Related Link : India’s Tour of New Zealand 2008/09
Venue : Eden Park, Auckland (D/N)
Toss : India won the toss and elected to bat first
Umpires : Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Gary Baxter (NZ)
Match Result : New Zealand won by 8 wickets; India win the 5-ODI Series 3-1
Man of the Match : Jesse Ryder
Player of the Series : Virender Sehwag
India (47 Overs Maximum)
Gautam Gambhir c McGlashan b Mills 5 (16)
Virender Sehwag c McCullum b Oram 40 (27) 3 ‘4s’ 3 ‘6s’
Suresh Raina c Styris b Oram 8 (19) 1 ‘4s’
Rohit Sharma not out 43 (74) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Yuvraj Singh c McGlashan b Ryder 11 (24)
MS Dhoni (C&WK) b Ryder 9 (21) 1 ‘4s’
Yusuf Pathan b Ryder 0 (4)
Harbhajan Singh run out (Vettori/Oram) 1 (5)
Zaheer Khan run out (Oram/Vettori) 5 (10)
Praveen Kumar c McGlashan b O’Brien 6 (12) 1 ‘4s’
Ishant Sharma c Taylor b O’Brien 3 (7)
Extras: 18 (Wides : 9 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 9)
Total : 149 all out (Overs : 36.3)
Fall of Wickets : 1-30 (Gambhir, 4.5 ovs), 2-65 (Raina, 9.4 ovs), 3-69 (Sehwag, 11.5 ovs), 4-88 (Yuvraj Singh, 18.5 ovs), 5-110 (Dhoni, 24.2 ovs), 6-111 (Pathan, 24.6 ovs), 7-116 (Harbhajan Singh, 27.3 ovs), 8-131 (Zaheer Khan, 31.2 ovs), 9-143 (Praveen Kumar, 34.4 ovs), 10-149 (Ishant Sharma, 36.3 ovs)
New Zealand Bowling
Mills 7-0-27-1 (1w)
O’Brien 7.3-0-43-2 (5w)
Oram 9-0-22-2 (1w)
Ryder 9-0-29-3 (1w)
Vettori 4-0-19-0
New Zealand (Target : 150 from 43 Overs)
Jesse Ryder b Ishant Sharma 63 (49) 6 ‘4s’ 4 ‘6s’
Brendon McCullum b Praveen Kumar 2 (8)
Martin Guptill not out 57 (50) 7 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Ross Taylor not out 28 (33) 4 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Scott Styris
Jacob Oram
Peter McGlashan (WK)
Grant Elliott
Daniel Vettori (C)
Kyle Mills
Iain O’Brien
Extras: 1 (Wides : 1 No Balls: 0 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 0)
Total : 151/2 (Overs : 23.2)
Fall of Wickets : 1-9 (McCullum, 2.2 ovs), 2-93 (Ryder, 14.6 ovs)
India Bowling
Praveen Kumar 4-0-22-1
Zaheer Khan 8-1-51-0 (1w)
Ishant Sharma 7.2-1-63-1
Harbhajan Singh 4-0-15-0