The Indian cricket team is dominating the ongoing ICC ODI World Cup 2023 as they won their consecutive fifth match of the tournament which was played against the table toppers New Zealand. The match was played yesterday at Himachal Pradesh Cricket Association Stadium, Dharamshala and with this win, India has become the table toppers.
It is after 20 yrs that India has defeated New Zealand in the World Cup as the last time the Kiwis tasted defeat at the hands of the Indians was in the 2003 World Cup. The match was quite a hyped one as both the teams had won all the 4 matches before this game and everyone expected a tough contest.
However, there was one thing that was quite unique about this match. Many times we have heard that the match got halted due to rain but this match was stopped for some time because of fog.
As the fog created trouble for the match, Twitterati got active and here are some selected reactions:
Bharat mein Fogg chal raha hai 😂🤣
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash) October 22, 2023
Dharamshala now … 👀🌫️ pic.twitter.com/qMACBpzZBy
— Chennai Super Kings (@ChennaiIPL) October 22, 2023
Hill station pe raat ko dhundh ho hee jaati hai waise. Floodlights ko low beam pe try karo zara.
*Desi north Indian hacks* >> 🫣 #IndvsNZ #WorldCup2023 pic.twitter.com/oEpAUvXzud— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) October 22, 2023
The scenes at Dharamshala 🤯 #CWC2023 pic.twitter.com/S5nFnuQjjZ
— Alexandra Hartley (@AlexHartley93) October 22, 2023
Delhi-Gurgaon people after watching Dharamshala weather on screen#IndvsNz pic.twitter.com/4KPynp5pg8
— Kanupriya (@kanupriiya) October 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/callmekartikey/status/1716104364786630848
King Kohli walking out to bat in Dharamshala: pic.twitter.com/sqiIW37rhx
— Rajasthan Royals (@rajasthanroyals) October 22, 2023
"Hindustan me to Fogg chal rha hai"#CWC2023 pic.twitter.com/54mtFD0g2B
— Rahul Kumar (@rahulk_1019) October 22, 2023
Apt time to ask, kya chal raha hai?
"Fog chal raha hai!" 🤷♂️ 😂 #INDvNZ #CWC23
— Nikhil 🏏 (@CricCrazyNIKS) October 22, 2023
Hamare yaha to fogg chal raha hai..
Got real pic.twitter.com/7nULiGjJUS— Ashhad Khan (@ashhadkhan442) October 22, 2023
https://twitter.com/SAM_x_49/status/1716094369596609014
Was expecting in-house DJ to play this during fogg. pic.twitter.com/GRtZvJCZ5h
— rae (@ChillamChilli) October 22, 2023
2 match ban handed over to Shubman Gill after Ishan Kishan asked "kya chal Raha hai?" and he replied "Fogg".
— Silly Point (@FarziCricketer) October 22, 2023
As far as the match is concerned, the Indian team decided to bowl first after winning the toss and Indian bowlers proved this decision correct by dismissing both the openers – Devon Conway (0) and Will Young (17 runs) quite early. However, Rachin Ravindra (75 runs) and Daryl Mitchell (130 runs) batted brilliantly and produced a partnership of 159 runs for the third wicket but after they both got out, wickets started falling regularly and the whole team got out for 273 runs in their 50 overs.
While Jasprit Bumrah and Mohammed Siraj took 1-1 wicket each, Kuldeep Yadav dismissed two batters but the pick of the bowlers for India was Mohammed Shami who took 5 wickets and he was also awarded with Player of the Match award for his bowling performance.
India started well as skipper Rohit Sharma (46 runs) and Shubman Gill (26 runs) stitched a partnership of 71 runs for the first wicket. Though Shreyas Iyer (33 runs) and KL Rahul (27 runs) were not able to convert their good start into big scores yet Virat Kohli once again proved his masterclass and played a blistering knock of 95 runs for which he played 104 balls and his innings included 8 fours & 2 sixes. Ravindra Jadeja played a useful knock of 44 runs too and he remained unbeaten till the end.
India won the match by 4 wickets with 12 balls remaining in their innings, though every Indian fan is a little unhappy because Virat Kohli failed in completing his century yet the happiness of winning the match has certainly made up for it.
