Sunday, March 15, 2009

New Zealand V India 5th ODI

India had already won the series by 3-0 but still they would had liked to won another match and on the other hand Kiwis wanted to win this match for some respect.India played the game unchanged and in New Zealand side Styris was back for unfit Thomson.

Rain delay made the match 43 overs for each side.India won the toss and chose to bat first.Sehwag again started with some big blows but Ghambhir was dismissed early.Sehwag managed to score 40 of 27 balls with 3 sixes and 3 4s.India kept losing wickets continuously on a track with a little bit of help for the bowlers.Apart from Sehwag , Rohit Sharma was the other batsmen to stay for a long time on the pitch.Rohit Sharma remained not out till the end of the innings and made 43.India got all out for 149 in 37th over.Ryder took three wickets for his team.

This target was always easy for the Kiwis but they lost their premier batsman McCullum early but it did not effected Ryder and he continued his form , and score 63 of 49 , Gubtill also scored 50 and Kiwis won the game in 24th over with the loss of just two wickets.Ryder got the man of the match but India won the series by 3-1.Test Series will start form this wednesday.

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