Taylor helps Kiwis fly away with series
30 Jan 2014 5:29 AM IST
For India, it was their second successive ODI series loss away from home. They had lost in South Africa 0-2 in the three-match series last month.
In a must-win encounter, India, batting first, put up a competitive 278 for five in 50 overs. Indian batsmen were led by MS Dhoni, who remained unbeaten on 79 off 73 balls while Ravindra Jadeja scored 62* off 54 balls. Rohit Sharma made 79 off 94 deliveries. Indian, however, lost the game because of their erratic fast bowling, negating the good work done by spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin.
The Kiwis achieved the target without any hiccups with 11 balls to spare. Former skipper Ross Taylor hit an unbeaten 112 off 127 balls while captain Brendan McCullum remained not out on 49. Kane Williamson also struck a valuable 60. Taylor was adjudged Man of the Match. The fifth and final ODI will be played at Wellington Friday.
Jesse Ryder (19) and Martin Guptill (35) gave the hosts a flying start and they reached 50 in the seventh over. They departed in consecutive overs, but Williamson and Taylor made sure that the boundaries kept flowing. They added 130-runs for the third-wicket before Williamson was run out by Jadeja’s direct hit.
Taylor and McCullum then took the team home safely with their 92-run unfinished stand. Taylor dealt only in fours hitting 15 of them while the captain hit three sixes and four fours during his 56-ball knock. Earlier in the day, Rohit stabilised the innings up the order while Dhoni and Jadeja struck a quick unbeaten 127-run stand for the sixth wicket to power India to what looked like a good total on a slow track.
Dhoni and Jadeja smashed the Kiwis to all parts of Seddon Park smashing 100 runs in the last 10 overs. India opened with Rohit and Virat Kohli, who was promoted up the order in place of Shikhar Dhawan, who made way for Ambati Rayudu. Both Kohli (2) and Ajinkya Rahane (3) perished playing the pull shot again. Kohli top-edged Tim Southee to Jimmy Neesham at mid-wicket while Rahane fell to Kyle Mills and found Southee in the deep.
Rohit, who was dropped by Taylor on 14 at slips off Southee, made the most of the opportunity and brought the innings back on track with Rayudu (37). The duo added 79 runs for the third wicket and played some dazzling shots.
Start using your brains: Dhoni tells India bowlers
HAMILTON: ‘Start using your brains more’, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni told his wayward bowlers after losing the one-day series to New Zealand on Tuesday. Lashing out at the bowlers, who have been wayward through the series which India lost 0-3 with one match to go, Dhoni said: ‘When it comes to talent, we definitely have bowlers who can do well. But at the same time they will have to start using their brains more and improvise themselves.’
‘(Md) Shami is someone who has been quite consistent, apart from this series. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been off this series but he’s a good bowler. At the end of the day they need to push themselves because with rule changes it is going to be quite tough. But it hasn’t been rule changes hurting us in this series, it has been bad bowling,’ Dhoni said. He added his bowlers consistently bowled short and wide right through the series and gave away too many runs. ‘Frankly, our bowling was quite disappointing. This was a kind of wicket where one thing you don’t want to do is to bowl short and wide. I think we consistently did that with the new ball and the older ball. We often complain about the five fielders outside the circle, but when you bowl short and wide it doesn’t matter. I think the fast bowlers gave away too many runs. Talking about spinners, they bowled well and hit the right areas,’ Dhoni remarked.
In a must-win encounter, India, batting first, put up a competitive 278 for five in 50 overs. Indian batsmen were led by MS Dhoni, who remained unbeaten on 79 off 73 balls while Ravindra Jadeja scored 62* off 54 balls. Rohit Sharma made 79 off 94 deliveries. Indian, however, lost the game because of their erratic fast bowling, negating the good work done by spinners Ravindra Jadeja and Ravichandran Ashwin.
The Kiwis achieved the target without any hiccups with 11 balls to spare. Former skipper Ross Taylor hit an unbeaten 112 off 127 balls while captain Brendan McCullum remained not out on 49. Kane Williamson also struck a valuable 60. Taylor was adjudged Man of the Match. The fifth and final ODI will be played at Wellington Friday.
Jesse Ryder (19) and Martin Guptill (35) gave the hosts a flying start and they reached 50 in the seventh over. They departed in consecutive overs, but Williamson and Taylor made sure that the boundaries kept flowing. They added 130-runs for the third-wicket before Williamson was run out by Jadeja’s direct hit.
Taylor and McCullum then took the team home safely with their 92-run unfinished stand. Taylor dealt only in fours hitting 15 of them while the captain hit three sixes and four fours during his 56-ball knock. Earlier in the day, Rohit stabilised the innings up the order while Dhoni and Jadeja struck a quick unbeaten 127-run stand for the sixth wicket to power India to what looked like a good total on a slow track.
Dhoni and Jadeja smashed the Kiwis to all parts of Seddon Park smashing 100 runs in the last 10 overs. India opened with Rohit and Virat Kohli, who was promoted up the order in place of Shikhar Dhawan, who made way for Ambati Rayudu. Both Kohli (2) and Ajinkya Rahane (3) perished playing the pull shot again. Kohli top-edged Tim Southee to Jimmy Neesham at mid-wicket while Rahane fell to Kyle Mills and found Southee in the deep.
Rohit, who was dropped by Taylor on 14 at slips off Southee, made the most of the opportunity and brought the innings back on track with Rayudu (37). The duo added 79 runs for the third wicket and played some dazzling shots.
Start using your brains: Dhoni tells India bowlers
HAMILTON: ‘Start using your brains more’, Indian skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni told his wayward bowlers after losing the one-day series to New Zealand on Tuesday. Lashing out at the bowlers, who have been wayward through the series which India lost 0-3 with one match to go, Dhoni said: ‘When it comes to talent, we definitely have bowlers who can do well. But at the same time they will have to start using their brains more and improvise themselves.’
‘(Md) Shami is someone who has been quite consistent, apart from this series. Bhuvneshwar Kumar has been off this series but he’s a good bowler. At the end of the day they need to push themselves because with rule changes it is going to be quite tough. But it hasn’t been rule changes hurting us in this series, it has been bad bowling,’ Dhoni said. He added his bowlers consistently bowled short and wide right through the series and gave away too many runs. ‘Frankly, our bowling was quite disappointing. This was a kind of wicket where one thing you don’t want to do is to bowl short and wide. I think we consistently did that with the new ball and the older ball. We often complain about the five fielders outside the circle, but when you bowl short and wide it doesn’t matter. I think the fast bowlers gave away too many runs. Talking about spinners, they bowled well and hit the right areas,’ Dhoni remarked.
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