Santner and Rachin's all-round performances were the highlights of the one-sided encounter between the Kiwis and Sri Lanka as the latter was restricted to 107/8 while chasing 169 runs.
With this win, New Zealand, who earlier had earned one point after a washout against Pakistan, are now in second spot with three points and have a chance to move to the semifinals, with their final Super Eight clash against semifinalists England being important. NZ's closest competitor is Pa
South Africa solidified their case for Super Eight, outclassing the Kiwis by seven wickets in a successful chase of 176 runs at Ahmedabad's Narendra Modi Stadium on Saturday.
At 31, Jacob is enjoying his first World Cup experience, following his international debut in 2020 at 26. In two games so far, he has taken two wickets so far and is a crucial part of the Kiwi bowling line-up, consisting of Matt Henry, Kyle Jamieson and Lockie Ferguson.
Unbeaten in Chennai in any format since 2011, New Zealand flexed their muscle in the chase. They hit fifth gear in the second over, and kept up the tempo almost all through. With Seifert and Allen in punishing mood, New Zealand put on 78/0 in the first six overs, including 20 in the sixth ov
The 29-year-old flamboyant batter now has 2147 runs in the shortest format in 89 T20Is with an average of 31.57 and strike rate of almost 142. Former Kiwi opener Martin Guptill is leading the list with 3531 runs followed by Kane Williamson with 2575 runs.
Seifert became the fifth Kiwi batter to reach the 2000-run mark in the shortest format. He took 1395 balls to reach the milestone, which is also the fifth fastest for any batter from a full-member nation. Suryakumar Yadav is the fastest to reach 2000 runs in just 1164 balls.
During the fifth and final T20I of the series against the Kiwis, Ishan, who has been in red-hot form since his triumphant as a captain with Jharkhand during the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy (SMAT), slammed his maiden T20I century in just 42 balls, ending with 103 in 43 balls, with six fours and 1
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Pushkar Singh Dhami on Thursday chaired a review meeting to assess the status of agriculture-related GI tags, House of Himalaya, Millet Mission, Apple Mission, Kiwi Mission, and Honey Mission.
Knocks from Tim Seifert (62 in 36 balls), Devon Conway (44 in 23 balls) set the tone for Kiwi dominance with a century stand and a fiery Daryl Mitchell (39* in 18 balls) pushed the Kiwis to 215/7 despite a middle over slump. During the chase, India lost wickets regularly untill the sight
With the series in their pocket, India imploded at Visakhapatnam as fine spells from Mitchell Santner, Jacob Duffy, and Ish Sodhi gave the Kiwis a consolation win by 50 runs, keeping the series scoreline at 3-1. During a chase of 216 runs, only Shivam Dube (65 in 23 balls, with three fours a