After the failure of the top order, Ravindra Jadeja's blazing half-century revived Indian hopes. But his dismissal followed by the run out of MS Dhoni left India short by 18 runs.
HIGHLIGHTS:
- India all out for 221 as New Zealand win by 18 runs. They will take on either England or Australia in Sunday's final
- OUT Bhuvi cleaned the first ball he faced. It is almost all over for India now with Bumrah and Chahal in the middle
- WICKET An astonishing piece of fielding from Martin Guptills dismisses the former Indian captain. A direct hit send back MSD on 50
- Six off the first ball! Pressure in Ferguson as MSD starts the over in style
- WICKET Jadeja departs for 77 off 59 deliveries. Boult gives Kiwis the wicket they wanted in his last over.
- Dhoni and Jadeja opt not to attack Henry. Good spell from the seamer 10-1-37-3-3.70
- 200 up for India! Another 40 needed from 21 balls
- Henry to bowl his last over, aiming to remove either of the two batsmen
- Jadeja and Dhoni brings up their 100-run partnership. Great effort by the CSK duo under pressure
- India require 62 runs from 36 balls
- MS Dhoni is at 29 from 55 balls, the former captain needs to shift gears and fast
- Jadeja brings up his fifty! What an innings under pressure!
- Poweplay 3; not more than 5 fielders outside the 30-yard circle
- Batting on 37, Jadeja is now the top-scorer in the Indian line-up
- Both Henry and Santner, Kiwis' most successful bowlers today, have got one over each
- Henry returns to the attack hoping to wrap it up for New Zealand
- India require 117 runs to win from 84 deliveries
- Dhoni moves to 20 off 36 balls
- WICKET Santner gets Pandya for 32. A dream day for the left-arm spinner at Manchester as he removest two set batsmen. India now 92/6
- Slow outfield making the chase more difficult for India. Men in Blue now require 147 runs from 20 overs
- MS Dhoni joins Pandya
- OUT! Santner gives New Zealand the much-needed breakthrough. Pant departs trying to play a big shot over mid-wicket. Simple catch for Colin de Grandhomme.
- Mitchell Santner starts his spell with a maiden. India 70/4 after 21 overs
- Jimmy Neesham joins the bowling attack
- 50 up for India after 16.5 overs
- Colin de Grandhomme comes into the attack
- Lockie Ferguson comes into the attack for New Zealand
- Sharp New Zealand fielders trouble Pant as he tries to accelerate
- WICKET Karthik disappoints once again as he perishes for just 6 runs. Henry bags his third wicket
- Pant becomes first Indian batsman today as he scores another boundary through the covers
- Dinesh Karthik finally off the mark with a boundary after facing 21 balls
- India 13/3 after 8 overs
- First boundary of the Indian innings. Pant plays a beautiful shot through the covers to take Indian score to 10
- India 6/3 after 5 overs
- Dinesh Karthik is the new batsman in
- KL Rahul departs! Matt Henry gets him caught behind as India's top-three batsmen depart scoring one run each. Score: 5/3
- Young Rishabh Pant walks in to bat
- Trent Boult gets Kohli for just one run. The Indian captain challenges the umpire's decision through the DRS, but fails to overturn the decision. India two down for just five runs
- Skipper Virat Kohli joins Rahul at the crease
- WICKET! Matt Henry shocks the Indian camp by dismissing Rohit Sharma, the tournament's top-scorer for just one run.
- KL Rahul and Rohit Sharma off the mark right away
- The weather is sunny at Manchester. Though there are clouds on the horizon, the BBC forecast says there is no chance for rain today. The Indian innings is expected to go uninterrupted.
- A solid opening stand will be crucial for India as the slow wicket is likely to favor Trent Boult and co with the new ball at their dispense
INNINGS BREAK
- Indian openers will start their chase after a mid-innings break of 10 minutes
- 7 runs off the last over. New Zealand finish their innings at 239/8
- Only 4 runs from the four deliveries of the last over. Bumrah at his best once again
- Bhuvi's spell: 10-1-43-3-4.30
- Another one! Bhuvi ends his last over of the day with wicket. Matt Henry caught by the Indian captain as he tries to go for a big one
- Wicket again! Jadeja again, this time with a beautiful catch! He runs back to complete a difficult catch near the rope. Bhuvi bags his second wicket
Key
- OUT! A brilliant fielding effort by Ravi Jadeja as another attempt to steal a quick run ends Taylors stay at the crease. A direct hit from the square leg to send the veteran batsman back for 74 off 90 balls
- Bumrah not able to produce any dot balls as Taylor and Latham rotate strike effortlessly
- Bhuvi goes for 6 runs from 5 deliveries
- Indian players are on the field as Taylor takes guard
- It's official. Play has been called off for the day. We will resume on Wednesday.
- If this turns into a 46-over contest, India have to chase 237
- Rain stops play, New Zealand 211/5 in 46.1 overs
- Bhuvi removes Colin de Grandhomme for 16 off 10 balls
- New Zealand reach 200/4 in 45th over
- Ross Taylor survives! Takes the DRS and fins out that the ball hit him outside the off stump
- Six! and Ross Taylor gets his fifty off 73 balls
- For the first time in the match, New Zealand's run rate reaches 4 rpo
- Colin de Grandhomme is the new batsman
- James Neesham falls. A mistimed shot off a Hardik Pandya delivery from the left-hander gifts a simple catch for Dinesh Karthik. He goes for 12 off 18 balls
- Neesham and Taylor struggle to middle the ball. Too many dot balls not helping the Black Caps
- Powerplay 3 begins, no more than 5 players permitted outside the 30-yard circle
- Bumrah is back again. So far he has given only 14 runs from 6 overs!
- Jimmy Neesham joins Taylor at the crease
- Williamson departs for 67 off 95 balls. A sitter for Jadeja as the Kiwi skipper's attempt to go over the covers fails miserably
- Jadeja into his penultimate over. He has given away only 25 runs so far
- Narrow escape to Taylor after he edges one, but the ball pitches just short of MS Dhoni
- Kohli brings Jasprit Bumrah back to the attack
- This is the third slowest team hundred of the tournament so far - only behind Afghanistan (28.5) against South Africa in Cardiff and NZ against Pakistan in Edgbaston
- Kane Williamson gets his fifty off 79 deliveries
- 100 up for New Zealand in the 29th over, the third slowest in World Cup 2019
- Henry Nicholls is bowled by Jadeja for 28 runs
- New Zealand reach 52/1 at the end of 14 overs
- New Zealand 27/1 in 10 overs, it is the lowest powerplay score of World Cup 2019
- First boundary for New Zealand as Henry Nicholls pushes Bumrah's delivery through covers
- New Zealand's recent opening partnerships have been 0/12/0/5/29/2/1. Great ball, great catch
- Tight bowling from Bumrah, Bhuvi as New Zealand reach 10/1 in the seventh over
- Kane Williamson walks in
- Jasprit Bumrah gets rid of Martin Guptill for one run off 14 balls
- First runs for New Zealand off Guptill's bat in the third over
- Another maiden! This time it's from Bumrah
- It's swinging from ball one at Old Trafford, Guptill looks tentative; Bhuvi starts with a maiden
- India lose the review on the first delivery, Bhuvi started with a delivery that hit Guptill on the pads. Big Appeal! DRS taken, ball is going down leg
- India vs NZ: Head-to-head at WC: NZ- 4 wins, Ind- 3 wins, NR- 1
- Rohit Sharma is 27 runs behind Sachin Tendulkar's all-time record of most runs at a single edition of ICC World Cup
- New Zealand win toss and elect to bat
Teams
India: Lokesh Rahul, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli(c), Rishabh Pant, MS Dhoni(w), Dinesh Karthik, Hardik Pandya, Ravindra Jadeja, Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah
New Zealand: Martin Guptill, Henry Nicholls, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, Tom Latham(w), James Neesham, Colin de Grandhomme, Mitchell Santner, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Trent Boult