Player of the Match
Player of the Match

A dominating performance from the hosts and especially their captain who reached his eighth century, with support from the in-form Virat Kohli, to seal a second straight win. It's going to be an uphill task for New Zealand to fight back from here on. The chase never looked to go off track, and it was in the middle overs that one would think New Zealand faltered badly, giving the loose balls, not building enough pressure and conceding boundaries to ensure it was a one-way traffic. India took advantage and with some skilful batting from Gambhir and Kohli, raced to victory. We'll get you the presentation details in just a short while.

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Presentation time.

Vettori: "It was a good score. I was impressed with the way we batted, but we bowled extremely poorly. What Gambhir played was one of the best one-day innings I have seen. We should have bowled better, we gave width to Gambhir all day and he made us pay for that. If you do that on slowish wickets, it's difficult to control the run-rate. Brendon's improving and he provides us an attacking option with the bat."

Gambhir: "It was important. Getting a century as captain is special, and winning the game was more special. I always felt the wicket was going to improve. I was looking to time the ball and it worked. They batted well and 259 was a decent total, but our bowlers did a good job to contain them. I was looking to watch the ball and react to what was coming towards me. It was a complete team effort, and we want to continue this into the next game and be as professional as possible. Sreesanth has got his Test rhythm in ODI cricket as well, and he's had two really good games this series. We'll be looking to carry this into Baroda and finish it off there."

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43.1
3w
Southee to Gambhir, 3 wides, wide down the leg side, and that's a win as they've taken two after hopkins fumbled behind the stumps, three runs to the total and India take a 2-0 lead

END OF OVER:
43 | 7 Runs | IND: 256/2 (3 runs required from 42 balls, RR: 5.95, RRR: 0.42)

  • Gautam Gambhir138 (116b)
  • Yuvraj Singh16 (11b)
  • Kane Williamson4-0-29-0
  • Tim Southee5-0-30-0
42.6
1
Williamson to Gambhir, 1 run, driven through the line to long-off for a single
42.5
0
Williamson to Gambhir, no run, turning away from a good lenght, left alone
42.4
1
Williamson to Yuvraj Singh, 1 run, turned into the leg side for a single
42.3
4
Williamson to Yuvraj Singh, FOUR, flighted, full on the off and he slog-sweeps it hard through midwicket for a boundary, didn't time it too well but it had enough power
42.2
0
Williamson to Yuvraj Singh, no run, comes down the track and drives it straight back to the bowler
42.1
1
Williamson to Gambhir, 1 run, pushed it through extra cover into the deep for a single

END OF OVER:
42 | 1 Run | IND: 249/2 (10 runs required from 48 balls, RR: 5.92, RRR: 1.25)

  • Yuvraj Singh11 (8b)
  • Gautam Gambhir136 (113b)
  • Tim Southee5-0-30-0
  • Kane Williamson3-0-22-0
41.6
0
Southee to Yuvraj Singh, no run, angling in on middle, gets across and turns it to midwicket
41.5
1
Southee to Gambhir, 1 run, whipped through square leg for an easy single
41.4
0
Southee to Gambhir, no run, tries to force it through the in-field on the off side, straight to point though
41.3
0
Southee to Gambhir, no run, back of a length on middle, punched to extra cover
41.2
0
Southee to Gambhir, no run, on a good length on the off, pushed straight to extra cover
41.1
0
Southee to Gambhir, no run, short and wide, mistimes a cut to point

New Zealand tour of India [Nov 2010] 2010-11 News

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st87G GambhirM Vijay
2nd116G GambhirV Kohli
3rd56Yuvraj SinghG Gambhir