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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OUT! Nail. Coffin!
Brilliant from Ferguson. Kumar is expecting pace and looking to get one and keep himself on strike, but Ferguson goes with a slower ball, completely fooling the batsman. Kumar tries to block it but is deceived by the flight and yorked. The dagger!
B Kumar b Ferguson 0 (1b 0x4 0x6), India 217-9 (49)
49.1 - India 221-9, J Bumrah 0, Y Chahal 5, J Neesham 0-49 (7.1)
Down the leg side and worked away for four!
49.2 - India 221-9, J Bumrah 0, Y Chahal 5, J Neesham 0-49 (7.2)
Dot ball.
Short, slow, top edge, short of the keeper.
OUT! LATHAM TAKES THE CATCH AND NEW ZEALAND ARE WORLD CUP FINALISTS!
But Chahal has reviewed this. Latham was convinced...
Y Chahal c †Latham b Neesham 5 (5b 1x4 0x6), India 221 all out (49.3)
New Zealand win by 18 runs and progress to the World Cup Final.
What a game of cricket! 28 and a half hours after it started a game that ebbed and flowed throughout has finally ended, with New Zealand the unlikely winners, and unlikely finalists. Back-to-back finals for the Blackcaps - can they go one better than 2015?
India are disappointed. Bitterly disappointed. There are fans crying in the stands. They thought this was their year. A quite extraordinary innings from Ravindra Jadeja, but it wasn't enough.
Matt Henry is the Man of the Match.
Nope - I don't fully comprehend why it isn't Ravindra Jadeja, either.
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