Tuesday, November 27, 2018

The Indians (Azh)aren’t the (Ki)winners

India made a Kapil of Cha(uha)nges to their playing eleven – Pravin Amre and Rajesh made way for Sanjay Manjrekar and Dev. New Zealand made eight changes to the team that last played the Indians – Mark Greatbatch, Rod Latham, Andrew Jones, Martin Crowe, Ian Smith, Chris Cairns, Dipak Patel and Willie Watson made way for Blair Hartland, Bryan Young, One-day International debutant Stephen Fleming, Shane Thomson, Dion Nash, Adam Parore, Danny Morrison and Chris Pringle.

Mohammad Azharuddin, India’s skipper, won the toss, inserting the hosts. Hartland, who faced 24 balls, scored eight. He was caught by Nayan Mongia. Javagal Srinath broke the 17-run stand.

Young, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 11. He was caught by Mongia. Srinath broke the nine-run stand. Rutherford, New Zealand’s captain, scored 23. His 36-ball innings included three boundaries. He was caught by Mongia. The 34-run stand was broKen by Salil Ankola.

Thomson, who scored 83, was adjudged the player of the match. His 97-ball innings included seven boundaries and a six. He was caught by Ajay Jadeja. Anil Kumble broke the 144-run stand.

The fifth-wicket pair put on 26. Fleming, whose 107-ball innings included eight boundaries, scored 90. He was run out. Chris Harris, whose 13-ball innings included a boundary and a six, scored 18. He was unbeaten, as was Nash, who faced a couple of balls, scoring a run. India conceded just half-a-dozen extras. New Zealand scored 240 for the loss of five wickets off 50 overs.

Sachin Tendulkar bowled five overs, conceding 37. He was wicketless, as were Jadeja, who bowled eight overs, conceding 41, and Dev, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 36. Ankola, who bowled seven overs, conceded 24. He picked up a wicket, as did Kumble, who bowled 10 overs, conceding 41. Srinath bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 59, picking up a couple of scalps.

Navjot Singh Sidhu, whose 42-ball (Gav)innings included four boundaries, scored 34. He was caught by Parore. Larsen broke the 66-run stand. Jadeja, whose 93-ball innings included four boundaries, scored 59. He was caught by Pringle. Harris broke the 57-run stand.

Vinod Kambli, whose 59-ball innings included a boundary, scored 37. He was stumped by Parore. Thomson broke the 27-run stand. Azharuddin, who faced 20 balls, scored nine. Harris broke the fourth-wicket stand, which was worth just a couple.

Tendulkar, whose 19-ball innings included a boundary, scored 15. He was caught by Rutherford. Nash broke the 24-run stand. Manjrekar, who faced 29 balls, scored 22. He was unbeaten.

Dev, whose 16-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 17. Morrison broke the 30-run stand. The seventh-wicket pair failed to get off the mark. Ankola, who faced a ball, did not open his account. He was dismissed by Morrison.

Srinath, who faced five balls, scored four. His runs came by way of a boundary. He was caught by Hartland. Pringle broke the five-run stand. The ninth-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Mongia, who faced a ball, didn’t open his account. He was dismissed by Morrison. Kumble, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. He was unbeaten. The Kiwis conceded 14 extras. India, who scored 212 for the loss of nine wickets off 50 overs, lost by 28 runs.

Thomson, who bowled five overs, conceded 26. He picked up a wicket. Larsen and Nash bowled nine overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former, whose spell included a maiden, conceded 40, the latter conceded 34.

Pringle bowled 10 overs, including a maiden. He conceded 37, picking up a wicket. Harris, who bowled eight overs, conceded 32. He picked up a couple of wickets. Morrison bowled nine overs, including a maiden. He conceded 35, picking up three scalps.

New Zealand led the four-match series 1-0.  






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