In its last league match in ongoing Cricket World Cup 2019, India defeated Sri Lanka by 7 wickets as KL Rahul (111 off 118 balls) and Rohit Sharma (103 off 94 balls) hit brilliant century at The Headingley in Leeds. World’s best bowler Jasprit Bumrah took 3 for 37 to restrict Sri Lanks to 265. India managed to chase in 43.3 overs with both the openers making centuries.
On the other hand, Australia lost to South Africa and the Aaron Finch led team settled at second spot in the points table. England and New Zealand are the other teams to reach semi-finals. While India will take on NZ, Australia will fight with Eng to reach finals.
Interesting scenario is that, nearly 11 years ago, Virat Kohli led under 19 India Team played their world cup semi finals against Williamson led NZ in 2008 and India won by 3 wickets. Kohli won the man of the match for taking 2 wickets for 27 and scoring 43 runs with bat.
Now, the two captains are fighting for final berth, this time in Cricket World Cup 2019. Hope, the Kohli led team will dominate the black caps another time and reach finals. The match will take place on Tuesday.