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India vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
India will play 5 ODIs, 3 Tests and 2 T20 during the New Zealand tour starting February 25, 2009.
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India vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
Schedule- Wed 25, February 2009 (D/N): 1st Twenty20 - New Zealand v India at Christchurch
- Fri 27, February 2009 (D/N): 2nd Twenty20 - New Zealand v India at Wellington
- Tue 03, March 2009 (D/N): 1st ODI - New Zealand v India at Napier
- Fri 06, March 2009 (D/N): 2nd ODI - New Zealand v India at Wellington
- Sun 08, March 2009 (D/N): 3rd ODI - New Zealand v India at Christchurch
- Wed 11, March 2009 (D/N): 4th ODI - New Zealand v India at Hamilton
- Sat 14, March 2009 (D/N): 5th ODI - New Zealand v India at Auckland
- Wed 18-Sun 22, March 2009: 1st Test - New Zealand v India at Hamilton
- Thu 26-Mon 30, March 2009: 2nd Test - New Zealand v India at Napier
- Fri 03-Tue 07, April 2009: 3rd Test - New Zealand v India at Wellington
New Zealand v India 1st ODI at Napier
IND v NZ, 1st ODI, Napier: India beat New Zealand by 53 runs (IND 1:0)
Mar 03, 2009
India beat New Zealand by 53 runs in the rain-disrupted opening one-day cricket international at Napier on Tuesday.
India made 273 for four in their 38 overs and after a second rain disruption New Zealand made 162 for nine when set a target of 216 in 28 overs. For India, Mahendra Singh Dhoni was unbeaten on 84 while Virender Sehwag made 77 and Suresh Raina scored 66.
Martin Guptill top-scored for New Zealand with 64.
IND v NZ, 1st ODI, Napier: India 273-4 (38.0 overs) beat New Zealand 162-9 (28.0 overs) by 53 runs (D/L)
IND v NZ, 1st ODI, Napier: Ishant likely to miss first ODI due to injury
Mar 01, 2009
India's pace sensation Ishant Sharma is likely to miss Tuesday's first cricket one-dayer against New Zealand due to injury.
The sinewy fast bowler had hurt his shoulder while fielding in the second Twenty20 international against New Zealand at the Westpac Stadium. An MRI scan carried out on his shoulder today revealed a bruise. The impact of falling on the ball is said to have aggravated an old injury.
"The MRI scan has disclosed that there is a bruise. We will watch him over the next two days. But it is likely that Ishant may miss the first ODI against New Zealand," said administrative manager Niranjan Shah, who is accompanying the Indian side.
New Zealand v India 1st ODI at Napier
Scores
India won the toss and decided to bat
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273 for 4 (38.0 overs)
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162 for 9 (28.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Sehwag | c sub | b Vettori | 77 |
56 | 11 | 1 |
| Tendulkar | c B McCullum | b Butler | 20 |
23 | 2 | 0 |
| Dhoni | not out | 84 |
89 | 6 | 0 | |
| Yuvraj | run out | 2 |
13 | 0 | 0 | |
| Raina | c O'Brien | b Elliott | 66 |
39 | 5 | 4 |
| Y Pathan | not out | 20 |
10 | 2 | 1 | |
| Extras | 2nb 1b 1lb | 4 | ||||
| Total | for 4 | 273 | (38.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Ryder | c Sehwag | b Kumar | 11 |
25 | 1 | 0 |
| B McCullum | c Harbhajan | b Kumar | 0 |
5 | 0 | 0 |
| Guptill | c Gambhir | b Harbhajan | 64 |
70 | 5 | 0 |
| c Tendulkar | b Y Pathan | 31 |
24 | 3 | 0 | |
| Elliott | run out | 11 |
11 | 0 | 0 | |
| Oram | c Dhoni | b Yuvraj | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Broom | st Dhoni | b Harbhajan | 2 |
7 | 0 | 0 |
| Vettori | not out | 26 |
15 | 3 | 0 | |
| Mills | c Sehwag | b Harbhajan | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 |
| Butler | c Patel | b Zaheer | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| O'Brien | not out | 3 |
8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 1nb 3w 10lb | 14 | ||||
| Total | for 9 | 162 | (28.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: A L Hill, R E Koertzen
New Zealand: Ryder, B McCullum (W), Guptill, Taylor, Elliott, Oram, Broom, Vettori (C), Mills, Butler, O'Brien
India: Sehwag, Tendulkar, Gambhir, Raina, Yuvraj, Dhoni (C/W), Y Pathan, Harbhajan, Zaheer, Kumar, Patel