ICC ODI World Cup IND vs NZ Semi Final : Indian team set a new record with 19 sixes in the World Cup knockout round, surpassing West Indies’ 16 sixes in 2015.
India’s 397 for 4 against New Zealand is now the highest knockout round total, breaking New Zealand’s 393 for 6 in 2015.
It’s India’s third-highest World Cup score: 413 for 5 against Bermuda in 2007, 410 for 4 against Netherlands in 2023, and now 397 for 4.
Shreyas Iyer‘s 8 sixes in an innings set a new World Cup record, surpassing Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh’s previous records.
Fourth time in World Cup knockout stages: three batsmen scored fifty-plus runs in an innings.
Shreyas Iyer’s century in 67 balls ranks as the third fastest by an Indian in the World Cup, following Lokesh Rahul’s 62 balls and Rohit Sharma’s 63 balls in 2023.
Only three Indian batsmen (Ganguly, Kohli, and Iyer) have scored centuries in the World Cup knockout stages.
India made history by scoring two centuries in a World Cup knockout stage innings, a feat previously achieved by Sri Lanka in 2011.
