{"id":14095,"date":"2019-07-10T05:53:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T05:53:40","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2019-07-10T05:53:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-10T05:53:40","slug":"cricket-semi-finals-round-1-india-and-new-zealand-indvnz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovin.co\/dubai\/en\/lifestyle\/cricket-semi-finals-round-1-india-and-new-zealand-indvnz\/","title":{"rendered":"Cricket Semi Finals Round #1: India And New Zealand Take Centre Stage And Dubai Twitter Has 0 Chill"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu\">\n<div id=\"mpu\" class=\"c-adunit__container\">  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The clash today is between India and New Zealand in the first round of the 2019 ICC Cricket World Cup semi-finals at Old Trafford in Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>The Indian cricket team is being led by Virat Kohli who is a right-handed top-order batsman and the New Zealand team is being led to the semi&#8217;s by Kane Williamson who is considered to be the BEST batsmen in the world.<\/p>\n<p>For today&#8217;s match India has been advised to stay alert about the threat posed by Trent Boult who is the bowler for the New Zealand cricket team.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket followers have FLOODED Twitter with messages wishing both the teams good luck and are completely HYPED for today&#8217;s match.<\/p>\n<h4>Williamson and Kholi will be leading their teams into today&#8217;s high-spirited game<\/h4>\n<h4>Cricket followers are expecting today&#8217;s game to be nail-biter<\/h4>\n<h4>Fans are already getting comfortable for today&#8217;s match which will be taking place at 13:30 GST<\/h4>\n<div class=\"c-adunit c-adunit--mpu_mid\">\n<div id=\"mpu_mid\" class=\"c-adunit__container\">  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3>The group stages are over and the World Cup is introducing a <em>reserve day<\/em> for all the semi-final and final matches<\/h3>\n<p>During the group stages the match was usually abandoned in the event of a wash out, although for the knockout matches the International Cricket Council has kept a reserve day. 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