2023 Cricket World Cup knockout stage

The knockout stage of the 2023 Cricket World Cup consisted of two semi-finals, played at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 15 November and Eden Gardens in Kolkata on 16 November, and a final, at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad on 19 November. The ICC stated that if Pakistan had qualified for the semi-finals, they would have played at Eden Gardens. As India qualified for the semi-finals and Pakistan did not, they played at Wankhede Stadium. All knockout matches had a reserve day.^[1]

Qualification

The host India was the first team to qualify for the semi-finals after their mammoth 302-run win against Sri Lanka, their seventh successive win in the World Cup.^[2]

South Africa became the second team to qualify for the semi-finals after Pakistan defeated New Zealand on 4 November; however, with that win, Pakistan kept their hope of the knockout stage alive.^[3]

India secured the top place amongst the semi-finalists after they beat South Africa by 243 runs on 5 November at Eden Gardens in Kolkata, accumulating 16 points in 8 matches, as no other team would be able to gather as many points as India in their remaining matches.^[4]

Australia became the third team to qualify for the semi-finals after defeating Afghanistan on 7 November, sharing equal points with South Africa, and the two sides played against each other in the semi-finals.^[5]

On 11 November at Eden Gardens, England batted first, and scored 337/9 in 50 overs. For Pakistan to qualify for the semi-finals, they had to chase the total in 6.4 overs to surpass New Zealand in net run rate, as the teams had the same number of points. However, after the end of the first innings, New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals as the target was technically never possible to be chased down in 6.4 overs. Hence, New Zealand confirmed their berth in the semi-finals as the fourth team and faced India in the semi-final as they had done in the previous World Cup in 2019.^[6]

The match officials for the semi-finals were announced on 13 November 2023.^[7]

Bracket

	Semi-finals					Final
	1	India	397/4 (50 overs)
	4	New Zealand	327 (48.5 overs)
						SFW1	India	240 (50 overs)
						SFW2	Australia	241/4 (43 overs)
	2	South Africa	212 (49.4 overs)
	3	Australia	215/7 (47.2 overs)

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

15 November 2023 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

India  397/4 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 327 (48.5 overs)
Virat Kohli 117 (113) Tim Southee 3/100 (10 overs)		Daryl Mitchell 134 (119) Mohammed Shami 7/57 (9.5 overs)

India won by 70 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Rod Tucker (Aus) Player of the match: Mohammed Shami (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mohammed Shami and Kuldeep Yadav (Ind) both played their 100th ODI.^[8]
• Mohammed Shami's 7/57 were the best bowling figures for India in ODIs, surpassing Stuart Binny's 6/4; in World Cups, surpassing Ashish Nehra's 6/23 in 2003;^[9] and in ODIs vs New Zealand, surpassing Amit Mishra's 5/18. He also surpassed Mitchell Starc to become the quickest to reach 50 wickets in World Cups, in terms of innings (17).^[10]
• Virat Kohli (Ind) broke Sachin Tendulkar's records of 49 and 673 for the most centuries in ODIs (50) and most runs in a single edition of the World Cup respectively (711) and Greg Chappell's record of 686 runs for most runs in a series.^[11]
• Virat Kohli surpassed Ricky Ponting to become the 3rd highest run scorer ever in ODIs.^[12]
• India overtook New Zealand's 393 in 2015 for the highest total in a World Cup knockout stage match (397).^[13]
• As a result of this match, India qualified for the finals of the World Cup for the fourth time, after 1983, 2003, and 2011.

Semi-final 2

16 November 2023 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa  212 (49.4 overs)	v	Australia 215/7 (47.2 overs)
David Miller 101 (116) Mitchell Starc 3/34 (10 overs)		Travis Head 62 (48) Tabraiz Shamsi 2/42 (10 overs)

Australia won by 3 wickets Eden Gardens, Kolkata Umpires: Richard Kettleborough (Eng) and Nitin Menon (Ind) Player of the match: Travis Head (Aus)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• David Miller (SA) became the first South African to score a century in a World Cup knockout match.^[14]
• As a result, Australia qualified for the finals of the World Cup for the eighth time after 1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015.
• Quinton de Kock (SA) played in his last ODI.^[15]

Final

Main article: 2023 Cricket World Cup final

19 November 2023 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard

India  240 (50 overs)	v	Australia 241/4 (43 overs)
KL Rahul 66 (107) Mitchell Starc 3/55 (10 overs)		Travis Head 137 (120) Jasprit Bumrah 2/43 (9 overs)

Australia won by 6 Wickets Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Umpires: Richard Illingworth (Eng) and Richard Kettleborough (Eng) Player of the match: Travis Head (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.
• David Warner (Aus) played in his last ODI match.^[16]
• Australia won their record sixth World Cup title.^[17]