Warm-up: India spin out Kiwis for big win

Bellevision Media Network

Chennai, 17 February 2011: MS Dhoni set the tone for India’s World Cup campaign with a sparkling century, which was backed up by seven wickets by spinners as India ended their warm-up with 100 per cent result after hammering New Zealand by 117 runs. Earlier, India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni hammered an unbeaten century and Gautam Gambhir added 89 as the World Cup co-hosts rattled up a remarkable 360-5.

 

India got off to a faltering start with the eagerly-awaited innings of the world’s top batsman Sachin Tendulkar ending after only 17 runs when he was bowled by paceman Tim Southee with a slower ball in the eighth over. Fellow opener Virender Sehwag (23) soon followed, clean bowled by Jacob Oram, to leave the home side on 42-2 at M. A. Chidambaram Stadium.

 

But a run of blistering performances from Virat Kohli (59), Dhoni, who struck 108 off 64 balls, and Gambhir gave India a vice-like grip on the match, India’s second World Cup warmup outing after defeating Australia on Sunday. It was just the response Dhoni had hoped for after the skipper lamented the middle-order’s flop against Australia.

 

 

Dhoni and Suresh Raina added 124 runs at a breakneck speed with the century partnership coming up in a mere 45 balls as they wrought havoc with New Zealand’s bowling attack. The fast-improving Kohli kept the innings going with his 68-ball 59 which included seven boundaries and added 106 with Gambhir before he fell, chasing a wide delivery from Oram.

 

After Gambhir’s departure, it was Dhoni and Raina all the way as they pulverized the bowlers — Dhoni memorably striking seven fours in a row. Such was the dominance of the Indian batsmen that the final 16 overs brought 193 runs.

 

For New Zealand, led by Ross Taylor in Daniel Vettori’s absence, Southee and Oram were the most successful bowlers with two wickets apiece, while the spinners Nathan McCullum and Luke Woodcock failed to make an impression.

 

Match Summary

WC 2011 Warm-up Matches India vs New Zealand, Warm-up Match MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, February 16, 2011

Match Information Umpires: Asoka De Silva (SL) & Rod Tucker (Aus) Third Umpire: Simon Taufel (Aus) Match Referee: Roshan Mahanama (SL) Toss: India (Elected to bat) Match Status: India won by 117 runs

New Zealand Innings | India Innings

Batting: New Zealand Innings

Batsmen New Zealand (243/10 in 43.1 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Martin Guptill c M Dhoni b R Ashwin 38 45 4 1 84.44 Brendon McCullum run out (S Raina/M Dhoni) 58 54 7 0 107.41 Jesse Ryder c Y Singh b H Singh 32 36 3 0 88.89 Ross Taylor (c) c V Kohli b H Singh 5 14 0 0 35.71 James Franklin lbw b P Chawla 0 3 0 0 0.00 Scott Styris b P Chawla 20 33 1 0 60.61 Jamie How (wk) c M Patel b Y Singh 15 22 1 0 68.18 Jacob Oram st M Dhoni b Y Singh 12 19 1 0 63.16 Nathan McCullum not out 29 18 3 2 161.11 Luke Woodcock b A Nehra 9 9 1 0 100.00 Kyle Mills b A Nehra 2 6 0 0 33.33 Kane Williamson             Hamish Bennett             Tim Southee             Extras: b - 4, w - 11, nb - 0, lb - 8 23   Total:(243 for 10 in 43.1 overs) 243 Run Rate: 5.63

Fall Of Wickets

1/94 (Martin Guptill, 14.6 ov.), 2/118 (Brendon McCullum, 19.1 ov.), 3/140 (Ross Taylor, 23.6 ov.), 4/141 (James Franklin, 24.4 ov.), 5/147 (Jesse Ryder, 25.4 ov.), 6/173 (Jamie How, 31.4 ov.), 7/197 (Jacob Oram, 37.3 ov.), 8/202 (Scott Styris, 38.1 ov.), 9/213 (Luke Woodcock, 39.6 ov.), 10/243 (Kyle Mills, 43.1 ov.)

Bowling: India

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Ashish Nehra 7.1 0 55 2 0 0 7.7 S Sreesanth 5 0 38 0 0 0 7.6 Munaf Patel 3 0 19 0 0 0 6.3 Ravichandran Ashwin 7 0 30 1 0 1 4.3 Yuvraj Singh 9 0 33 2 0 1 3.7 Harbhajan Singh 4 0 17 2 0 0 4.2 Piyush Chawla 8 0 39 2 0 1 4.9

Batting: India Innings

Batsmen India (360/5 in 50 ovs) Runs Balls 4’s 6’s SR Virender Sehwag b J Oram 23 30 4 0 76.67 Sachin Tendulkar b T Southee 17 23 3 0 73.91 Gautam Gambhir c J How b T Southee 89 85 11 0 104.71 Virat Kohli c B McCullum b J Oram 59 68 7 0 86.76 MS Dhoni (c) (wk) not out 108 64 11 3 168.75 Suresh Raina c R Taylor b K Mills 50 26 4 3 192.31 Yusuf Pathan not out 3 4 0 0 75.00 Yuvraj Singh             Ravichandran Ashwin             Harbhajan Singh             Piyush Chawla             Ashish Nehra             Munaf Patel             S Sreesanth             Extras: b - 0, w - 7, nb - 0, lb - 4 11   Total:(360 for 5 in 50 overs) 360 Run Rate: 7.20

Fall Of Wickets

1/35 (Sachin Tendulkar, 7.3 ov.), 2/42 (Virender Sehwag, 9.1 ov.), 3/148 (Virat Kohli, 29.1 ov.), 4/216 (Gautam Gambhir, 38.4 ov.), 5/340 (Suresh Raina, 47.6 ov.)

Bowling: New Zealand

Bowler O M R W Nb Wd ER Kyle Mills 10 1 81 1 0 4 8.1 Tim Southee 10 1 67 2 0 0 6.7 Jacob Oram 9 1 70 2 0 2 7.8 James Franklin 2 0 17 0 0 0 8.5 Nathan McCullum 10 0 61 0 0 0 6.1 Luke Woodcock 5 0 31 0 0 1 6.2 Scott Styris 4 0 29 0 0 0 7.2