There's no holding pattern in India
Judhajit
25-Feb-2013
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For New Zealand, the one-day series demonstrated that the "fighting fire with fire" method is largely futile. You could not hope to dry them up and frustrate them as well, as witnessed in the first Test at Seddon Park. So captain Daniel Vettori and Andy Moles are left with an unenviable task. Dylan Cleaver in the Herald on Sunday believes the hosts need to get clever, get creative.
India out-thought New Zealand; they out-hustled them. Find a word prefixed by 'out' and India did it to New Zealand.
They know that India don't do holding patterns; that the only time the switch flicks off is at stumps.
So crushing was the victory at Seddon Park, it underscored the fact that India had not beaten New Zealand in New Zealand since 1967. Indeed, on the evidence of this performance, Dan Vettori must now fear the worst while MS Dhoni can only fear that the prodigious form of all his players does not lead to complacency. Ayaz Memon in his column in Daily News & Analysis has more.