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Finn Allen: A World Cup special and a tantalising teaser 

The NZ opener flexed his batting muscles in Kolkata - his soon-to-be IPL home - on a special World Cup knockout night with a 33-ball 100

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Death by match-ups 

How Mitchell Santner's tactical switches dismantled South Africa on a big World Cup night

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Qualification nerves, shifting conditions and a semifinal 

New Zealand have not been the most convincing in the Super Eights, but they're here, as determined as the other three teams to go the distance

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Two contrasting World Cup campaigns, one ticket to Ahmedabad 

It won't matter how South Africa and New Zealand got to Kolkata. Wednesday night will allow only one of them to fly forward

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Sanju Samson at Eden Gardens: A night of understated stillness 

Not once through his 50-ball stay could you tell if Samson was enthused or worried by the constantly-shifting momentum. He just stayed the course for long enough to push West Indies out

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India aim to reframe unfamiliar pressure as privilege 

Three semi-finalists are already confirmed heading into the last Super Eights game, but tournament favourites India aren't one of them

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In a virtual knockout, a fight of reputation and expectation 

India and West Indies - two peas of the same pod with different pain points, look to cross each other out at the World Cup

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Tilak Varma's delayed entry: A liberation from spin 

Shielding Tilak Varma from spin against Zimbabwe proved to be an inspired move. Can India continue with it?

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No bait, mostly straight: Abhishek Sharma's Chepauk reset 

Zimbabwe had trouble dealing with short square dimensions in India after getting used to Colombo. Abhishek Sharma added the Chepauk straight boundary to their woes

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India and Zimbabwe out to raise the roof at Chepauk 

Both teams head into this fixture with an eye on a win big enough to turbo-charge their NRR