<p>Mumbai: India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat in the first World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.</p><p>The venue, where India won their last 50-overs World Cup title, has hosted four day-night contests so far at this tournament with three of those being won by the team batting first.</p><p>Australia were the only team to win batting second at the ground after Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten double hundred.</p><p>"It looks like a good pitch, on the slower side as well but whatever we do, we know we've got to do that well," Sharma said at the toss.</p><p>For Wednesday's contest, both India and New Zealand were unchanged from their previous match.</p><p>India have looked invincible so far, winning all nine of their round robin matches including a four-wicket victory over the Black Caps in Dharamsala.</p><p>New Zealand, however, defeated India at the same stage of the 2019 edition.</p><p>"It was way back in 2019 that we played that semi-final, New Zealand have been one of the most consistent team over the years and it's going to be a good contest," Sharma added.</p><p>"It's a very important day. I've been constantly talking about how important it is to turn up on the day and forget what has happened in the past."</p><p>New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said he would have batted first as well.</p><p>"It's obviously a used surface but we'll try to make use of it with the ball first up and hopefully there's some dew later," Williamson said.</p><p>"It's an amazing occasion. We're looking forward to the challenge ahead - it's a stiff one, they've been playing some great cricket, but we have as well."</p><p>Australia and South Africa will meet in the second semi-final at Kolkata's Eden Gardens, with the final to be held on Sunday in Ahmedabad.</p><p><strong>Teams:</strong></p><p>India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj</p><p>New Zealand: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson (captain), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitch Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult</p>
<p>Mumbai: India captain Rohit Sharma won the toss and elected to bat in the first World Cup semi-final against New Zealand at the Wankhede Stadium on Wednesday.</p><p>The venue, where India won their last 50-overs World Cup title, has hosted four day-night contests so far at this tournament with three of those being won by the team batting first.</p><p>Australia were the only team to win batting second at the ground after Glenn Maxwell hit an unbeaten double hundred.</p><p>"It looks like a good pitch, on the slower side as well but whatever we do, we know we've got to do that well," Sharma said at the toss.</p><p>For Wednesday's contest, both India and New Zealand were unchanged from their previous match.</p><p>India have looked invincible so far, winning all nine of their round robin matches including a four-wicket victory over the Black Caps in Dharamsala.</p><p>New Zealand, however, defeated India at the same stage of the 2019 edition.</p><p>"It was way back in 2019 that we played that semi-final, New Zealand have been one of the most consistent team over the years and it's going to be a good contest," Sharma added.</p><p>"It's a very important day. I've been constantly talking about how important it is to turn up on the day and forget what has happened in the past."</p><p>New Zealand captain Kane Williamson said he would have batted first as well.</p><p>"It's obviously a used surface but we'll try to make use of it with the ball first up and hopefully there's some dew later," Williamson said.</p><p>"It's an amazing occasion. We're looking forward to the challenge ahead - it's a stiff one, they've been playing some great cricket, but we have as well."</p><p>Australia and South Africa will meet in the second semi-final at Kolkata's Eden Gardens, with the final to be held on Sunday in Ahmedabad.</p><p><strong>Teams:</strong></p><p>India: Rohit Sharma (captain), Shubman Gill, Virat Kohli, Shreyas Iyer, KL Rahul, Suryakumar Yadav, Ravindra Jadeja, Jasprit Bumrah, Mohammed Shami, Kuldeep Yadav, Mohammed Siraj</p><p>New Zealand: Devon Conway, Rachin Ravindra, Kane Williamson (captain), Daryl Mitchell, Tom Latham, Glenn Phillips, Mark Chapman, Mitch Santner, Tim Southee, Lockie Ferguson, Trent Boult</p>