Celebrations began as India on Oct 22 handed over New Zealand their first defeat of the ICC WC'23. Chasing a target of 274, India achieved victory in 48 overs with four wickets breaking a jinx of 20 years. Virat Kohli remained the top scorer of the match with his superb 95 while Mohammed Shami claimed five wickets. Following the match, the fans expressed happiness and showed strong confidence in India winning the World Cup.
"We are very happy as India won the match. Though Virat Kohli missed a century, still we are happy that we won against New Zealand," said an India fan."The Indian team will go to the finals and will win it...The bowlers of the team showed a very good performance today," said another."It was an amazing match. India will win the World Cup also," claimed a lady cricket fan.