Player of the Match
Player of the Match

Match Day

2068dThe Report by Deivarayan Muthu

New Zealand defend 260 to keep series alive

Martin Guptill's rapid half-century, and canny bowling from Tim Southee and James Neesham, were vital to New Zealand forcing the series into a decider at Visakhapatnam

2068dArun Venugopal in Ranchi

A tale of two openers

Ajinkya Rahane and Martin Guptill set up strong bases for their sides, but it was only the New Zealanders who saw through the effort to its logical conclusion

2068dESPNcricinfo staff

Martin Guptill stars in New Zealand's 19-run win over India

Martin Guptill, New Zealand's opener, flourished with an impressive 84-ball 72 that helped his side to their first victory of the tour by beating India by a 19-run margin in the fourth ODI played in Ranchi on Wednesday.

2068dArun Venugopal in Ranchi

The challenges Amit Mishra faces

Given another chance because key Test bowlers are resting, he has shown he has the x-factor a legspinner brings, but needs to improve as a fielder and a batsman

Preview

2932dThe Preview by Arun Venugopal in Ranchi

Middle-order concerns weigh on weary NZ

While India have benefitted from Virat Kohli's form and a bowling unit that has been persistent, New Zealand are still scrambling to put all the pieces together and stay alive in the ODI series

First loss in Ranchi

0

No. of ODIs India had lost in Ranchi, before this. They had played 2 and had won chasing both of them. They failed to chase this time.

New Zealand's comeback

98

India's score before the fall of second wicket. New Zealand have taken six wickets for 69 runs since then.

Rahane gets going

66

No. of runs accumulated by Rahane in the first three ODIs of this series - 33, 28, 5. He has got to a fifty today.

Lucky Ground

216

Number of runs scored by Kohli in ODIs in Ranchi, before this match. He made 77* vs Eng in 2012-13 and 139* vs SL in 2014-15, both while chasing.

spinners' impact

3.82

Economy of India spinners in this match - 107 runs in 28 overs. The fast bowlers went at 6.81 - 150 runs in 22 overs.

Prolific Mishra

10

No. of wickets for Mishra in this series. No other bowler has taken more than 6 wkts in the series so far. His figures: 3/49, 3/60, 2/46, 2/41.

Opening Woes

1

Number of instances since March 2012 when New Zealand have had a 100+ opening stand in ODIs. In 49 innings they average 30. Today they added 96.