Tuesday’s ICC World Cup 2023 match between India and New Zealand featured an excellent victory for India thanks in large part to Virat Kohli brilliant batting. The Indian team put on an impressive display, continuing their tournament winning record with a fifth straight triumph. In addition to Kohli, the entire Indian team also performed admirably on the field. This thrilling contest also resulted in a significant boost in viewership for the broadcasters.
As Virat demonstrated his great batting abilities for India during their match versus New Zealand in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 on October 22, 2023, Disney+ Hotstar saw a tremendous increase in concurrent viewers, reaching its peak. With a record-breaking 43 million concurrent viewers, the streaming service reached a significant milestone.
This accomplishment has surpassed the previous record of 35 million viewers during the India-Pakistan encounter in the same tournament and currently stands as the largest concurrent viewership across all cricket formats. Furthermore, the thrilling match between India and New Zealand in the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2023 broke the previous record for viewership set during their match in the semi-finals of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup 2019, which stood at 25 million viewers.
Virat Kohli falls short of scoring a valiant century.
India won the match thanks to Virat Kohli and Mohammed Shami, who made history by becoming the first Indian bowler to take five wickets in an ODI World Cup. Due to Hardik Pandya’s injury against Bangladesh, Shami was added to the lineup at Dharamshala, which forced Suryakumar Yadav to replace Pandya by benching Shardul Thakur.
Virat Kohli, who was essential to India’s recent victory over Bangladesh, put up yet another outstanding display. He is known as the “chasemaster” and was just five runs away from scoring his second straight ODI century. Even though Kohli came close to breaking Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI centuries when he was removed by Matt Henry, the number of runs needed for his hundred and India’s triumph were interestingly identical.
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