Three Reasons Why India Should Not Take New Zealand Lightly; Well, the Indian National Cricket Team topped the points table in the league phase with seven wins out of nine matches while New Zealand is heading into the last-four game on the back of three successive defeats. But both teams will have to start from scratch in the knockout game when they take the field.
With the tournament being huge for cricketers, both India and New Zealand will be under a lot of pressure when they face each other in the World Cup 2019 semi-final in Manchester on Tuesday. Despite that, it is widely expected that the Indian team will be the firm favourites to seal the game.
Meanwhile, we figured out 3 reasons why India should not take New Zealand lightly, especially, at this stage of the tournament. The Kane Williamson-led side is equally capable of pulling a victory on their day against any attack in the International Cricket arena.
Three Reasons Why India Should Not Take New Zealand Lightly:
3. Stats Reveal New Zealand Got Control over India in WC, especially, in England:
Yeah, you might be surprised to see this but the New Zealand cricket team got the better record against Indians in the world cup tournament. Especially, in the England conditions, New Zealand is way ahead than the Indian team.
Do you know that India never won a single game against New Zealand in a world cup game when it was played in England? Well, that threatening the Kiwis can be in suitable conditions. However, this time, it is a bit different with different players but you know the result when they faced each other in the Warm-up game.
So, this would certainly boost the confidence of New Zealand while India would like to take the clues from their loss to them in the world cup warm-up game.