the highest performer for the Indian cricket crew as he missed his forty ninth ODI century by a whisker. Kohli was dismissed for 95 after stitching collectively an important partnership with Ravindra Jadeja. Rohit Sharma offered an ideal begin to the Indian cricket crew with a 40-ball-46.

Earlier, Daryl Mitchell hit a gutsy hundred earlier than India pacer Mohammed Shami sizzled with a five-wicket haul in his first sport of the Cricket World Cup 2023 to limit New Zealand to 273 all out.