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India vs New Zealand Cricket Series 2008-09
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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 Twenty20 at Wellington
IND v NZ, 2nd T20, Wellington: New Zealand clinch last ball win against India (NZ 2:0)
Feb 27, 2009
New Zealand beat India by five wickets in the second and final Twenty20 cricket international in Wellington to take the series 2-0.
Brendon McCullum broke the deadlock on the last ball of the match when a skied single carried the hosts to 150 for five. McCullum topscored with an unbeaten 69 from 55 balls.
Yuvraj Singh led India's 149 for six with 50 off 34 balls. New Zealand won the opening match by seven wickets in Christchurch on Wednesday.
Brendon McCullum was declared "Man of the Match" and "Man of the Series". A five-match cone-day series between the teams starts in Napier on Tuesday.
IND v NZ, 2nd T20, Wellington: New Zealand 150-5 (20.0 overs) beat India 149-6 (20.0 overs) by 5 wickets
IND v NZ, 2nd T20, Wellington: India look to level series
Feb 27, 2009
World champions India would seek to restore their pride after being trounced in the first match as they go into the second and final Twenty20 game against New Zealand at Wellington, fully aware that only an inspired show will help them to level the series.
The seven-wicket defeat at Christchurch in the first match must have taken the reputation of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's young bravehearts as kings of Twenty20 a serious beating which they can only rectify by winning. A victory will also boost their morale ahead of the five-match ODI series starting on March 3 and put a balm after their second successive loss against New Zealand in the shortest format of the game.
However, the visitors will have to do a lot of catching up as the Kiwis have the distinct advantage of having bowling all-rounders in their ranks, in contrast to India who rely on their batsmen to bowl in the middle overs.
New Zealand v India Twenty20 at Wellington
Scores
New Zealand won the toss and decided to field
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149 for 6 (20.0 overs)
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150 for 5 (20.0 overs)
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Gambhir | c B McCullum | b Butler | 10 |
13 | 0 | 1 |
| Sehwag | c Vettori | b O'Brien | 24 |
11 | 5 | 0 |
| Raina | c Southee | b Butler | 0 |
4 | 0 | 0 |
| Yuvraj | c Oram | b O'Brien | 50 |
34 | 3 | 4 |
| Dhoni | not out | 28 |
30 | 2 | 0 | |
| Y Pathan | b Vettori | 0 |
2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jadeja | c Guptill | b Southee | 19 |
16 | 1 | 1 |
| I Pathan | not out | 15 |
10 | 0 | 1 | |
| Extras | 1w 2lb | 3 | ||||
| Total | for 6 | 149 | (20.0 ovs) | |||
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Runs |
Balls |
4s |
6s |
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| Ryder | b Zaheer | 26 |
15 | 3 | 2 | |
| B McCullum | not out | 69 |
55 | 8 | 1 | |
| Guptill | lbw | b Harbhajan | 10 |
19 | 1 | 0 |
| Taylor | b I Pathan | 27 |
25 | 2 | 0 | |
| Oram | c Dhoni | b I Pathan | 0 |
1 | 0 | 0 |
| Broom | c I Pathan | b Yuvraj | 5 |
3 | 1 | 0 |
| N McCullum | not out | 1 |
2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extras | 5w 1b 6lb | 12 | ||||
| Total | for 5 | 150 | (20.0 ovs) | |||
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Umpires: G A Baxter, A L Hill
New Zealand: Ryder, B McCullum (W), Guptill, Taylor, Broom, Oram, N McCullum, Vettori (C), Butler, Southee, O'Brien
India: Gambhir, Sehwag, Raina, Yuvraj, Dhoni (C/W), I Pathan, Y Pathan, Jadeja, Harbhajan, Zaheer, I Sharma