England will now take on New Zealand in the final at Lord’s on Sunday with the World Cup all set to see a first time winner as neither the hosts, nor the Black Caps have laid their hands on the coveted trophy till date.
A cycle shop owner – Srikanta Maity, 33, died of cardiac arrest while watching the game in Hooghly district of West Bengal
Australia skipper Aaron Finch on Thursday won the toss and elected to bat against England in the second semi-final of the ongoing World Cup at Edgbaston.
A resurgent Australian outfit — under the able leadership of Aaron Finch — has taken the showpiece event by storm and has once again shown an affinity to rise to the challenge on the big stage.
With his knock of 77, Jadeja became the batsman with the highest score in the second innings of a World Cup batting at number 8. But sadly, it wasn’t enough to take India home.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson scored a fighting 95-ball 67 even as the Kiwi batsmen found the going extremely tough on the slow wicket on offer.
In the World Cups India have won three times, while the team from Down Under has registered four victories
A cloud cover and slight chances of rain will hover the match throughout the day, in the event of continuous showers, the match will go into the next day (reserve day) for the conclusion.
Ferguson has been a standout performer for New Zealand in the tournament as they finished fourth in the standings, taking 17 wickets to sit joint-third in the table for the most wickets taken.
India and Sri Lanka have played each other 8 times in the World Cup Cricket tournament, out of which India have won 3 matches and lost 4.
The live online streaming of Pakistan Vs Bangladesh, ICC World Cup 2019 will be available on Hotstar app.
The Afghanistan team came close to defeat India and Pakistan in their last two matches.
Both the teams will be playing their last game at the ICC World Cup 2019 and would be hoping to end the tournament on a high.
In the World Cup campaign till now, Mahendra Singh Dhoni has scored 223 runs at a strike rate of more than 93
England came out with their A-game against India in Birmingham to keep their semifinals hope alive.
If England lose in Chester-le-Street, Pakistan could leapfrog them to enter the knockout stage with victory over Bangladesh.
Rohit has also become the leading run-getter in this World Cup after accumulating 544 runs from seven innings. He is followed by Australians David Warner (516 runs) and Aaron Finch (504 runs) at the second and third place respectively.
England, who had to face a lot of criticism from all quarters after facing back-to-back defeats against Sri Lanka and Australia, came out with their A-game against India in Birmingham to keep their semifinals hope alive.
Dhoni, who remained unbeaten at 42 from 31 balls, is once again facing some really harsh criticism from former cricketers and fans.
