wide down the leg side, and that's a win as they've taken two after hopkins fumbled behind the stumps, three runs to the total and India take a 2-0 lead
India vs New Zealand, 2nd ODI at Jaipur, Dec 01 2010 - Match Result
A dominating performance from the hosts and especially their captain who reached his eighth century, with support from the in-form Virat Kohli, to seal a second straight win. It's going to be an uphill task for New Zealand to fight back from here on. The chase never looked to go off track, and it was in the middle overs that one would think New Zealand faltered badly, giving the loose balls, not building enough pressure and conceding boundaries to ensure it was a one-way traffic. India took advantage and with some skilful batting from Gambhir and Kohli, raced to victory. We'll get you the presentation details in just a short while.
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Vettori: "It was a good score. I was impressed with the way we batted, but we bowled extremely poorly. What Gambhir played was one of the best one-day innings I have seen. We should have bowled better, we gave width to Gambhir all day and he made us pay for that. If you do that on slowish wickets, it's difficult to control the run-rate. Brendon's improving and he provides us an attacking option with the bat."
Gambhir: "It was important. Getting a century as captain is special, and winning the game was more special. I always felt the wicket was going to improve. I was looking to time the ball and it worked. They batted well and 259 was a decent total, but our bowlers did a good job to contain them. I was looking to watch the ball and react to what was coming towards me. It was a complete team effort, and we want to continue this into the next game and be as professional as possible. Sreesanth has got his Test rhythm in ODI cricket as well, and he's had two really good games this series. We'll be looking to carry this into Baroda and finish it off there."
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driven through the line to long-off for a single
turning away from a good lenght, left alone
turned into the leg side for a single
flighted, full on the off and he slog-sweeps it hard through midwicket for a boundary, didn't time it too well but it had enough power
comes down the track and drives it straight back to the bowler
pushed it through extra cover into the deep for a single
angling in on middle, gets across and turns it to midwicket
whipped through square leg for an easy single
tries to force it through the in-field on the off side, straight to point though
back of a length on middle, punched to extra cover
on a good length on the off, pushed straight to extra cover
short and wide, mistimes a cut to point
pushed through to long-off to keep the strike
edged and four, landed on a good length and then turned away, tried to ease it through the off side, got a thick edge to the third-man boundary, Hopkins had no chance
driven down towards long-off for a single
slightly short on middle, turned in front of square leg for a single
pitched up on the off, driven straight to extra cover
on middle and leg, turned past square leg for a single
Williamson to bowl
short of a good length outside off, punched past extra cover for two more runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur | |
Toss | India, elected to field first |
Series | |
Season | 2010/11 |
Player Of The Match | |
Series result | India led the 5-match series 2-0 |
Match number | ODI no. 3072 |
Hours of play (local time) | 14.30 start, First Session 14.30-18.00, Interval 18.00-18.45, Second Session 18.45-22.15 |
Match days | 1 December 2010 - daynight (50-over match) |
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