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India vs South Africa
When India was invited to bat first by Graeme Smith on 26th December after
winning toss it seemed as if by losing toss Mahender Singh Dhoni had lost
second test match also thereby losing the series in this ongoing three test
match series.
And that was further confirmed when the whole team got out at
a low score of 205 in the delayed started match. Wet pitch and gloomy
weather had made it tough for Indian batsmen to survive and produce a big
score.
But all kudos to Zaheer Khan’s seam bowling taking three wickets and
Harbhajan Singh’s magical spell of 10 overs with four wickets that brought
India back in the game when they got South African batsmen all out at a
meagre score of 131 thereby taking a valuable 74 runs lead.
Kudos to VVS Laxman’s 96 runs knock in second innings. It helped India make228 runs thereby putting a target of 303 for South Africa.
When CaptainGraeme Smith and Alviro Petersen started aggressively in second inningsespecially the former, it seemed as if South Africa will easily win thismatch by making 303 runs.
Smith was quite adamant in punishing Zaheer Khanwhen he took 21 runs in his first 3 overs. So much so, Captain Dhoni had toremove Zaheer from bowling attack at that moment after that short but costlyspell.
Sreesanth was the man who took first wicket of the innings by getting
Smith caught out behind stumps after having a serious hot altercation
between the two.
That heated argument probably disturbed Smith’sconcentration and got him out at his 37 made in 38 balls. Two quick fall ofwickets at 82 for South Africa in shape of Petersen and Hashim Amla byHarbhajan Singh and Sreesanth respectively started a ray of hope of winningmatch for India.
Petersen’s catch was superbly picked by Cheteshwar Pujarawhereas Amla unnecessarily fiddled with an outgoing ball from Zaheer andgave a catch to Dhoni. At the end of day three South Africa were 111 forthree wickets and the match was quite open for both teams to win with Indianeeding 7 more wickets whereas South Africa requiring 192 more runs to win with two more days to go.
The match was certain to draw result in any team’sfavour.
Kallis would have been out on day three itself if Pujara had taken his
difficult but quite possible catch at a close position.
Veteran Kallis andAB de Villiers could not go a long way on day four when Kallis got out earlyin the morning caught by Sehwag on Sreesanth’s bowling. Soon de Villiers toogot out lbw out by Harbhajan Singh at his score of 33. It was come and gofor Boucher and Steyn.
It was Prince and Harris who stayed on for a smallpartnership of 27 runs worrying India for a while. Harris was clean bowledby Zaheer at his score of 7 to break that partnership.
Prince had put a lotof resistance by staying on crease for a long time. South Africa were 182for eight at that time.
Morne Morkel and Ashwell Prince produced another useful partnership of 33
runs before Ishant Sharma took his first wicket of innings by getting Morkel
caught behind stumps at his score of 20.
South Africa close to losing matchwere 215 for loss of nine wickets requiring 88 more runs to win the matchwith only one wicket in hand. Last man Tsotobe got run out at ducks andfinished innings. Prince remained not out at 39.
India won second test match played at Kingsmead Durban levelling three test
match series to 1-1. India has won by 87 runs.
Sachin Tendulkar: The Milestone Man
Milestones have become so routine in Sachin Tendulkar's career that it hardly came as a surprise when he touched another one by becoming the first batsman in cricket's history to notch up an astonishing 50 Test hundreds. Tendulkar, who has spent a remarkable over 20 years in international cricket, has perhaps every batting record that is there to be taken under his belt and adding to the countless tally is the historic hundred that he struck against South Africa in the ongoing opening Test.
Much before his debut on November 15, 1989, Tendulkar's precocious talent was there to be seen when he shared an unbeaten 664-run stand with buddy Vinod Kambli in the Lord Harris Shield Inter-School Game in 1988.
The 1989 international debut was far less spectacular, in fact forgettable. A Waqar Younis bouncer left him with a bleeding nose but Tendulkar did not wince and the next two decades saw him punishing bowlers all over the world on all kind of surfaces.
His first Test century came in England next year at Old Trafford and the diminutive Mumbaikar rose in stature after the 1991-92 tour of Australia, hitting sublime centuries on a Sydney turner and a Perth minefield.
The rest is history. No existing batting record seemed safe. Other than Brian Lara's Test match highest of 400 not out and first class highest score of 501 not out, every batting record became Tendulkar's.
A staggering 14,366 runs scored in 174 Tests before the ongoing one at a robust average of 56.55 confirmed Tendulkar's greatness in the longer version of the game.
And in the 442 ODIs he starred in, a whopping 17,598 were added to his mountain of runs at a healthy average of 45.12. He is steadily inching towards the 50 ODI tons mark as well having scored 46 already.
Tendulkar is also the only batsman in the world who has scored a double ton in ODIs, a feat he achieved in Gwalior against South Africa in February. This feat was included in 'Times' magazine's top 10 sports moments of the year.
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Are India about to pull off a miraculous save in Centurion? The odds remain stacked against them even as a storm came out of nowhere to end the fourth day's proceedings, right after Sachin Tendulkar had completed a much-awaited 50th Test hundred and MS Dhoni fell for a hard-fought, quick 90 on a pitch that has eased out considerably.
India, at 454-8 are still 30 runs behind South Africa with a full day's play left --- unless the weather can come to their rescue and save them from certain defeat.
Tendulkar is still batting on 107 with S Sreesanth, who can't be expected to last long against a strong South African attack that has smelt a win.
The 37-year-old completed his 50th hundred squeezing Dale Steyn through cover for four, at 7.36 PM India time. The cheers were quickly acknowledged as he directed a prayer heavenwards. But it is a job only half done. India must survive at least two more sessions tomorrow if they are to save this Test.
Dhoni fought his problems of form today with a gutsy innings. Coming in with India having lost four wickets in the morning, he and Tendulkar took India to tea with no further damage.
India added 117 in that session, and the seventh-wicket partnership yielded 172 in 40.3 overs. Dhoni's back-foot moved across well, negating swing and seam movement. Resultantly, he employed the cover drive and the back-foot punch through mid-on well in this innings, scoring 10 of his 14 fours through those regions. He was partly helped by Graeme Smith's attacking fields encouraged by South Africa's massive lead.
Dhoni was closing in on his sixth Test hundred when Steyn bowled him a nasty lifter outside off-stump. The ball followed Dhoni as he guided it to Mark Boucher's gloves, bringing out Harbhajan Singh who lasted two balls before nicking Paul Harris to slip.
India began the day 190-2, still needing a massive 295 runs to make South Africa bat again. Ishant Sharma hung around for 23, before a smart catch at short-leg ended his 51-ball stay.
After two hundreds and three hundreds in the South African innings, and with Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir making fifties, Rahul Dravid broke the chain of good scores from the top-order batsmen. Having been given a working over by Morne Morkel, he edged a leg-cutter behind to end a laborious 109-ball innings that was beginning to guide India to a well-played morning session.
This threw the doors open for South Africa. VVS Laxman's feet let him down again. In the first innings, he had failed to cover his stumps from a Steyn out-swinger. This time, his feet stood rooted as he went for a half volley from Lonwabo Tsotsobe. The ball swung out and the edge flew to slip for a regulation catch.
Then came Suresh Raina's downfall, which was identical to his dismissal in the first innings. The feet went nowhere as he edged a straight ball from Jacques Kallis to first slip. It was neither a cut shot, nor a drive, nor a defensive shot. It was catching practice for first slip. Which begs this question: if Raina gets out twice in this fashion to a team's fourth seamer, is he fit to play Steyn and Morkel?
India have poor Test records in Durban and Cape Town and unless they find players who can cope with quality pace bowling, they're in for a hard time in this series.
For the moment, India's followers would pray for rain on Monday. If that happens, it would be payback for Johannesburg 1997.
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The captain led from the front with a majestic innings that made the match a no contest. It was Gambhir's eighth ODI hundred, his first against New Zealand and palpably his first as a captain.
Chasing a competitive 259 to win, the home team eased through with seven overs to spare.
It was India's second successive win in the five-match series, after an equally comprehensive 40-run triumph at Guwahati, and reiterated the fact that New Zealand will need something special to avoid a whitewash.
Two dominant wins by a second string Indian side clearly underlines the fact that the Kiwis have some serious homework to do not only to salvage the ongoing series but also to brighten their chances in the World Cup, to be played on the subcontinent in a few months time.
As things stand at present, following an embarrasing defeat in Bangladesh and an impending similar result in theis series, things aren't looking rosy for the Kiwis.
The captain led from the front with a majestic innings that made the match a no contest. It was Gambhir's eighth ODI hundred, his first against New Zealand and palpably his first as a captain.The 29-year-old's 116-ball knock was inclusive of 18 hits to the fence.
No points for guessing he was awarded the man-of-the-match for his magnificent effort.
Virat Kohli [ Images ] impressed yet again, following his majestic 105 at Guwahati with an equally well-made 64.
The Delhi [ Images ] duo put on 116 runs for the second wicket to build on the foundation provided by an equally impressive opening wicket stand of 87 between the captain and fellow opener Murali Vijay [Images ] (33).
New Zealand innings:
Earlier, a good bowling effort by India restricted New Zealand to a modest total. The visitors made 258 for eight in their stipulated 50 overs.
It was a shoddy batting effort from New Zealand considering it was a good batting wicket and also the fact that they have to contend with the dew factor when they come out to bowl.
There were three good partnerships for New Zealand but in all the cases they were broken when they looked to threaten.
The Indian bowlers bowled a tight line to restrict the Kiwi batsmen for most parts of their innings. More importanly, they applied the brakes at regular intervals to ensure the visitors failed to build their innings in a manner they would have wanted to.
Opener Martin Guptill [ Images ] offered semblance of resistance early on with a patient half-century. It was his eighth ODI fifty, his third against India. And a very important one in the context of the game.
And vetaran Scott Styris [ Images ] (59) provided the solidity required in the middle, the 35-year-old registering his 26th ODI half century in the process.
Captain Daniel Vettori [ Images ] (31) also reached a personal landmark.
When on 21, the 31-year-old reached the 2000-run landmark in ODIs, thereby becoming the 18th player from New Zealand to do so.
S Sreesanth [ Images ] was India's most successful bowler with figures of four for 47.
The Kerala [ Images ] speedster had an excellent opening spell (6-1-22-1). However, though he was expensive in his second spell in comparison, he snared three wickets.
Earlier, Guptill glanced Ashish Nehra's [ Images ] first ball to the fine-leg boundary. Two balls later, the ball was smashed through covers for another four.
And when Jamie How (5) hit the first ball of the second over by Sreesanth to the fence it seemed New Zealand were well on their way to a good start.
However, Sreesanth had the opener caught behind in the fourth over. For How, who had survived a loud leg before appeal off Nehra in the previous over, it was a second successive failure.
Kane Williamson [ ] (29) ease the pressure a bit with three boundaries off Nehra, the first couple pulled through square leg and the third punched firmly past mid-on.
When on 11, Guptill reached the 1000-run mark in one-dayers. He lived dangerously in Sreesanth's fifith over but was fortunate to survive.
After 10 overs, the visitors had made 40 for one.
The second wicket stand for New Zealand yielded exactly 50 runs (in 77 balls)before Munaf Patel [ ] provided India a second breakthrough, cleaning up Williamson.
It wasn't a great delivery from Munaf but Williamson made a basic error of leaving abig gap between the bat and the pad.
Ross Taylor (15), when on four, found fortune smiling at him when Ashwin dropped him at deep square leg off Munaf.
Taylor celebrated the reprieve by pulling Yuvraj over deep midwicket for a maximum, the first of the New Zealand innings.
However, the introduction of Yusuf Pathan into the attack helped India get rid off Taylor, the former having the dangerous kiwi batsman caught by Virat Kohli at deep midwicket.
Taylor's shot selection left a lot to be desired especially considering the fact that his team wasn't exactly in a position to afford his extravagance. His slog sweep straight to the fielder's hand ensured India didn't have to pay a heavy price for letting him off early on.
Guptill reached his half century soon after.
The 24-year-old celebrated the same by smashing Pathan over deep midwicket for a maximum. In fact that Pathan over, his fourth, cost India 13 runs, the most successful one till that point from New Zealand's point of view. Not for long though
In the 35th over, New Zealand opted to take the batting powerplay.
Styris smashed Yuvraj first through extra cover and then though cover for a couple of boundaries to make it a productive over for his side. Yuvraj's eighth over cost India 15 runs.
However, Ashwin provided India a much-needed breakthrough in the next over, having Guptill caught behind with a stock carrom ball.
There was a bit of drama involved in the dismissal. Thinking it was appeal for stumping, Nigel Llong, the leg umpire, called for the third umpire (Sudhir Asnani). However, by then Sanjay Hazare had already adjudged the batsman out.
Guptill's patient 102-ball 70 was inclusive of three hits to the fence and a huge one over it. More importantly, he put on an important 65-run partnership with Styris for the fourth wicket.
And his dismissal at the crucial juncture ensured New Zealand could only manage 33 runs in the batting power play.
However, the arrivall of Vettori helped the visitors up the ante, the Kiwi captain stepping up the pedal from the beginning.
The by-now-well-settled started provided a perfect foil. And the duo picked up runs at a faster rate.
In the process, Styris reached his 26th ODI fifty, his sixth against India. The veteran celebrated the same by hoisting Ashwin over deep midwicket for a maximum, the shot also helping raise the 50-run partnership for the fifth wicket.
However, his extravagance cost him his wicket.
Sreesanth struck in the first ball on his return (in the 46th over) when Styris skied him and Saha made no mistake. Styris' 56-ball 59 was inclusive of five hits to the fence and the above-mentioned one over it.
And his fifth wicket stand with Vettori yielded New Zealand a valuable 58 runs. However, his reckless dismissal at a crucial juncture meant the visitors lost the plot yet again.
In the next ball after his dismissal, Sreesanth struck again, rattling Vettori's stumps. Nathan McCullum (12) though denied the bowler a hat-trick.
McCullum was run out but Gareth Hopkins (11 not out) and more importantly Kyle Mills [ ] (13) ensured the New Zealand total had a semblance of respectability to it.
Mills took 12 off Sreesanth's final over, including a massive six over long-off, to help his side cross the 250-run mark.
Despite their many bloopers, the New Zealand batsmen managed to add 79 runs in the final 10 overs of their innings.
The bowler had the last laugh though, rattling the former's stumps in the penultimate delivery.
Earlier, India captain Gautam Gambhir won the toss and elected to field. Gambhir said he was worried about dew affecting the bowlers in the second half and therefore had elected to bowl first.
However, the groundstaff are hoping to reduce the impact of dew by using the ropes and super sopers at regular intervals during the second innings.
India, having won the opening match by 40 runs, retained the same side.
Daniel Vettori was back to lead New Zealand, replacing all-rounder Grant Elliott while Tim Southee [ came in for the injured Daryl Tuffey
India innings:
The New Zealand think tank surprised a bit by making Nathan McCullum open the bowling, a la Dipak Patel in the 1992 World Cup.
And to his credit, the spinner did a good job giving away just 17 runs in his first six overs.
However, while playing him with caution, the Indian batsmen targetted Kyle Mills for the aggression bit.
Gambhir, in particular, hit as many as five boundaries in the bowler's first four overs. With Mills proving expensive (4-0-30-0), Vettori handed the ball to Andy McKay in the 10th over.
However, there was no respite, Gambhir bring up the 50-run partnership with his seventh boundary.
Soon after, the Indian captain reached his fifty with a couple off Styris. Gambhir reached his 22nd ODI half-century off just 44 balls, with eight hits to the fence.
After 13 overs, the hosts had made 67 without loss, with Gambhir having contributed 51 of them.
However Vijay, virtually a spectator to his captain's assault from the non-striker's end till that point, smashed Vettori over midwicket for what was his first boundary (in the 14th over).
Another behind point off Styris a few overs later helped him register his highest ODI score (32) surpassing his 29 at Guwahati. In between though, the Tamil Nadu batsman had survived a few vociferous leg before appeals by Vettori.
The New Zealand captain had the last word though, cleaning up the batsman to provide his side a much needed breakthrough.
The first wicket stand yielded India 87 runs. The scoring rate slowed down a bit thereafter and predictably so.
Nonetheless Gambhir and Kohli put on a solid 50-plus partnership for the second wicket, the former bringing up the same with a boundary off Williamson.
Kohli hit successive boundaries off Southee, the first pulled over square leg and the second punched through cover and point, to raise the 150 of the Indian innings.
A boundary between deep square leg and fine legg off Mills helped Kohli reach his ninth ODI half-century, a perfect follow-up to his hundred in the Guwahati ODI.
The 100-run partnership was reached in quick time and then Gambhir reached yet personal milestone, an eighth ODI hundred with a boundary over midwicket off McKay.
Kohli hit successive boundaries in the same over before McKay got his revenge, having the former caught by Taylor at midwicket.
Kohli's 73-ball 64 was inclusive of eight hits to the fence and his 116-run partnership with Gambhir had virtually ensured the end result.
Yuvraj Singh (16 not out) announced his arrival with a massive six over deep midwicket off McCullum.
The next over by McKay, his seventh and the 39th of the innings, was the most expensive with India taking 17 runs out of it, Gambhir finding the fence three times on the trot.
With just 27 needed of 11 overs, any hopes New Zealand might have harboured of an improbable comeback evaporated.
And Gambhir and Yuvraj's quickfire 53-run partnership for the third wicket, which came off just 37 balls, ensured the visitors had some more time to ponder about what exactly has gone wrong with their team.
India beat New Zealand by 40 runs in first ODI
Guwahati: Virat Kohli's sparkling century helped India scripts a 40-run win against an injury-hit New Zealand in the first ODI to take a 1-0 lead in the five-match series on Sunday.
Chasing a challenging target of 277 at the Nehru Stadium here, New Zealand were short on experience with skipper Daniel Vettori and explosive opener Brendon McCullum missing out due to back injuries as the visitors were all out for 236 in 45.2 overs.
Stand-in skipper Ross Taylor top-scored for the Kiwis with a fighting 66 from 69 balls studded with three sixes and three boundaries.
At 169 for eight, New Zealand looked to give up easily but Nathan McCullum (35 from 35 balls, 4x4) and Kyle Mills (32 from 28 balls, 2x4, 2x6) produced a 67-run ninth wicket stand to give India some tough time in the middle.
But Sreesanth (three for 67) broke the partnership dismissing Nathan and Mills with te former being brilliantly caught by skipper Gambhir as India won the match with 28 balls to spare.
Under intense scrutiny, Yuvraj Singh failed with the bat but he was really effective with his bowling claiming three for 43 from his full quota of 10 overs, while off-spinner Ravichandran Ashwin took a career-best three for 50 to help India take the series lead.
Thanks to a compact 105 by in-form Kohli, the new look Indian side under Gautam Gambhir put on 276 as they were bowled out in 49 overs after the hosts were sent in to bat.
Fresh from his back-to-back centuries in Ranji Trophy, the Delhi lad played a neat and chanceless knock from 104 balls with 10 boundaries for his second consecutive and fourth overall one-day century.
But Kohli's dismissal brought in a stunning Indian collapse as the lower-order managed 26 runs from last six overs something that exposed the new look side's inexperience at this level.
At 250/4 in the 44th over, with Kohli going great guns, a total in excess of 300 looked within easy reach but it was not the case after the centurion's dismissal by Andy McKay.
But New Zealand fought back with a planned and calculated bowling in the fag-end especially by left-arm seamer McKay who returned with a career-best figures of 10-1-62-4.
New ball bowlers Kyle Mills and Daryl Tuffey claimed three for 42 and two for 56 respectively.
With no McCullum, the New Zealand openers of Jamie How and Martin Guptill lacked the firepower as the visitors were slow and cautious to start with.
Stand-in skipper Taylor held the fort even as wickets kept falling in at the other end with Yuvraj doing a great job for India with his slow left-arm orthodox spin.Nehra broke the opening stand for 32 scalping How (9) as his partner Guptill, after being dropped twice by Murali Vijay, did not last long departing for 30.
Taylor and Kane Williamson (19) looked good during their 67-run third wicket stand but Yuvraj did not let the partneship going.
Just when Taylor was beginning to look dangerous with his towering sixes, Ashwin gave the crucial breakthrough as New Zealand were reduced to 154 for seven after 33.3 overs.
Earlier Kiwi new ball bowlers, Mills and Tuffey, extracted some fine seam movements early on as openers Vijay (29 from 32 balls, 5x4) and Gambhir (38 from 38 balls, 6x4) survived some anxious moments in the early morning start.
The Indian duo however did not look under any pressure in absence of Virender Sehwag as they stitched 44 for the opening wicket before Vijay was done in by Tuffey with wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins taking a brilliant catch running backwards.
Kohli settled soon his second-wicket partnership of 48 did not last long with Gambhir falling in a soft dismissal to McKay.
Due for a big knock, Yuvraj was slow and watchful to start that saw India scoring just 17 in the five overs in the bowling powerplay from 10-15 overs.
Having consumed 28 balls for his first eight runs, Yuvraj opened up to the New Zealand spin attack that missed Vettori sorely as Nathan McCullum and Kane Williamson bowled their conventional off-breaks.
Kohli, meanwhile, raced to his ninth half-century in a rather nondescript way but he ensured that they were on track for a big total.
In their 88-run stand for the third wicket, Kohli was compact and flexible in rotating the strike while Yuvraj looked to score in boundaries before he edged one behind the stumps.
A jaded Suresh Raina (13, 1x4) continued with his poor Test run into the ODIs, as the southpaw lasted 18 balls before becoming Mills' victim.
After Kohli's dismissal for 250 in the last ball of 44th over, the Indian inexperience showed as the lower order collapsed.
Yusuf Pathan played a cameo of 29 from 19 balls laced with three fours and one six, as debutant Wriddhiman Saha (4), Ravichandran Ashwin (0), Ashish Nehra (0) and Sreesanth (1) were dismissed cheaply.
But the total was enough to rattle New Zelanders who missed their regular skipper Vettori and opener McCullum badly to trail in the five-match series 0-1.
India have rested their star performers including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh who were not considered due to injury concerns.
Thanks to a compact 105 by in-form Kohli, the new look Indian side under Gautam Gambhir put on 276 as they were bowled out in 49 overs after the hosts were sent in to bat.
Fresh from his back-to-back centuries in Ranji Trophy, the Delhi lad played a neat and chanceless knock from 104 balls with 10 boundaries for his second consecutive and fourth overall one-day century.
But Kohli's dismissal brought in a stunning Indian collapse as the lower-order managed 26 runs from last six overs something that exposed the new look side's inexperience at this level.
At 250/4 in the 44th over, with Kohli going great guns, a total in excess of 300 looked within easy reach but it was not the case after the centurion's dismissal by Andy McKay.
But New Zealand fought back with a planned and calculated bowling in the fag-end especially by left-arm seamer McKay who returned with a career-best figures of 10-1-62-4.
New ball bowlers Kyle Mills and Daryl Tuffey claimed three for 42 and two for 56 respectively.
With no McCullum, the New Zealand openers of Jamie How and Martin Guptill lacked the firepower as the visitors were slow and cautious to start with.
Stand-in skipper Taylor held the fort even as wickets kept falling in at the other end with Yuvraj doing a great job for India with his slow left-arm orthodox spin.Nehra broke the opening stand for 32 scalping How (9) as his partner Guptill, after being dropped twice by Murali Vijay, did not last long departing for 30.
Taylor and Kane Williamson (19) looked good during their 67-run third wicket stand but Yuvraj did not let the partneship going.
Just when Taylor was beginning to look dangerous with his towering sixes, Ashwin gave the crucial breakthrough as New Zealand were reduced to 154 for seven after 33.3 overs.
Earlier Kiwi new ball bowlers, Mills and Tuffey, extracted some fine seam movements early on as openers Vijay (29 from 32 balls, 5x4) and Gambhir (38 from 38 balls, 6x4) survived some anxious moments in the early morning start.
The Indian duo however did not look under any pressure in absence of Virender Sehwag as they stitched 44 for the opening wicket before Vijay was done in by Tuffey with wicketkeeper Gareth Hopkins taking a brilliant catch running backwards.
Kohli settled soon his second-wicket partnership of 48 did not last long with Gambhir falling in a soft dismissal to McKay.
Due for a big knock, Yuvraj was slow and watchful to start that saw India scoring just 17 in the five overs in the bowling powerplay from 10-15 overs.
Having consumed 28 balls for his first eight runs, Yuvraj opened up to the New Zealand spin attack that missed Vettori sorely as Nathan McCullum and Kane Williamson bowled their conventional off-breaks.
Kohli, meanwhile, raced to his ninth half-century in a rather nondescript way but he ensured that they were on track for a big total.
In their 88-run stand for the third wicket, Kohli was compact and flexible in rotating the strike while Yuvraj looked to score in boundaries before he edged one behind the stumps.
A jaded Suresh Raina (13, 1x4) continued with his poor Test run into the ODIs, as the southpaw lasted 18 balls before becoming Mills' victim.
After Kohli's dismissal for 250 in the last ball of 44th over, the Indian inexperience showed as the lower order collapsed.
Yusuf Pathan played a cameo of 29 from 19 balls laced with three fours and one six, as debutant Wriddhiman Saha (4), Ravichandran Ashwin (0), Ashish Nehra (0) and Sreesanth (1) were dismissed cheaply.
But the total was enough to rattle New Zelanders who missed their regular skipper Vettori and opener McCullum badly to trail in the five-match series 0-1.
India have rested their star performers including skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Zaheer Khan and Harbhajan Singh who were not considered due to injury concerns.
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1st Test: Australia v England at Brisbane - Nov 25-29, 2010
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Welcome to ICC Cricket World Cup 2011
match | Date | Teams | Venue |
1 | 19 Feb | India vs Bangladesh | Dhaka |
2 | 20 Feb | New Zealand vs Kenya | Chennai |
3 | 20 Feb | Sri Lanka vs Canada | Hambantota |
4 | 21 Feb | Australia vs Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad |
5 | 22 Feb | England vs Netherlands | Nagpur |
6 | 23 Feb | Pakistan vs Kenya | Hambantota |
7 | 24 Feb | South Africa vs West Indies | New Delhi |
8 | 25 Feb | Australia vs New Zealand | Nagpur |
9 | 25 Feb | Bangladesh vs Ireland | Dhaka |
10 | 26 Feb | Sri Lanka vs Pakistan | Colombo |
11 | 27 Feb | India vs England | Kolkata |
12 | 28 Feb | West Indies vs Netherlands | New Delhi |
13 | 28 Feb | Zimbabwe vs Canada | Nagpur |
14 | 1 Mar | Sri Lanka vs Kenya | Colombo |
15 | 2 Mar | England vs Ireland | Bangalore |
16 | 3 Mar | South Africa vs Netherlands | Mohali |
17 | 3 Mar | Pakistan vs Canada | Colombo |
18 | 4 Mar | New Zealand vs Zimbabwe | Ahmedabad |
19 | 4 Mar | Bangladesh vs West Indies | Dhaka |
20 | 5 Mar | Sri Lanka vs Australia | Colombo |
21 | 6 Mar | India vs Ireland | Bangalore |
22 | 6 Mar | England vs South Africa | Chennai |
23 | 7 Mar | Kenya vs Canada | New Delhi |
24 | 8 Mar | Pakistan vs New Zealand | Pallekelle |
25 | 9 Mar | India vs Netherlands | New Delhi |
26 | 10 Mar | Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe | Pallekelle |
27 | 11 Mar | West Indies vs Ireland | Mohali |
28 | 11 Mar | Bangladesh vs England | Chittagong |
29 | 12 Mar | India vs South Africa | Nagpur |
30 | 13 Mar | New Zealand vs Canada | Mumbai |
31 | 13 Mar | Australia vs Kenya | Bangalore |
32 | 14 Mar | Pakistan vs Zimbabwe | Pallekelle |
33 | 14 Mar | Bangladesh vs Netherlands | Chittagong |
34 | 15 Mar | South Africa vs Ireland | Kolkata |
35 | 16 Mar | Australia vs Canada | Bangalore |
36 | 17 Mar | England vs West Indies | Chennai |
37 | 18 Mar | Sri Lanka vs New Zealand | Mumbai |
38 | 18 Mar | Ireland vs Netherlands | Kolkata |
39 | 19 Mar | Australia vs Pakistan | Colombo |
40 | 19 Mar | Bangladesh vs South Africa | Dhaka |
41 | 20 Mar | Zimbabwe vs Kenya | Kolkata |
42 | 20 Mar | India vs West Indies | Chennai |
43 | 23 Mar | First Quarterfinal | Dhaka |
44 | 24 Mar | Second Quarterfinal | Colombo |
45 | 25 Mar | Third Quarterfinal | Dhaka |
46 | 26 Mar | Fourth Quarterfinal | Ahmedabad |
47 | 29 Mar | First Semifinal | Colombo |
48 | 30 Mar | Second Semifinal | Mohali |
49 | 02 Apr | FINAL | Mumbai |
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be the 10th World Cup. Prior to the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011, 9 Cricket World Cups have been organized by ICC. Australia have emerged winner on the most occasions – 4. Closely following is West Indies, who won the inaugural and the very next World Cup. All the Indian Subcontinent teams – India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have won 1 World Cup each. Australia won in 1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007. West Indies won on 1975 (the first World Cup) and 1979. India won the World Cup in 1983, Pakistan won the World Cup in 1992 and Sri Lanka won in 1996.
ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule and Cricket World Cup 2011 fixtures: ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 schedule and Cricket World Cup 2011 fixtures are given above on our website.
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