Player of the Match
Player of the Match
2445dThe Bulletin by Jamie Alter at the Premadasa Stadium

Yuvraj and Nehra knock New Zealand out

India stumbled in pursuit of 156 under lights but MS Dhoni and Suresh Raina kept cool heads to steer them to a six-wicket win with 57 deliveries to spare and with it move to No. 1 in the ICC's ODI rankings

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Statistics

Best performances - Batsmen

SR Tendulkar
SR Tendulkar
46(55) 6x4 - 0x6
Control %80%
  • Productive Shot
  • leg glance
  • 14 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
2 0 6 1 17 1 6 13
SK Raina
SK Raina
45(54) 3x4 - 2x6
Control %88%
  • Productive Shot
  • pull/hook on back foot
  • 15 runs
  • 3x4 - 0x6
1 0 2 4 20 5 2 11

Best performances - Bowlers

A Nehra
O8.3
M0
R24
W3
Eco2.82
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF
Yuvraj Singh
Yuvraj Singh
O10
M0
R31
W3
Eco3.10
RHB
OFFLEG
  • FTFULL TOSS
  • YYORKER
  • FFULL LENGTH
  • GGOOD LENGTH
  • SGSHORT OF GOOD LENGTH
  • SSHORT LENGTH
LHB
LEGOFF

Vettori: "When you win the toss here you want to put up a competitive total. The wickets gets easier when you have played yourself in; I found it that my self. Dhoni and Raina showed it as well. Some of our boys would be disappointed. It wasn't a bad fight back from us; we put them under some pressure. You can't expect to play on good decks all the time, when you come across deck like this you need to adapt."

Dhoni: "We wanted to get them out as cheap as possible. Nehra did well and then Yuvraj singh, our new find with the ball, did a good job. Sachin gave us a good start ... Raina also batted well with me. Every body was slightly tensed at the start of the game [as India are playing after a break]... the bowlers bowled really well. If there was one more spinner like Yuvi in their side, we would have been under more pressure. [on no 1] Frankly we are not thinking about it. We are just concentrating on what we do in the field. If we play good cricket, we eventually would be no 1 team in the world."

Man of the Match: Nehra : "I was struggling because of the injuries but I am back on track for the last 6-7 months. I wasn't too nervous today. I have been bowling well in the recent months and I just want to concentrate on line and length. The important thing was to pick up early wickets."

Stylish player of the day Tendulkar wins a bike.

That's it from us. Good bye and good luck.

40.3
2
Mills to Raina, 2 runs, the slower one, shorter in length, swatted to deep square-leg region. India push New Zealand out of the tournament.
40.2
1
Mills to Dhoni, 1 run, jumps down the track to drive to mid-on
40.1
0
Mills to Dhoni, no run, leans forward to steer it to point

END OF OVER:
40 | 7 Runs | IND: 153/4 (3 runs required from 60 balls, RR: 3.82, RRR: 0.30)

  • Suresh Raina43 (53b)
  • MS Dhoni34 (63b)
  • Shane Bond10-3-30-0
  • Daniel Vettori10-0-33-2
39.6
4
Bond to Raina, FOUR, drops it short, Raina opens his stance up and lifts it over wide mid-on region... thumped away
39.5
2
Bond to Raina, 2 runs, another slower one, fullish, turned behind square-leg
39.4
0
Bond to Raina, no run, 118.1 kmph slow bouncer, Raina drops his wrists and sways away
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India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st7SR TendulkarKD Karthik
2nd60SR TendulkarR Dravid
3rd4SR TendulkarYuvraj Singh
4th13MS DhoniYuvraj Singh
5th72MS DhoniSK Raina