Road to Final: New Zealand’s journey so far in T20 World Cup 2021

Road to Final: New Zealand will face Australia’s challenge in the final of the T20 World Cup. New Zealand has played 6 matches in the World Cup so far and has lost in just one match. In their first match, New Zealand was defeated by Pakistan by 5 wickets. After this defeat, the team gained momentum and won all its last 5 matches one after the other. A new player emerged as the hero in every match for the team. In the last 5 victories, 5 different players of the team were the man of the match. In this article, you will read further how New Zealand defeated which teams in their journey till the final.

First win: One-sided beat Team India
New Zealand got its first win in the World Cup against Team India. It was a very important match for both the teams as both the teams had lost their first match to Pakistan. New Zealand won in this match. New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl first and on the basis of Ish Sodhi’s tremendous performance (2 for 17) restricted Team India to just 110 runs. In reply, New Zealand easily achieved the target by losing 2 wickets.

Second win: Guptill played a strong innings
This victory was against Scotland. Batting first, New Zealand scored 172 runs, in reply Scotland scored 156 for the loss of 5 wickets. In this match, New Zealand opener Martin Guptill scored 93 runs in 56 balls.

Third win: Neesham’s all-rounder performance gave an easy win
New Zealand had a normal start against Namibia, but Phillips and Neesham smashed sixes in the death overs to take the team to a decent total (163). The remaining work was done by the New Zealand bowlers and their team won by 52 runs. The hero of this match was James Neesham.

Fourth victory: Afghanistan and India’s dream broken in do or die match
The eyes of the world were on the Afghanistan and New Zealand match. The way to reach the semi-finals between the three teams of Group-2 was passing through this match. In this match of do or die, New Zealand first bundled out Afghanistan’s batting for just 124 runs and then easily achieved the target by losing 2 wickets. With this victory, New Zealand’s semi-final play was decided. India and Afghanistan were out of Group-2 after this match. In this match, Trent Boult sent 3 Afghan batsmen to the pavilion for 17 runs. Bolt was the man of the match of this match.

Fifth win: Darrell Mitchell turned the dice in the last over
In the first semi-final of the T20 World Cup, the tournament favorite was England’s team in front of New Zealand. Cricket experts were seen stamping the victory of England but New Zealand turned the dice. Batting first in the match, England scored 166 runs with great understanding. In the second innings, Woakes sent New Zealand’s Guptill and Williamson to the early pavilion to make England’s victory easier, but the 82-run partnership between Darrell Mitchell and wicketkeeper Conway for the third wicket and then James Neesham’s swashbuckling batting made the match New Zealand’s match. turned in favor. In this match, Darrell Mitchell returned unbeaten on 72 off 47 balls. New Zealand secured the ticket for the final by registering a win with 1 over left.

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