World Cup 2023: League-stage type could have no bearing in semifinal towards India, says New Zealand’s Ferguson

No crew has been capable of take a recreation deep towards India within the 2023 Men’s World Cup league stage. If in any respect a facet has requested some query of Rohit Sharma’s males, it’s the 2 trans-Tasman groups.

The lesser-fancied of these two groups has emerged because the bogey crew for India within the ICC tournaments, particularly knockouts, of late. No surprise New Zealand is hoping to construct on not solely the current ICC historical past but in addition the league recreation in Dharamsala three weeks in the past.

“It was a hard-fought game. I thought that went extremely well, to get a great total on that. And of course, with one-day cricket and playing against India, there is a lot of ebbs and flows,” stated Lockie Ferguson, the New Zealand pacer, on Monday night forward of the crew’s first coaching session on the Wankhede Stadium.

While India has been unstoppable, New Zealand has had a rollercoaster journey up to now within the World Cup. After beginning the event with 4 wins, New Zealand misplaced the following 4 ties earlier than sealing the fourth place within the semifinal with a convincing win towards Sri Lanka.

Ferguson indicated that the patchy type within the league stage could have no bearing come Wednesday. “It’s part of tournament cricket and certainly World Cup cricket. Every team we play here is an exceptional team and have done their homework, done their scouting and we had a couple of close games that didn’t quite go away and a rain-affected one,” Ferguson stated.

“That’s the joy of tournament cricket and nice to bounce back in our last round rubbing to find ourselves here but from our point of view, those nine games have got us to this position and we kind of all start from zero again. So come Wednesday, it will be a good challenge.”