ICC World Cup Final: With India cementing its place in the ICC ODI World Cup final, there will be an aerobatic display by the Surya Kiran team of Indian Air Force on November 19 before the start of match at Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. With their win against New Zealand, India now have reached the ODI World Cup final for the fourth time, having won the trophy in 1983 and 2011.

Global pop singer Dua Lipa is also set to perform in the ceremony before the final clash, Star Sports said in a post on X.

While BCCI and ICC decided not to organise an opening ceremony at the start of the World Cup, a musical event was held before India’s clash with arch rivals Pakistan on October 14. 

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Popular singer Arijit Singh mesmerised the crowd at Ahmedabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium ahead of the match, which India won by 7 wickets. Singers Sunidhi Chauhan, Shankar Mahadevan, and Sukhwinder Singh also enthralled the crowd at the ceremony.

Thirteen years after playing the World Cup final in 2011 and lifting the trophy, India defeated New Zealand in the semis by 70 runs on Wednesday to enter the title clash. India will face the winner of the second semi-final between Australia and South Africa.

The Pitch is perfect as @DUALIPA joins the @cricketworldcup spectacle taking questions from @klrahul @ShubmanGill #KaneWilliamson @dazmitchell47 & about the song she’d perform at the #CWC23 closing ceremony!

Tune-in from 12PM today in the Semi-final 1 #INDvNZ#WorldCuponStar pic.twitter.com/rTk8NLqPoW

— Star Sports (@StarSportsIndia) November 15, 2023

The architects of India’s historic win were Virat Kohli, who slammed his 50th hundred to surpass Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 centuries, Shreyas Iyer (105) and Mohammed Shami, whose seven-wicket haul saw the Kiwis catapulting to 327 in 48.5 overs.

After Rohit Sharma and Shubhman Gill gave India a blazing start, Kohli and Iyer maintained the momentum throughout India’s innings on a slow track to post a mammoth 397 for four. Kohli, battling cramps and humid weather of Mumbai, also broke Tendulkar’s record for most runs in an ODI World Cup as he hit a sublime 117.

New Zealand put up a lion-hearted fight, courtesy Daryl Mitchell’s valiant 134 off 119 balls and skipper Kane Williamson’s 69, before folding up for 327.