India’s Virat Kohli and New Zealand’s Kane Williamson made their fourth ODI World Cup semifinal look as their sides face off within the last-four stage of the continued event on the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on Wednesday.
Kohli and Williamson are the sixth and seventh gamers to make a report 4 semifinal appearances within the competitors.
Gamers with 4 ODI World Cup semifinal appearances
Imran Khan (PAK)
Ricky Ponting (AUS)
Glenn McGrath (AUS)
Muttiah Muralidharan (SL)
Ross Taylor (NZ)
Virat Kohli (IND)
Kane Williamson (NZ)
Kohli made his first semifinal look in 2011 towards Pakistan, throughout India’s title run. His subsequent last-four matches — in 2015 and 2019 — resulted in defeat, with the latter one coming towards the Williamson-led New Zealand.
Williamson too made his World Cup debut in 2011. However his aspect fell to a defeat to Sri Lanka. In 2015 he received his first ODI World Cup semifinal, towards South Africa. However the Kiwis misplaced to Australia within the ultimate.
In 2019, his aspect obtained the higher of India, earlier than finally shedding to England within the ultimate.
Apparently, Kohli and Williamson had confronted off within the semifinal of the under-19 World Cup in 2008, with India rising the winner on that event.