And its all over. Four off a full toss. Tame way to finish a tame game. Rayudu comes forward and caresses this through the covers to score the winning runs on his ODI debut
Zimbabwe vs India, 1st ODI at Harare, , Jul 24 2013 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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1st ODI, Harare, July 24, 2013, India tour of Zimbabwe
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A simple chase for India, as was widely expected. Virat Kohli displayed his class once more, guiding the chase responsibly. Zimbabwe's bowlers struggled to trouble India, erring on the pads quite often. Ambati Rayudu looked solid at the crease on his first appearance on the international stage, staying till the very end and scoring the winning runs.
Its Presentation time. Brendan Taylor: First hour was vital, We didn't lose any wickets but we could have been a bit more proactive. Against a quality side like India we needed 270 on the board. Sikandar Raza played very well, showing good composure despite having hardly played any games. Prosper Utseya was good with the ball and hopefully next time we can come out and express ourselves a little better.
Virat Kohli is the Man-of-the-Match. Happy with the win. Always good to kick off a tour with a win and personally I was happy with the way I played. The ball was moving around a bit early on and it was all about percentage cricket, rotating the strike and then playing your shots at the end. Our bowlers did a very good job up front. The new ball was doing quite a bit in the morning and with two new balls you can't count any team out. Congratulations to Ambati Rayudu, he's got an India call-up after a long time and he's grabbed his opportunity very well.
That's all for today, folks. Thanks for joining us. Pakistan and West Indies are tussling over in St Lucia, so do go check that out. From Alagappan, it is sayonara.
44.5
4
Mutombodzi to Rayudu, FOUR runs
44.4
1
Mutombodzi to Karthik, 1 run
Flighted delivery and Karthik drives this down to long off
44.3
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Mutombodzi to Karthik, no run
Full and around the off stump, with a little turn. Karthik pushes it into the off side
44.2
1
Mutombodzi to Rayudu, 1 run
Full ball around off stump and driven to long off again
44.1
1
Mutombodzi to Karthik, 1 run
Good, full ball on the off stump and its driven to long off for a single
end of over 441 run
IND: 223/4CRR: 5.06 • RRR: 1.00
Dinesh Karthik6 (12b 1x4)
Ambati Rayudu58 (82b 3x4)
Prosper Utseya 10-0-34-2
Tinotenda Mutombodzi 7-0-58-0
Renish: "Karthik is without his 'war paint' on his face..a rare watch!!!"
43.6
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Utseya to Karthik, 1 run
Dabbed in front of midwicket with soft hands to allow the batsmen to get the single
43.5
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Utseya to Karthik, no run
Flighted ball and its driven to the off side ring
43.4
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Utseya to Karthik, no run
nudged into the on side off the front foot
43.3
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Utseya to Karthik, no run
Moves back to cut it but can't beat the infield
43.2
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Utseya to Karthik, no run
Fuller and its pushed back to the bowler
43.1
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Utseya to Karthik, no run
Pushed out to midwicket off the back foot
Vikas: "If MSD comes in now, the match will conitnue till the last over, if not the last ball!"
end of over 436 runs
IND: 222/4CRR: 5.16 • RRR: 1.00
Dinesh Karthik5 (6b 1x4)
Ambati Rayudu58 (82b 3x4)
Tinotenda Mutombodzi 7-0-58-0
Prosper Utseya 9-0-33-2
42.6
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Mutombodzi to Karthik, 1 run
Another sweep, but this one is straight to the fielder
42.5
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Mutombodzi to Karthik, no run
Better line now. Around off and it is defended off the front foot
42.4
4
Mutombodzi to Karthik, FOUR runs
Just a little down leg and Karthik is quick on the sweep. Powerful strike goes off to the fine leg boundary
42.3
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Mutombodzi to Karthik, no run
Just a tad shorter and he moves back to defend it back to the bowler
42.2
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Mutombodzi to Karthik, no run
Nice drift there. Karthik comes forward and presents a dead bat
42.1
1
Mutombodzi to Rayudu, 1 run
Dabbed out to deep square leg off the back foot
Raj: "Do we need MSD to finish this match?"
end of over 421 run • 2 wickets
IND: 216/4CRR: 5.14 • RRR: 1.62
Dinesh Karthik0 (1b)
Ambati Rayudu57 (81b 3x4)
Prosper Utseya 9-0-33-2
Tinotenda Mutombodzi 6-0-52-0
41.6
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Utseya to Karthik, no run
Tossed up and he defends it with soft hands
Dinesh Kathik comes to the crease, with 13 runs to win. False start as Karthik walks away. Movement behind the sight screen. Slip in
Amit: "What's great about Kohli (captain or not) is the way he accelerates after reaching a milestone. Unlike a Sharma or a Karthik who perish immediately after a milestone, Kohli continues to play his shots with minimum risks and hits those fours & sixes."
41.5
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Utseya to Raina, OUT
He's thrown it away. Caught at extra cover. Another flighted ball. Raina comes down the track, making a little room for himself, but he doesn't get enough elevation. A soft dismissal
Suresh Raina c Sikandar Raza b Utseya 0 (2b 0x4 0x6 2m) SR: 0
41.4
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Utseya to Raina, no run
Full and on off stump. Defended
Suresh Raina is the new man. Utseya goes round the wicket
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