India vs New Zealand World Cup result: Thrilling semi-final goes down to the wire
The two met at Old Trafford on the reserve day after play was postponed for rain on Tuesday
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Your support makes all the difference.New Zealand are into the World Cup final after a thrilling win over India.
The Kiwis posted 239 following Tuesday's rain delay and looked destined to cruise home when they removed Rohit Sharma, KL Rahul and Virat Kohli with the new ball. But a brilliant fightback from Ravi Jadeja and MS Dhoni saw India roar back into it before Trent Boult's saw off Jadeja before Dhoni was run out in dramatic fashion at the death.
New Zealand will now face either England or Australia in Sunday's showpiece.
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17.0 - India 51-4, H Pandya 12, R Pant 24, L Ferguson 0-7 (3)
Tentative cheering from the pro-India crowd as Pant raises the team 50 with a nurdle to fine leg. Whisper it quietly: these pair are ticking along pretty nicely for the moment.
18.0 - India 60-4, H Pandya 19, R Pant 25, C de Grandhomme 0-13 (2)
Pandya nudges three twos in succession as de Grandhomme thrice targets the pads. You just wonder if he was the right move for Kane Williamson. I'd have gone to Santner to try and tempt two attacking players. I think you can make the argument that de Grandhomme is their sixth bowler, and Jimmy Neesham is starting to warm up.
19.0 - India 62-4, H Pandya 19, R Pant 27, L Ferguson 0-9 (4)
Lockie Ferguson looks to burst through Pant with a 90mph+ yorker directed at middle-and-leg, but gets it a touch too full, Pant drilling to mid-on attempting something large over midwicket. A clean strike of the cricket ball, but a dot.
Four other deliveries of that type in an over that brings only two.
20.0 - India 70-4, H Pandya 22, R Pant 31, Jimmy Neesham 0-8 (1)
Hardik Pandya is having to run relatively hard in this period, and he had a consultation with the Indian physio a couple of overs ago, taking a pill, perhaps a painkiller. He had that hip problem yesterday, and though he seems to be moving relatively freely, it might be something to watch.
Pant chops at Neesham's final ball outside off stump and gets a thickish outside edge away to the fence for four. Is the momentum just starting to swing...
We have a game!
20 overs have now gone in the Indian chase, which constitutes a completed match.
Mitchell Santner time.
21.0 - India 70-4, H Pandya 22, R Pant 31, Mitchell Santner 0-0 (1)
A little bit of turn for Santner in his first, though nothing of true threat, and Pandya is content to play out six dot balls.
22.0 - India 71-4, H Pandya 22, R Pant 32, J Neesham 0-9 (2)
Risky stuff from Pant, swishing at a ball outside off that isn't there to be hit and chastising himself. No edge, fortunately.
One from Neesham's second. Tighter, and much more like it.
OUT! Flighted, tempting Pant into the heave and the batsman picks out the fielder!
He couldn't resist. Santner had constricted him with four darty dot balls and then tossed one up just a touch higher, and Pant from one knee slogged to cow corner, looking to clear a relatively lengthy boundary. It was a touch wider, just wide enough to ensure that Pant really had to drag it to leg.
The elevation isn't there, and it's a simple catch for Colin de Grandhomme.
R Pant c de Grandhomme b Santner 32 (56b 4x4 0x6), India 71-5 (22.5)
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