{"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":"
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
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’s by Kane Williamson who is considered to be the BEST batsmen in the world.<\/p>\n
For today’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
Cricket followers have FLOODED Twitter with messages wishing both the teams good luck and are completely HYPED for today’s match.<\/p>\n
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. Thus, if the match cannot be completed today due to the rain the two competing teams will resume the game on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
According to the British MET department, light showers of rain and drizzles are predicted for the afternoon for today’s match – whereas heavy rain is being expected from mid-afternoon onwards.<\/p>\n