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Player of the Match

Match Day

3576dThe Report by Sidharth Monga

Raina, Dhoni ensure clean slate

Brendan Taylor scored an emotional century in his last match for Zimbabwe, but experienced the familiar agony of watching his side lose

3572dChristian Ryan

Elegy for runlessness

Chatara to Dhawan: six balls, no runs, six paragraphs. There's a certain poetry about the maiden over

3576dAbhishek Purohit in Auckland

A familiar despair marks Taylor's farewell

Brendan Taylor did everything in his last match to give his side a real chance of stunning India, and all he could do was watch it slip away. In so many ways, the theme of his Zimbabwe career

3576dNikita Bastian in Auckland

Dhoni breaks down the chase method

After leading India to a six-wicket win against Zimbabwe in the final group match of the World Cup, MS Dhoni said that breaking the target down into smaller goals was the key in handling high-pressure situations

3576dSharda Ugra at Eden Park

Middle-order masterclass hides troubles at the top

In an otherwise strong campaign, India will be wary of the fact that their openers have struggled to come out firing and are time and again being bailed out by others down the order

3576dESPNcricinfo staff

India v Zimbabwe - #BendTheRules Moments

The innings which Brendan Taylor played against India, on Saturday, helped put the pressure on a confident Indian unit in their World Cup 2015 Group B match played in Auckland.

3577dSharda Ugra in Auckland

The lightness of being India

India's bowling unit has been instrumental to the team's success in this World Cup, and Mohammed Shami has been the key cog behind it. As the tournament enters its business end, the transformed fast bowler has his eyes set on only one thing

Preview

3577dThe Preview by Abhishek Purohit in Auckland

India eye six out of six, Taylor happy farewell

Brendan Taylor's international exit will take up much of the spotlight in an otherwise inconsequential match between India, who are assured of first place in their group, and Zimbabwe, who are already out of the tournament

Taylor's smashing end

70

Runs scored by Taylor in his last 29 balls (7 fours, 5 sixes). In his first 81 balls he made 68

New high for Zimbabwe

1

Number of Zimbabwean batsmen who've scored 400 or more in a World Cup - Taylor in the first. Previous best: 367 by Neil Johnson, 1999

Turning it on

71

Runs scored by Zimbabwe in ten overs between the 17th and the 26th. After 16 overs they had scored only 46

When in NZ, chase

12-7

The win-loss record for teams batting second in New Zealand in this tournament. In Australia, their record is 4-14

India on a hot streak

14

Number of successive ODIs India have won in ICC tournaments - 4 in the 2011 World Cup, 5 in the 2013 Champions Trophy, and 5 in this World Cup