Player of the Match
Player of the Match

END OF OVER:
38 | 7 Runs 1 Wkt | NZ: 157/10 | RR: 4.13

  • Tim Southee9 (12b)
  • Kuldeep Yadav10-1-39-4
  • Yuzvendra Chahal10-0-43-2

Our scorer Venkat Raghav says he heard Dhoni yell out to Kuldeep to go round the wicket and that Boult will just stop it [and you can get the edge]. And guess what happened the very next ball?

5.50 pm Rohit Sharma ran off, gesturing the number 10 with his hands, so that might mean India get 10 overs before the break. He and Shikhar Dhawan won't have too difficult a challenge and that's all down to a splendid new-ball burst from Mohammed Shami, making yet another strong case to be in India's first XI, and the two wristspinners. Yuzvendra Chahal was so menacing, getting dip and drift to secure two caught-and-bowleds in very shot time. And who'd he get rid of? Ross Taylor and Tom Latham, two of New Zealand's best players of spin. Kane Williamson fought hard, but he too wasn't allowed to get away, so much that his 36th ODI fifty was rather more laboured than normal. Kuldeep Yadav got rid of him and then polished off the tail

"It's my first tour in New Zealand," Kuldeep says. "The ground are small here. And the wicket is very flat. We just stuck to our basics. Me and Chahal. That's it. This total is chaseable. It's very easy. I'm sure we should win it. Looking forward to the World Cup, these games are important, in all three departments, especially fielding. When we play in Australia also, there was a lot of home support. Coming here, to New Zealand, we're getting the same support. It's really amazing"

Akshat: "Kuldeep Yadav's comments should tell you the story of New Zealand's woeful batting performance. I don't even India expected this innings to go so well for them"

37.6
W
Kuldeep Yadav to Boult, OUT, taken at slip! Four for Kuldeep. And India have only 158 as a target - the second innings will start immediately as well. No breaks. Right then, lets get to the ball: he goes round the wicket - on Dhoni's instructions - tosses it up to bring the batsman forward, gets it to turn the other way and secures the edge

TA Boult c Sharma b Kuldeep Yadav 1 (9m 10b 0x4 0x6) SR: 10.00

A very serious mid-pitch chat between NZ's two premier fast bowlers

37.5
1
Kuldeep Yadav to Southee, 1 run, goes back to read the googly off the pitch and taps it behind point
37.4
0
Kuldeep Yadav to Southee, no run, floats it up outside off, Southee drives to cover
37.3
0
Kuldeep Yadav to Southee, no run, flighted delivery on off stump, blocks
37.2
6
Kuldeep Yadav to Southee, SIX, that goes all the way. Those square boundaries are tiny and Sixer Southee nails the slog sweep. That's one shot where the batsman doesn't need to care about the turn. And for the record, this is turning the other way

India 2nd innings Partnerships

WktRunsPlayers
1st41S DhawanRG Sharma
2nd91S DhawanV Kohli
3rd24AT RayuduS Dhawan