Finally the Kiwis tasted victory in the ODI series, though they have won the T20 series 2-0. In the 4th ODI presentation ceremony, Vettori said, a win in the final ODI would equal the 3-3 though they are different versions of the game--T20 (2 win for NZ) and ODI (3 win for India and 1 win for NZ).
It happened as he wished and he could pat his back for this victory, but as per statistics and records, India have won the series 3-1 with one match abandoned. This is the first series win for Indian against New Zealand in New Zealand soil.
India have never won an ODI series in New Zealand. The best they've managed are draws in 1993-94 and 1998-99.
Winning the toss and batting first, Sehwag and Gambhir opened the innings. Sachin did not play in the match due to his stomach injury. India just made 149 in 36.3 overs. The batsmen were not able to consume the full quota of 43 overs.
Rohit Sharma was the top scorer with 43 runs off 74 balls. He completely turned the match in favor of the kiwis when he ran out both Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh. Though they were not professional batters, at that stage it was important to retain wickets to ensure that India bat the full 43 overs. The attempted run was indeed not required because they went straight to fielders.
Though Praveen Kumar picked McCullum for 2 in the third over, Ryder and Guptill made it easy for the kiwis. They played good shots and both of them scored 50. Ryder was bowled by Ishanth Sharma in the 15th over for 63. It came off just 49 balls with 6 fours and four sixes. Guptill made unbeaten 57 off 50 balls with 7 fours and 2 sixes.
Scoreboard:
Tour: India to New Zealand
Series: ODI
Match #: 5
Date: Saturday March 14, 2009
Venue: Auckland
Captains: Daniel Vettori (NZ) and MS Dhoni (Ind)
Umpires: GAV Baxter and RE Koertzen; EA Watkin-third umpire
Toss: India won the toss and decided to bat
Match: New Zealand won by 8 wickets with 19.4 overs remaining
Man of the Match: Ryder off New Zealand
Additional Information: Match was reduced to 43 overs a side due to rain and delayed start.
India 149 all out in 36.3 overs (Gambhir caught McGlashan bowled Mills 5, V Sehwag caught McCullum bowled Oram 40, Raina caught Styris bowled Oram 8, Rohit Sharma not out 43, Yuvaraj caught McGlashan bowled Ryder 11, Dhoni bowled Ryder 9, Yousuf Pathan bowled Ryder 0, Harbhajan Singh run out (Vettori/Oram) 1, Zaheer Khan run out (Oram/Vettori) 5, Praveen Kumar caught McGlashan bowled O'Brien 6, Ishanth Sharma caught Taylor bowled O'Brien 3, Extras--18 (lb 9, w 9), KD Mills 7-0-27-1, IE O'Brien 7.3-0-43-2, JPD Oram 9-0-22-2, JD Ryder 9-0-29-3, DL Vettori 4-0-19-0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-30 (Gambhir, 4.5 ov), 2-65 (Raina, 9.4 ov), 3-69 (Sehwag, 11.5 ov), 4-88 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.5 ov), 5-110 (Dhoni, 24.2 ov), 6-111 (Pathan, 24.6 ov), 7-116 (Harbhajan Singh, 27.3 ov), 8-131 (Khan, 31.2 ov), 9-143 (Kumar, 34.4 ov), 10-149 (I Sharma, 36.3 ov)
New Zealand 151 for 2 in 23.2 overs (JD Ryder bowled Ishanth Sharma 63, BB McCullum bowled Praveen Kumar 2, MJ Guptill 57 not out, LRPL Taylor 28 not out, Extras--1 (w 1), Praveen Kumar 4-0-22-1, Zaheer Khan 8-0-51-0, Ishanth Sharma 7.2-1-63-1, Harbhajan Singh 4-0-15-0)
Fall of Wickets: 1-9 (McCullum, 2.2 ov), 2-93 (Ryder, 14.6 ov)
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