• Ravindra Jadeja pulls one towards the boundary and India win with four wickets remaining. India reach the top of the table with ten points
• Kohli out! A fine innings comes to an end as India go six down. Five more runs to win.
• Six overs remaining in India's chase. Kohli-Jadeja take Men in Blue to 245/5
• 40 overs up, India reach 225/5, inch close to 274-run target.
• 37 overs up, India 208/5 as Jadeja and Kohli take control of Indian innings
• 36 overs gone, India 201/5. Ravindra Jadeja and Virat Kohli hold the fort as New Zealand bowlers push the envelope
• Ravindra Jadeja cuts loose, smashes two boundaries off Lockie Ferguson, 200 runs up for India
• A fumble in the middle rattles India's innings. Suryakumar Yadav's debut World Cup innings ends early. SKY departs for two after a run-out. India 191/5
• Virat Kohli reaches his half century. India inch towards the 200-run mark
• Another blow for India as KL Rahul departs. India 182 for 4 as Suryakumar Yadav walks out to join Virat
• MAXIMUM! Virat heaves Rachin Ravindra for a six over extra cover. India reach 157/3.
• India's third wicket falls. Shreyas Iyer departs for 33. Dismissed by Boult, courtesy a clean catch by Devon Conway
• India reach 117/2 after 18 overs
• Play resumes as the visibility improves. Kohli and Iyer remain resilient. India reach 107/1 in 16.1 overs
• Play is temporarily paused due to bad visibility
• India crosses 100-runs mark as Virat Kohli and Shreyas Iyer continue to make the scoreboard ticking. Score 100/2 in 15.4 overs
• Lockie Ferguson strikes again! Shubman Gill departs for 26 in 31 balls. India reach 76/2 in 13.2 overs
  
• Lockie Ferguson strikes in his first ball. Rohit Sharma departs for 46 in 40 balls after some early fireworks. Virat Kohli is on the crease at number 3.
• India 71/1 after 11 overs
• Rohit Sharma surpasses Pakistan's Muhammed Rizwan to become highest run-getter in CWC23. India 63/0 after 10 overs
• Kiwis intridcued spin early as Mitchell Santner bwls his first overs. Only one single in the over. India 53/0 after 9
• India reach 50-run mark in 7.4 overs
• Shubman Gill becomes fastest International player to score 2000 runs in ODIs as he surpasses Hasim Amla. India 48/0 after 7 overs
• India 36/0 after 6 overs
• Rohit Sharma looks dangerous as early sent some early deliveries out of the park. India 32/0 after 5 overs
• India 22/0 after 3 overs
• India starts their chase
• OUT! Run-out in the last ball of the innings. New Zealand 273 all out in 50 overs
• OUT! Five wickets for Mohammed Shami as Daryl Mitchell departs after a brilliant 130-run innings in 127 balls
• New Zealand 263/8 in 49 overs
• OUT! Back-to-back wickets for Shami as Matt Henry departs for golden duck. Lockie Ferguson is the next batman. New Zealand 260/8 in 48 overs
• Clean bowled! Shami strikes with a pin-point Yorker as Santner departs for 1. New Zealand 260/7. Matt Henry is the next batsman
• OUT! Mark Chapman departs for 6 of 8 deliveries as Bumrah shines for India. NZ 257/6 in 47 overs. Mitchell Santner is the next batsman
• OUT! Kuldeep strikes in his last over as Glen Phillips departs at 23 in 26 balls. New Zealand 245/5 in 45 overs. Mark Chapman is the new batsman.
• New Zealand 232/4 in 43 overs
• Daryl Mitchell slams his first hundred in ODI World Cup in 100 balls. New Zealand 226/4 in 42 overs
• New Zealand 219/4 in 40 overs
• OUT! Kuldeep Yadav strikes as Kiwi skipper Tom Latham departs for 5 of 7 deliveries. Glen Phillips is the next man in. New Zealand 205/4 after 37 overs
• New Zealand cross their 200-run mark in 36.1 overs
• Bumrah brought into the attack. India desperately looking for Daryl Mitchell's wicket as he batsman is steadily approaching towards his century. Two boundaries in the over. New Zealand 197/3 after 36 overs
• New Zealand 187/3 in 35 overs
• Tom Latham is the next man in. New Zealand 180/3 after 34 overs
• OUT! Mohammed Shami comes to India's rescue when they were desperately seeking a wicket. Rachin Ravindra departs for a well-made 75 off 87 balls. New Zealand is now 178/3
• 150-run partnership between Ravindra and Mitchell in 153 deliveries. New Zealand 173/2 in 33 overs
• Drinks break! Shami brought back into the attack. But both batsmen are looking resilient. New Zealand 167/2 after 32 overs
• New Zealand 148/2 in 30 overs
• New Zealand 138/2 in 28 overs
• Daryl Mitchell completes his half-century in 60 balls
  
• Siraj back into the attack. Three singles of the over. New Zealand 131/2 in 27 overs
• New Zealand 128/2 in 26 overs
• New Zealand 125/2 in 25 overs
• Hundred-run partnership for Mitchell and Ravindra! Their excellent understanding and teamwork help New Zealand reach 119/2, putting them in a strong position in the match
• New Zealand 117/2 in 24 overs
• New Zealand 110/2 in 23 overs
• Half century for Rachin Ravindra! His third in this World Cup as he completes the 50-run mark in 56 balls. New Zealand 22.3 overs
• New Zealand 107/2 after 22 overs
• Both the batsmen have showed their intent to attack against Kuldeep Yadav as hundred comes up for New Zealand in 21 overs.
• New Zealand 91/2 after 20 overs
• New Zealand ramps up the pressure on India with both their batsmen smashing huge sixes off Kuldeep Yadav. The Kiwis reach 90/2 after 19 overs, setting the stage for an exciting middle phase of the match
  
• Jadeja continues. New Zealand 74/2 after 18 overs
• 50* partnership for Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mitchell
• Kuldeep Yadav introduced in place of Shami. Both batsman looks comfortable as they continue to rotate the strike with singles and doubles. New Zealand 72/2 after 17 overs
• After 16 overs, score reaches 65/2
• Shami continues post drink. Ravindra plays a glorious shot for four in the first ball. Only one single in the rest of the over. New Zealand 61/2 after 15 overs
• It's drink break! After 14 overs, new Zealand 56/2
• After 13 overs, New Zealand 53/2
• It's Ravindra vs Ravindra! Rohit Sharma introduces spin with Ravindra Jadeja. Rachin Ravindra counters it with a glorious boundary and some singles. After 12 overs, New Zealand's score stands at 48/2, and the match continues to be intriguing
  
• Jadeja misses a sitter! England 40/2 after 11 overs
• A somewhat expensive over from Siraj, including some extras and a boundary, sees New Zealand reach 34/2 after 10 overs
  
• New Zealand 26/2 in 9 overs
• OUT! Bails are flying as Shami strikes in his first delivery! Will young departs! New Zealand 19/2 in 8.1 overs. Daryl Mitchell is at number 4
• After 7 overs, New Zealand score 18/1
• After 6 over, New Zealand post 13/1
• Jasprit Bumrah continues his spell, and there's a DRS mix-up resulting in India losing a review. New Zealand's score is now 11/1 after 5 overs, with an early wicket causing the setback. Rachin Ravindra is at number 3
  
• New Zealand 10/1 in 4 overs
• OUT! Siraj strikes early as Iyer takes a flying catch; Conway goes for a duck. New Zealand 9/1.
• Will Young strikes his second boundary, this time off Bumrah's first delivery in the second over. New Zealand's score moves to 9/0 after 3 overs
  
• Will Young gets off the mark with a boundary, scoring 4 runs off Mohammed Siraj. New Zealand is at 5/0 after 2 overs
  
• Jasprit Bumrah begins with a maiden over, keeping New Zealand's score at 0/0 after one over. A strong start by the Indian pacer
  
• In ODIs, India and New Zealand have a history of 116 matches. India has won 58, New Zealand has won 50, and there have been 7 no results. In their most recent encounter, India emerged victorious, beating New Zealand by 90 runs in Indore in 2023
  
• New Zealand are unchanged
  
• India have made two changes, bringing in Suryakumar Yadav and Mohammed Shami in place of Hardik Pandya, who sustained an ankle injury in the match against Bangladesh earlier this week, and Shardul Thakur
  
• INDIA PLAYING XI: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Kuldeep Yadav, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Mohammed Siraj
  
• NEW ZEALAND PLAYING XI: Devon Conway, Will Young, Rachin Ravindra, Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham (wk) (c), Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitchell Santner, Matt Henry, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult.
  
• Indian captain Rohit Sharma wins toss, opts to bowl first against New Zealand

Flying into the hilly terrain without their balancing figure Hardik Pandya, a frighteningly dominant India's World Cup campaign will start all over again with Sunday's blockbuster clash against an ambitious New Zealand.

A freak ankle injury had ruled Pandya out of the big game against the Kiwis who are eyeing their maiden triumph, even as the hosts desperately look to break their long trophy jinx in ICC tournaments.

With the flamboyant all-rounder not in picture, India have been forced to disturb a combination that has brought them four convincing wins on the trot, leaving the opponents worried and exploring ways to stop the rampaging hosts.

Against the New Zealanders, the Indians will take to the field after having done a bit of rejigging of their combination and re-evaluation of strategies.

Pandya's injury has disturbed the balance of the side as India doesn't have a like-for-like replacement for him. These thoughts must have crossed the minds of the men who matter the moment Pandya sustained the injury to his left ankle while trying to stop the ball on his follow-through during their match against Bangladesh in Pune.

The star all-rounder has been advised rest and hasn't travel to Dharamsala. Currently under the assessment of the BCCI medical team, Pandya is expected to join the squad in Lucknow before the match against England next week.

In the current scenario, seamer Mohammed Shami, who hasn't played a match so far in the World Cup, is a certainty in the playing XI as the pitch here is expected to favour the fast bowlers to some extent.

And to bolster the batting, Suryakumar Yadav instantly comes into the mix. But it remains to be seen who is the other player India would replace in their bid to get the balance right.

Given the situation, the mediocre Shardul Thakur should get the boot as Shami would be better suited merely because of his pace and swing in these conditions.

Ravichandran Ashwin, too, provides an option for India with both bat and ball but it remains to be seen whether his off-spin would be effective here.

The Indian batting has been doing extremely well with the likes of Rohit, Virat Kohli, KL Rahul, and Shubman Gill all scoring runs.

Young Gill would look to make his presence felt one more time after his half-century against Bangladesh.

In bowling, the Indians have fared well with Jasprit Bumrah leading the attack from the front with the new ball and Kuldeep Yadav decimating sides with his guile in the middle overs.

Mohammed Siraj, too, have lived up to the expectations, and if included, Shami would provide the extra sting to the pace unit.

Going purely by records, New Zealand hold an edge over India in the World Cup.

It is going to be one of India's biggest challenge so far in the tournament as New Zealand is a side against which the Men In Blue have struggled in the past editions of the marquee event.

India and New Zealand have faced each other nine times in the ODI World Cup. Of these games, India have won only three times while New Zealand have come out victorious on five occasions, with one match being abandoned.

Both India and New Zealand are unbeaten so far in the tournament, registering four wins in as many games but the Kiwis are sitting atop the points table on account of a better net run rate.

So a win on Sunday will take both the sides closer to the semifinals.

The Kiwis will be without skipper Kane Williamson, who fractured his thumb against Bangladesh and he may only return for the semifinals, provided they make it that far.

But Williamson's absence has hardly affected the Kiwis with the likes of Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra and Daryl Mithcell sharing the responsibility in the batting department.

Will Young, too, has been a welcome addition at the opening slot.

Despite being without veteran Tim Southee, who is warming the bench, New Zealand possess a potent bowling attack.

In left-arm spinner Mitchell Santner, New Zealand have the perfect weapon who can pick up wickets and also restrict runs. He is currently the highest wicket-taker in the tournament with 11 scalps from four games.

Besides, the Kiwis have Matt Henry, Lockie Fergusson and the seasoned Trent Boult in their ranks, and the trio can dismantle any batting line-up on its day. Boult, though, is not in the best of form and would be hoping to regain his touch against India.

Teams (from):

India: Rohit Sharma (c), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul (wk), Ravindra Jadeja, Shardul Thakur, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Siraj, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Shami, Ravichandran Ashwin, Ishan Kishan (wk), Suryakumar Yadav.

New Zealand: Kane Williamson (c), Trent Boult, Mark Chapman, Devon Conway, Lockie Ferguson, Matt Henry, Tom Latham (vc & wk), Daryl Mitchell, Jimmy Neesham, Glenn Phillips, Rachin Ravindra, Mitchell Santner, Ish Sodhi, Tim Southee and Will Young.

Match starts at 2 pm.