NZ stun India to reach final
Sharma, the World Cup’s leading scorer, and Boult trapped Virat Kohli lbw in the next over.
India’s captain reviewed the decision but could not get it overturned.
The horror continued for India as KL Rahul became the third Indian top order batsman to depart for one, Henry’s second caught-behind victim.
Jimmy Neesham took a magnificent left-handed catch to dismiss Dinesh Karthik as India slumped to 24-4 in 10 overs.
Rishabh Pant added 47 runs with Hardik Pandya to arrest the slide and Pant made 32 before his wild heave off Santner found Colin de Grandhomme near the mid-wicket boundary.
Pandya, struggling with a hip injury, also made 32 before throwing away his wicket.
Jadeja injected fresh excitement into the match with his brave counterattack that left his team needing 90 runs off the last 10 overs with four wickets in hand.
He and Dhoni (50) kept India afloat in the chase which was eventually derailed when both fell in successive overs.
“We thought we had restricted them to a total that is chaseable on any surface,” Kohli said. “But the way they bowled in that first half an hour was the difference in the game.
“We had a good day yesterday and I’m very proud of that effort. Then it was a professional effort with the ball this morning and we had the momentum.
“But credit to the New Zealand bowlers - the way they bowled with the new ball, moving it around, it was an outstanding skill level on display and they made life very difficult for our batsmen.”
Williamson had won the toss on Tuesday and opted to bat at a venue where teams batting first had won all five previous matches in the tournament.
India’s new ball pair of Bhuvneshwar Kumar (343) and Jasprit Bumrah bowled with impeccable discipline while Jadeja was also very economical with the ball.
Resuming New Zealand 1st innings
M Guptill c Kohli b Bumrah 1 H Nicholls b Jadeja 28 K Williamson c Jadeja b Chahal 67 R Taylor Run Out Jadeja 74 J Neesham c Karthik b Pandya 12 C de Grandhomme c Dhoni b Kumar 16 T Latham c Jadeja b Kumar 10 M Santner Not Out 9 M Henry c Kohli b Kumar 1 T Boult Not Out 3 Extras 5lb 13w 18 Total (50.0 overs) 239-8 Fall of Wickets : 1-1 Guptill, 2-69 Nicholls, 3-134 Williamson, 4-162 Neesham, 5-200 de Grandhomme, 6-225 Taylor, 7-225 Latham, 8-232 Henry Did Not Bat : Ferguson
Bowling: Kumar 10 1 43 3 Bumrah 10 1 39 1 Hardik Pandya 10 0 55 1 5w Jadeja 10 0 34 1 Chahal 10 0 63 1 4w
India innings
L Rahul c Latham b Henry 1 on the reserve day at 211-5, New Zealand added 28 runs from the remaining 23 deliveries as Ross Taylor top-scored with a gutsy 74 to go with Williamson’s 67.
Jadeja proved his value as a fielder with a pinpoint throw to run out Taylor and in the next delivery, took a well-judged catch near the ropes to dismiss Tom Latham. R Sharma c Latham b Henry 1 V Kohli lbw Boult 1 R Pant c de Grandhomme b Santner 32 D Karthik c Neesham b Henry 6 H Pandya c Williamson b Santner 32 MS Dhoni Run Out Guptill 50 R Jadeja c Williamson b Boult 77 B Kumar b Ferguson 0 Y Chahal c Latham b Neesham 5 Extras 3lb 13w 16 Total(49.3 overs) all out 221 Fall of Wickets : 1-4 Sharma, 2-5 Kohli, 3-5 Rahul, 4-24 Karthik, 5-71 Pant, 6-92 Pandya, 7-208 Jadeja, 8-216 Dhoni, 9-217 Kumar, 10-221 Chahal
Did Not Bat : Bumrah Bowling:Boult 10 2 42 2 3w Henry 10 1 37 3 3w Ferguson 10 0 43 1 2w de Grandhomme 2 0 13 0 1w Neesham 7.3 0 49 1 3w Santner 10 2 34 2 1w Umpire Richard Illingworth Umpire Richard Kettleborough Video Rodney Tucker
Match Referee David Boon