India crumble like pack of cards

India lost the opening match of the series to New Zealand by giving an extra bonus point. New Zealand who elected to bat were 30 for three at one stage, after which there was a remarkable recovery by the Kiwis in the form of Skipper Ross Taylor and Styris which helped the Kiwis to reach to 288.

India should have applied to their minds and should have made a sensible run chase, since we all know it is very tricky to play under lights especially in Dambulla wicket. India started well with Dinesh Karthik and Sehwag making a decent start. Dinesh Karthik dismissal was very unlucky one after which the Indian players trembled with steady bowling by the Kiwis. India manged to score only 88 runs which is one of their lowest totals in recent past.

India win against New Zealand

India vs. New Zealand happened to be a very sluggish match with New Zealand electing to bat first scored less than 150. None of the batsman who got starts capitalized on that to make a big score. This was very evident since four of their batsman scored in twenties. Credit also goes to some very fine bowling by Indians especially Asis Nehra and part time spinner Yuvaraj Singh.

India in reply also made a very slow start with early exit of Dinesh Karthik Rahul Dravid came as a one down batsman and lot was expected out of him but he could just manage 14 runs. Sachin however came into some sort of touch with his 46. India were 84 for 4 at one stage and then came the most dependable pair who had got India out of trouble a lot of times and the pair is none other than Dhoni and Suresh Raina. Well done India !!!