3-Match ODI Series Results
First ODI @ Mumbai Sunday Oct 22,2017
Scorecard
India 280/8 in 50 Overs
New Zealand 284/4 in 49 Overs
Match Result - NZ won by 6 Wickets
MOM - Tom Latham(NZ)for his 103*(102 Balls 4x8 and 6x2)
Series Result - NZ lead the 3-Match ODI Series 1-0
Second ODI @ Pune Wednesday Oct 25,2017
Second ODI @ Pune Wednesday Oct 25,2017
Scorecard
New Zealand 230/9 in 50 Overs
India 232/4 in 46 Overs
Match Result - India won by 6 Wickets
MOM - Bhuveshwar Kumar(India)for his 3/45
Series Result - The 3-Match ODI Series level at 1-1
Under Pressure India Face Rare Series Defeat At Home
An under pressure India will face their stiffest test in recent times when they try to bounce back in the three-match ODI series against a refreshed New Zealand in the must win second ODI @ Pune on Wednesday Oct 25,2017
It is not often that India find themselves in a 'save the series situation', having won the last six bilateral engagements.
Not many had also expected New Zealand to topple India in the series-opener at the Wankhede but the visitors, playing their first match since the Champions Trophy, did it in emphatic style.
It took a record breaking 200-run stand from Ross Taylor and Tom Latham to get the better of their formidable opponents, putting New Zealand on the cusp of a rare series win in India.
The way they played spinners Yuzvendra Chahal and Kuldeep Yadav was commendable, considering the Australians struggled against the same combination in the preceding series
Squads
India
Virat Kohli (captain), Rohit Sharma, Shikhar Dhawan, Ajinkya Rahane, Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Dinesh Karthik, MS Dhoni (wk), Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Kuldeep Yadav, Yuzvendra Chahal, Jasprit Bumrah, Bhuvneshwar Kumar and Shardul Thakur.
New Zealand
Kane Williamson (captain), Trent Boult, Colin de Grandhomme, Martin Guptill, Matt Henry, Tom Latham, Henry Nicholls, Adam Milne, Colin Munro, Glenn Phillips, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Ross Taylor, George Worker and Ish Sodhi.
India beat New Zealand by 6 Wickets To Level Series 1-1
Scorecard
New Zealand 230/9 in 50 Overs
India 232/4 in 46 Overs
Match Result - India won by 6 Wickets
MOM - Bhuveshwar Kumar(India)for his 3/45
Series Result - The 3-Match ODI Series level at 1-1
The one slot that the Indian team management has been looking to fill in ODIs is the number 4 slot and Dinesh Karthik on Wednesday showed that he could be the answer to skipper Virat Kohli and chief coach Ravi Shastri’s search as he hit an unbeaten 64 to help India chase down New Zealand’s total of 230 with 4 overs to spare and six wickets in the bag at the Maharashtra Cricket Association Stadium in Pune.
The series levelling win came as Karthik leaned into the perfect cover drive off Time Southee’s final delivery in the 46th over. But credit must also go to opener Shikhar Dhawan (68) and Hardik Pandya (30 off 31 balls) for providing Karthik with much needed support from the other end. Both the batsmen ensured that they hit the timely boundaries and let Karthik hold one end up. In the end, it was a walk in the park for the hosts as Dhoni (18*) and Karthik took India home.
Chasing 231, India did not have the most auspicious of starts as Southee sent Rohit Sharma (7) back to the pavilion with the score reading 22. Even though Kohli (29) did strike a good partnership with Dhawan, the skipper was dismissed by Colin de Grandhomme against the run of play in the 14th over.
That is when Karthik joined hands with Dhawan and the two batted India close to the target. While Dhawan was happy to take the timely risks, Karthik happily played second fiddle and ran the ones and twos. While all looked good, Dhawan suddenly looked distracted after reaching his 22nd ODI fifty.
The otherwise calm opener started to look fidgety as he kept coming down the track and started to take unnecessary chances. This finally led to his downfall as Adam Milne sent him back for 68 as the southpaw tried to hit Milne out of the ground and ended up handing an easy catch to Ross Taylor at short cover.
Walking in with the score reading 145/3, Pandya ensured that he took the attack to the bowlers and let Karthik stand ground at one end. And just when it looked like the duo would take India home, Santner stuck against the run of play as this time Pandya swept the spinner to Milne at short fine-leg. With the score reading 204/4, Dhoni walked into the crease and hit a few crisp boundaries as the Pune crowd got their money’s worth.
Earlier, the New Zealand batsmen failed to capitalize after Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to have a bat. He seemed to have clearly read the wicket wrong as Kohli said he would have fielded and that seemed to have been the better choice.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/45) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/38) put up an inspired show at the front half as the Kiwis were tottering at 58/4 at one stage. Last match’s centurion Tom Latham did try to fight a lone battle from one end as he looked to stand ground.
But when Axar Patel finally sent him back for 38, the writing was almost on the wall for the visitors as the score read 118/5. Grandhomme and Henry Nicholls did try to up the ante and keep the Kiwis in the game as they used the long handle to good effect. But Bhuvneshwar came back to dismiss Nicholls for 42. And Chahal had the last laugh when he sent back Grandhomme for a 40-ball 41 as the New Zealand innings lost plot completely.
Finally a small cameo from Southee (unbeaten 25 off 22 balls) saw the New Zealanders reach a respectable 230/9 in their 50 overs.
That is when Karthik joined hands with Dhawan and the two batted India close to the target. While Dhawan was happy to take the timely risks, Karthik happily played second fiddle and ran the ones and twos. While all looked good, Dhawan suddenly looked distracted after reaching his 22nd ODI fifty.
The otherwise calm opener started to look fidgety as he kept coming down the track and started to take unnecessary chances. This finally led to his downfall as Adam Milne sent him back for 68 as the southpaw tried to hit Milne out of the ground and ended up handing an easy catch to Ross Taylor at short cover.
Walking in with the score reading 145/3, Pandya ensured that he took the attack to the bowlers and let Karthik stand ground at one end. And just when it looked like the duo would take India home, Santner stuck against the run of play as this time Pandya swept the spinner to Milne at short fine-leg. With the score reading 204/4, Dhoni walked into the crease and hit a few crisp boundaries as the Pune crowd got their money’s worth.
Earlier, the New Zealand batsmen failed to capitalize after Kane Williamson won the toss and decided to have a bat. He seemed to have clearly read the wicket wrong as Kohli said he would have fielded and that seemed to have been the better choice.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar (3/45) and Jasprit Bumrah (2/38) put up an inspired show at the front half as the Kiwis were tottering at 58/4 at one stage. Last match’s centurion Tom Latham did try to fight a lone battle from one end as he looked to stand ground.
But when Axar Patel finally sent him back for 38, the writing was almost on the wall for the visitors as the score read 118/5. Grandhomme and Henry Nicholls did try to up the ante and keep the Kiwis in the game as they used the long handle to good effect. But Bhuvneshwar came back to dismiss Nicholls for 42. And Chahal had the last laugh when he sent back Grandhomme for a 40-ball 41 as the New Zealand innings lost plot completely.
Finally a small cameo from Southee (unbeaten 25 off 22 balls) saw the New Zealanders reach a respectable 230/9 in their 50 overs.
M S Dhoni completes 200 catches in India
Mahendra Singh Dhoni on Wednesday Oct 25,2017 scripted another record by becoming the first cricketer to complete 200 international catches in India.
Dhoni, 36, took the catch of Martin Guptill in the third over off the bowling of Bhuvneshwar Kumar to reach the milestone during the second India-New Zealand ODI match.
He thus became the world's third and first Indian wicket-keeper to achieve the feat. Sri Lankan legend Kumar Sangakkara and England's Alec Stewart have done this in their respective countries before Dhoni.
Overall, he is fourth in the list of most catches (288) - behind Adam Gilchrist (417) for Australia and ICC, Mark Boucher (402) for South Africa and Africa, Sangakkara (383) for Sri Lanka, ICC and Asia.
Later in the innings, he took another catch, off the bowling of Hardik Pandya, to dismiss Ross Taylor.
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