India vs New Zealand, World Cup 2023: Shubman Gill becomes quickest to 2,000 ODI runs and other stats

Virat Kohli dished out another masterclass in a run chase while Mohammed Shami shone on his comeback as India defeated New Zealand by four wickets to maintain their unbeaten run in the 2023 ICC World Cup.

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In the showdown between the tournament’s remaining unbeaten teams at Dharamsala’s HPCA Stadium on Sunday, Kohli once again rose to the occasion with a brilliant knock under pressure, coming close to scoring two centuries inside three days.

Kohli’s knock of 95 off 114 balls on Sunday helped the Men in Blue stroll to a four-wicket victory with two overs to spare, helping them collect five wins in as many outings and stay on top of the points table.

This was after Shami collected five wickets for 54 runs in his first appearance at the ongoing World Cup. Shami, who only got picked after an ankle injury to all-rounder Hardik Pandya, removed Will Young off his first delivery of the day and would later help trigger a collapse in the death overs of the New Zealand innings, finishing with his third ODI five-for.

Shami would pip Kohli to the Player of the Match award for his effort.

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As for the Black Caps, who suffered their first defeat of the tournament after four consecutive wins, all-rounder Daryl Mitchell stood tall with a knock of 130 — his fifth ODI hundred and his second in as many months. Mitchell forged a massive 159-run partnership with Rachin Ravindra (75), which had given the Black Caps hope of posting a total in excess of 300 at one point.

Looking back at the events of the 21st match of the ongoing World Cup, we take a look at some of the records broken and milestones achieved:

— Shubman Gill became the fastest batter to 2,000 ODI runs during his knock of 26 off 31 deliveries. Gill took 38 innings to reach the milestone, two less than what South Africa’s Hashim Amla needed to get to the same mark.

— Virat Kohli is now joint-second on the list of batters with most fifty-plus scores in World Cups. Kohli has 12, the same as Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara and Bangladesh’s Shakib Al Hasan. Sachin Tendulkar tops the list with 21.

— Rohit Sharma struck four sixes during his 40-ball 46 to become the batter with the second-most maximums in ICC World Cup history. He now has 40 sixes, two more than South Africa’s AB de Villiers, though he’s nine short of West Indies’ Chris Gayle who remains at the top of the list.

— India’s chase of the 274-run target set by New Zealand is their joint-third highest successful chase in a World Cup match. They had also chased down 274 against Pakistan at Centurion in 2003.

— Mohammed Shami became the first Indian bowler to register more than one five-for in the ICC World Cup. Kapil Dev, Venkatesh Prasad, Robin Singh, Ashish Nehra and Yuvraj Singh have one five-for each.

— Shami also has the joint-second-most four-wicket hauls in ICC World Cups alongside South Africa’s Imran Tahir. Australia’s Mitchell Starc leads the list with six four-fers.

— The victory is India’s first against New Zealand in ICC events in 20 years. The Men in Blue had last beaten the Black Caps in the 2003 World Cup match in Centurion, where they had bundled the Stephen Fleming-led side out for 146 and overhauled the target in a little over 40 overs with seven wickets to spare.