Compaq Cup: Match 2: Ind v. NZ: Another Bowlers Dominated Match! Kiwis out of Competition!

Kiwis lost their second league match and have lost their birth to the final. In their first match (NZ v. SL), they lost to Sri Lanka.

In a must win match to stay in the competition, Kiwis could not handle the bowling attack and were bundled out for 155.

Deciding to bat first, Brendon McCullum (3) and Ryder (0) were in the pavilion with the score on 4. The momentum was maintained by the Indian bowlers as they restricted NZ to 51 for 4 at the end of the second powerplay.

After the fall of Elliott (22) in the 21st over and Oram (24) in the 29th over, NZ never came back in the game. Nehra and Yuvaraj picked 3 wickets each while RP Singh and Ishanth picked 2 each.

Though Dinesh Karthik was dismissed early, the experienced campaigners Tendulkar and Dravid steadied the innings. They both added 60 for the 2nd wicket before Rahul was trapped LBW by Oram for 14. Tendulkar played patiently but missed half-century by 4 runs. Yuvaraj also did not stay long. Dhoni and Raina finished the formalities in the 41st over.

With this win, both India and Sri Lanka qualify for the final. The result of the last league match between these two teams has no impact for a place in the final.

Match: Compaq Cup: # 2
Date: September 11, 2009
Teams: India v. New Zealand
Captains: Dhoni and Vettori
Toss: New Zealand, decided to bat
Venue: R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Result: India won by 6 wickets with 57 balls remaining
Points: India 4; New Zealand 0
Man of the Match: A Nehra off India

New Zeland Innings:

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
B McCullum	lbw b Nehra	3	9	0	0
J Ryder	lbw b Nehra	0	2	0	0
M Guptill	c Dravid b Yuvraj	22	42	3	0
LRPL Taylor	c Dhoni b RP Singh	11	15	2	0
G Elliott	c Dhoni b Yuvraj	22	39	0	0
J Oram	c & b Sharma	24	45	2	0
M Broom	c Raina b Yuvraj	21	28	0	0
D Vettori	b Sharma	25	36	1	0
Mills	b RP Singh	6	20	0	0
I Butler	c Harbhajan b Nehra	6	31	0	0
S Bond	not out	10	12	1	0
Extras	(lb 4, w 1)	5	-	-	-
Total	all out in 46.3 overs	155	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-1 (Ryder, 0.3 ov), 2-4 (McCullum, 2.2 ov), 3-19 (Taylor, 5.5 ov), 4-51 (Guptill, 14.6 ov), 5-66 (Elliott, 20.3 ov), 6-101 (Oram, 28.1 ov), 7-116 (Broom, 32.1 ov), 8-134 (Mills, 37.6 ov), 9-142 (Vettori, 42.3 ov), 10-155 (Butler, 46.3 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
A Nehra	8.3	0	24	3
RP Singh	8	2	22	2
I Sharma	10	2	26	2
Yuvraj	10	0	31	3
Harbhajan	8	0	39	0
S Raina	1	0	4	0
Y Pathan	1	0	5	0

India Innings: (target 156 runs)

Batsman	How Out	Runs	Balls	4s	6s
D Karthik	lbw b Mills	4	11	0	0
Tendulkar	c Guptill b Vettori	46	55	6	0
Dravid	lbw b Oram	14	45	1	0
Yuvaraj	c Guptill b Vettori	8	13	2	0
Dhoni	not out	35	65	4	0
S Raina	not out	45	54	3	2
Extras	(lb 3, w 1)	4	-	-	-
Total	for 4 wkts in 40.3 overs	156	-	-	-

Fall of Wickets: 1-7 (Karthik, 2.3 ov), 2-67 (Dravid, 18.1 ov), 3-71 (Tendulkar, 19.2 ov), 4-84 (Yuvraj Singh, 23.6 ov)

Bowler	O	M	R	W
K Mills	5.3	1	25	1
S Bond	10	3	30	0
I Butler	4	0	25	0
D Vettori	10	0	33	2
J Oram	7	1	19	1
G Elliott	2	0	9	0
M Guptill	2	0	12	0