it's all over, Milne bowls it full and straight, the batsman backs away and pokes, exposing his stumps. Milne rattles them to complete an incredible victory for New Zealand
India vs New Zealand, 13th Match, Super 10 Group 2 at Nagpur, Mar 15 2016 - Ball by Ball Commentary
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10.45 pm India remain winless in T20 internationals against New Zealand, having lost five in five. And who would have seen this coming when New Zealand had been kept to 126 after choosing to bat? As it turned out, Kane Williamson read this pitch perfectly. He had the guts to leave out Boult, Southee and McClenaghan on this pitch and play Sodhi, Nathan McCullum and Mitchell Santner. I didn't think it was a good decision, and very few seemed to as well. Hats off to the New Zealand management. Sodhi, Santner and McCullum have beaten India at their own game and a humbling defeat it is.
Santner is the man of the match: "There was a bit of spin out there, they bowled well to keep us to 120, that was below par, but we got stuck in and I;m delighted with the win. Jadeja was really spinning it, starting was hard ..trying to get to 130 140 but in the end 126 proved to be enough."
Cric Fan: "Opened up with a six, closed out with the middle stump! That sumarises kiwis performance today. Awesome!!"
Shankar: "Williamson's captaincy is the best tribute possible to Martin Crowe! The smart captain legacy continues! "
venx: "Well played NZ! You stuck to your game plan and gave it good. Pitch conditions were same for both the teams and you executed your plans very well. "
Dhawal: "Miracles don't happen. New Zealand certainly created miracle by playing 3 spinners. Hats off to them!"
I'll have the captains quotes for you shortly.
Williamson: "Very pleased, tough surface, with the bat whatever score was going to be tough, we would have liked to have a few more. We wanted to be aggressive at the start, the format dictates that, we may reflect on that though and try and do it better ... (on selection) that's tough they are world class bowlers, but we had to look at the conditions and it came off today ... The message to the bowling attack ..we knew the best way to take wicket is to be patient and apply pressure and we did that well."
Dhoni: "I think it was a low scoring wicket, I thought we restricted them to a good total, the batting let us down, the shot selection kept putting pressure on the batsmen coming in ... They bowled well, exploited the conditions, but we lacked adaptability, we could have applied ourselves a little more. The batting let us down."
Jez: "Well the comment about 140 spinners proved correct. Count the deliveries bowled by spin bowlers."
And that brings us to the end of a quite incredible game. India knew the conditions better, they had the better spinners on paper, and they kept New Zealand to a total that both captains felt was below par. And then their batsmen sank against a fairly unheralded spin attack. New Zealand have secured a massive victory in a really tough group.
Greening: "Indian players just don't have the crucial Georgie Pie Super Smash experience to allow them to be competitive with New Zealand." And with that Feedback of the Day, I will call it a night. Thank you for all your emails today, and thank you for reading. Cheers.
18.1
W
Milne to Nehra, OUT
Ashish Nehra b Milne 0 (4b 0x4 0x6) SR: 0
zafar: "George, please don't take it personal, but commentary regarding turn is getting funny. I mean you were never turned on by turn before." I am just amazed by how much it is turning.
end of over 184 runs • 1 wicket
IND: 79/9CRR: 4.38 • RRR: 24.00
Jasprit Bumrah0 (2b)
Ashish Nehra0 (3b)
Mitchell Santner 4-0-11-4
Ish Sodhi 4-0-18-3
Tanvir: "Funny how India batted nicely in a pitch full of grass in Bangladesh but failing badly in a spinning track at home! Mr. Ravi Shastri is going to say to the curator "I want that green pitch" "
17.6
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Santner to Bumrah, no run
dabbed off the back foot to point
17.5
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Santner to Bumrah, no run
pushed off the front foot towards cover
There is an exodus of fans from he stadium.
17.4
W
Santner to Dhoni, OUT
Nathan McCullum has ended the game with a scorching catch at long on! Dhoni clubbed the ball against the turn, hitting it hard and flat towards the boundary, McCullum came running in, judging the carry perfectly and timing his dive to take it inches from the turf
MS Dhoni c McCullum b Santner 30 (30b 1x4 1x6) SR: 100
17.3
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Santner to Dhoni, no run
driven to long on but Dhoni doesn't take the single
17.2
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Santner to Dhoni, no run
unbelievable turn, it is just un-hittable when the bowler gets his length right, that ripped square away from the right-hander
Hari: "Great first game! Note #1 to India: Respect conditions and opponents Note #2 to India: Better to get kicked in the rear end in beginning than during knockouts"
17.1
4
Santner to Dhoni, FOUR runs
short ball and Dhoni smashes it! On the front foot and he pulls with so much power, splitting the gap at deep midwicket. Dhoni had begun to advance and then hung back to hit it
end of over 179 runs • 1 wicket
IND: 75/8CRR: 4.41 • RRR: 17.33
Ashish Nehra0 (3b)
MS Dhoni26 (26b 1x6)
Ish Sodhi 4-0-18-3
Corey Anderson 3-0-18-0
16.6
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Sodhi to Nehra, no run
Nehra tries to hit down the ground but the ball flies off the outside edge towards point where Elliott dives to his right and fields
16.6
1w
Sodhi to Nehra, 1 wide
that's a wide, it has turned so much after pitching outside off
16.5
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Sodhi to Nehra, no run
played back to the bowler
16.5
1w
Sodhi to Nehra, 1 wide
look at that ball turn away from the right-hander, incredible turn, like a sixth day Test match surface.
16.4
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Sodhi to Nehra, no run
the googly to Nehra, he stays back an defends with a straight bat
16.3
W
Sodhi to Ashwin, OUT
what a lovely ball from the legspinner, Ashwin is beaten, stranded and helpless! He came out of his crease to push hard at a legbreak and was beaten by the flight and the length as the ball ripped past his bat. He didn't even try getting back before Ronchi took off the bails
Ravichandran Ashwin st †Ronchi b Sodhi 10 (20b 0x4 0x6) SR: 50
16.2
1
Sodhi to Dhoni, 1 run
a flatter ball outside off, played off the back foot on the off side
16.1
6
Sodhi to Dhoni, SIX runs
there it is! Dhoni finally goes big and the stadium explodes in a huge roar! The ball was tossed up outside off, the length and line was right for Dhoni to free his arms and he did it with so much power, slamming the ball far over the straight boundary on the front foot
Abhi Mishra: "I wonder what Mr Ravi Shastri is going to say to curator tonight ! "
end of over 165 runs
IND: 66/7CRR: 4.12 • RRR: 15.25
MS Dhoni19 (24b)
Ravichandran Ashwin10 (19b)
Corey Anderson 3-0-18-0
Ish Sodhi 3-0-9-2
15.6
1
Anderson to Dhoni, 1 run
nudged off the pads gently towards midwicket, they run the first quickly and they want the second but the fielder sprints in from the deep to prevent it
15.5
1
Anderson to Ashwin, 1 run
clubbed down the ground to long on for a single
Karthik Sukumar: "Hats off to Kane and NZ for proving everyone wrong. This shows that all the talk about pitch, analysis, etc. is all hogwash until the match actually takes place. Good game to start off the World T20!"
15.4
1
Anderson to Dhoni, 1 run
Dhoni flicks the ball off his pads through square leg, just another single
15.3
1
Anderson to Ashwin, 1 run
played to midwicket for one more
15.2
1
Anderson to Dhoni, 1 run
steps out again, Anderson follows him and cramps him for room with another slower one, clipped off the pads for a single
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