Legendary footballer David Beckham was in attendance as India face New Zealand within the Cricket World Cup 2023 semifinals on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday. The previous England worldwide, who performed for giant golf equipment like Manchester United and Actual Madrid, was within the nation as UNICEF’s goodwill ambassador — a job which he took up within the 12 months 2005. Beckham was seen strolling with legendary cricketer Sachin Tendulkar as he took within the ambiance on the stadium and he even had a small chat with Virat Kohli earlier than assembly the opposite members of the Indian cricket crew.
India captain Rohit Sharma gained the toss and elected to bat towards New Zealand.
Virat Kohli with Sachin Tendulkar & David Beckham.
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Three of the 4 earlier event video games on the Wankhede have been gained by the crew batting first, with the exception Australia’s beautiful defeat of Afghanistan, the place Glenn Maxwell‘s exceptional 201 not out secured a three-wicket victory.
Each unbeaten event hosts India and New Zealand have been unchanged.
David Beckham, Sachin Tendulkar and Jay Shah sitting collectively watching #INDvsNZ large Semi-Closing.pic.twitter.com/NiNbqyxDOL
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“It seems like a great pitch, on the slower aspect as effectively however no matter we do, we all know we have to do this effectively,” stated opening batsman Rohit on the toss.
New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson added: “We’d’ve had a bat first as effectively. It is clearly a used floor however we’ll attempt to make use of it with the ball first up and hopefully there’s some dew later.”
David Beckham speaking with Indian gamers forward of the semis…!!!! pic.twitter.com/R7ny9JQZnE
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Earlier than the sport bought underway, India cricket icon Tendulkar and former England soccer captain Beckham paraded the World Cup trophy.
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India’s Virat Kohli wants yet one more century to set an outright new one-day worldwide document of fifty tons of after he drew degree with retired former team-mate Sachin Tendulkar’s mark of 49 towards South Africa.
India gained all 9 of their pool matches, however have been pushed onerous by New Zealand throughout a four-wicket success in Dharamsala final month.
New Zealand, in contrast, misplaced 4 video games earlier than qualifying for the knockout phases.
4 years in the past, the Black Caps defeated India in a World Cup semi-final in Manchester that spanned two days due to rain.
“It was method again in 2019 that we performed that semi-final, New Zealand have been one of the crucial constant crew over time and it is going to be a great contest,” stated Rohit.
“I have been consistently speaking about how necessary it’s to show up on the day and neglect what has occurred prior to now. We now have to manage the controllables.”
India are bidding for a 3rd one-day worldwide World Cup title so as to add to their 1983 triumph in England and 2011 victory over Sri Lanka in a Wankhede last.
New Zealand, the finalists on the final two World Cups, have but to carry the trophy.
Wednesday’s winners will face both five-time champions Australia or South Africa, who meet in Thursday’s second semi-final in Kolkata, in an Ahmedabad last on Sunday.
Groups
India: Rohit Sharma (capt), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wkt), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
New Zealand: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson (capt), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wkt), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult
(With AFP inputs)
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