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On Sunday (July 7), MS Dhoni turned 38. He celebrated his birthday with his teammates in England by cutting a cake. The official Twitter handle of Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) shared a video of the same. Dhoni is playing in his last World Cup and Virat Kohli praised his former skipper

On the eve of the ICC World Cup 2019 semi-final against New Zealand, India captain Virat Kohli took questions from the media. He spoke about the toss factor, what is important in a big knockout game, contribution of MS Dhoni and more

Having lost their last three games of the round-robin stage, New Zealand have been described by some as the weakest of the teams to qualify for the semi-final stage of the ICC World Cup 2019

India have registered six victories in their last seven completed men’s ODI fixtures with New Zealand; these sides are set to play each other for the first time at ICC World Cup 2019 after their scheduled group game was abandoned without a ball bowled

Sourav Ganguly played 113 Tests and 311 ODIs for India. He led India to World Cup 2003 final in South Africa where they lost to Australia. Also, under his leadership, India were runners-up at the ICC Knockout tournament in 2000

Mitchell Starc isn’t worried about taking on the hosts, as they look to move a step closer to winning a sixth ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup. 'To win a World Cup you’ve got to beat everyone,' he explained

Taking charge of the India versus New Zealand World Cup 2019 semi-final match on Tuesday (July 9) at Old Trafford will be English umpires Richard Illingworth and Richard Kettleborough

'The key will be Trent Boult, he knows these Indian batsmen extremely well at this point. They have played each other many times in international cricket and the IPL and he, along with Kane and the coaching staff, will have plans in place,' wrote Daniel Vettori ahead of India-New Zealand World Cup 2019 semi-final

'But he (Rohit Sharma) has come out in each and every innings and started in the same fashion. The way he has helped the partner at the other end, whether it was in the Australia game where he helped Shikhar (Dhawan) out of a difficult phase and he went on to play a good innings,' said Sanjay Bangar after India beat Sri Lanka at the ICC World Cup 2019

Virat Kohli’s 442 runs at an average of 63.14 have seen him gain one point and reach 891 points while Rohit Sharma has bridged the gap from 51 points to only six after becoming the first batsman to score five centuries in the World Cup. His 885 points going into the semi-finals are a career-high

The tag of being one of the favourites for the ICC World Cup 2019 can weigh heavily on some — but India have shown no signs of being burdened by the pressure as they topped the standings after the round-robin stage

India, Australia, England and New Zealand have ridden the wave and reached the final four of the ICC World Cup 2019 on the strength of clear plans and outstanding individuals

MS Dhoni, son of Paan Singh and Devki Devi, was born on July 7, 1981. From Train Ticket Examiner (TTE), known as ticket collector, he became a trophy collector. MyNation joins millions of fans in wishing Dhoni a very happy birthday

'This is completely unacceptable. We have written to the ICC, raising our concern about what happened in Headingley today. If this kind of incident is repeated in the semi-finals, it will be really unfortunate. Safety and security of our players is paramount,' a senior BCCI official said

After India beat Sri Lanka at the ICC World Cup 2019, Rohit Sharama said: 'I'm not here for records. I'm here to play cricket. I'm here to play and score runs and lift the cup. That is what I'm here for. I'm not looking at all those things at all, honestly'