Vettori: "When you win the toss here you want to put up a competitive total. The wickets gets easier when you have played yourself in; I found it that my self. Dhoni and Raina showed it as well. Some of our boys would be disappointed. It wasn't a bad fight back from us; we put them under some pressure. You can't expect to play on good decks all the time, when you come across deck like this you need to adapt."

Dhoni: "We wanted to get them out as cheap as possible. Nehra did well and then Yuvraj singh, our new find with the ball, did a good job. Sachin gave us a good start ... Raina also batted well with me. Every body was slightly tensed at the start of the game [as India are playing after a break]... the bowlers bowled really well. If there was one more spinner like Yuvi in their side, we would have been under more pressure. [on no 1] Frankly we are not thinking about it. We are just concentrating on what we do in the field. If we play good cricket, we eventually would be no 1 team in the world."

Man of the Match: Nehra : "I was struggling because of the injuries but I am back on track for the last 6-7 months. I wasn't too nervous today. I have been bowling well in the recent months and I just want to concentrate on line and length. The important thing was to pick up early wickets."

Stylish player of the day Tendulkar wins a bike.

That's it from us. Good bye and good luck.

40.3

Mills to Raina, 2 runs

the slower one, shorter in length, swatted to deep square-leg region. India push New Zealand out of the tournament.

40.2

Mills to Dhoni, 1 run

jumps down the track to drive to mid-on

40.1

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Mills to Dhoni, no run

leans forward to steer it to point

end of over 407 runs

IND: 153/4CRR: 3.82 • RRR: 0.30

Suresh Raina43 (53b 3x4 2x6)

MS Dhoni34 (63b 4x4)

Shane Bond 10-3-30-0

Daniel Vettori 10-0-33-2

39.6

Bond to Raina, FOUR runs

drops it short, Raina opens his stance up and lifts it over wide mid-on region... thumped away

39.5

Bond to Raina, 2 runs

another slower one, fullish, turned behind square-leg

39.4

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Bond to Raina, no run

118.1 kmph slow bouncer, Raina drops his wrists and sways away

39.3

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Bond to Raina, no run

128.4 shortish delivery, backs away and ends up swatting it weakly towards mid-on

39.2

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Bond to Raina, no run

from round the stumps, short in length, just outside off, goes for the cut but is beaten as he was cramped for the room there

39.1

1lb

Bond to Dhoni, 1 leg bye

shuffles across, tries to clip the ball off the hips and the ball rolls away to backward square-leg

end of over 394 runs

IND: 146/4CRR: 3.74 • RRR: 0.90

MS Dhoni34 (62b 4x4)

Suresh Raina37 (48b 2x4 2x6)

Daniel Vettori 10-0-33-2

Shane Bond 9-3-24-0

38.6

Vettori to Dhoni, 1 run

lunges out to push it uppishly towards cover point

38.5

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Vettori to Dhoni, no run

on the middle and off, pushed to point

38.4

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Vettori to Dhoni, no run

on the off stump line, defended to the off side

38.3

Vettori to Raina, 1 run

chips down the track and drives to left of mid-off

38.2

Vettori to Raina, 2 runs

flighted full outside off, raina stretches across to ease it through covers ... he loves that shot and plays it very well too

38.1

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Vettori to Raina, no run

takes a couple of steps forward and defends

end of over 382 runs

IND: 142/4CRR: 3.73 • RRR: 1.16

MS Dhoni33 (59b 4x4)

Suresh Raina34 (45b 2x4 2x6)

Shane Bond 9-3-24-0

Daniel Vettori 9-0-29-2

37.6

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Bond to Dhoni, no run

full in length, on the middle and off, driven to midoff

37.5

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Bond to Dhoni, no run

37.4

Bond to Raina, 1 run

pushed towards mid-on and he rushes across for a quick single. There is a direct hit from Dan but Raina is home

37.3

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Bond to Raina, no run

124.5 kmph bouncer from round the stumps, Raina goes for the pull but gets in a bit of bother; his head is yanked up, eyes looking away and he is too early into the shot .. done in by the slow pace .. the ball bounces over the blade and goes to the keeper

37.2

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Bond to Raina, no run

from round the stumps, 129.3 kmph length delivery moving in to middle and off line, defended to the off side

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India Innings

PLAYER NAME		R	B
KD Karthik	lbw	4	11
SR Tendulkar	caught	46	55
R Dravid	lbw	14	45
Yuvraj Singh	caught	8	13
MS Dhoni	not out	35	65
SK Raina	not out	45	54
Extras	(lb 3, w 1)
Total	156(4 wkts; 40.3 ovs)

PLAYER NAME	O	M	R	W	Econ
KD Mills	5.3	1	25	1	4.54
SE Bond	10	3	30	0	3
IG Butler	4	0	25	0	6.25
DL Vettori	10	0	33	2	3.3
JDP Oram	7	1	19	1	2.71
GD Elliott	2	0	9	0	4.5
MJ Guptill	2	0	12	0	6

WKT	RUNS	PLAYERS
1st	7	Sachin Tendulkar	Dinesh Karthik
2nd	60	Sachin Tendulkar	Rahul Dravid
3rd	4	Sachin Tendulkar	Yuvraj Singh
4th	13	MS Dhoni	Yuvraj Singh
5th	72	MS Dhoni	Suresh Raina

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Compaq Cup

TEAM	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SL	2	2	0	10	2.360
IND	2	1	1	4	-1.040
NZ	2	0	2	0	-1.370

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