India’s Tour of NZ: 392 of the Finest
India put on the second highest total ever in a one day international on Sunday against the Black Caps and even though I hate to say it, it was a delight to watch …
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India’s pure class out in the middle of AMI Stadium in Christchurch on Sunday, rang severe alarm bells in the Black Caps line up.
A sensational 163 off 133 balls from Sachin Tendulkar, took the visitors to a new level, amassing 392 for four off 50 overs, the second biggest one day score of all time.
They made New Zealand’s bowling look extremely amateur, Tim Southee conceding 105 off 10 overs, Jesse Ryder 60 off 5 overs and Elliot 60 off 7 overs. Kyle Mills could only offer some sort of resistance with 2 for 58 off 10 overs.
Tendulkars 163 was one of the finest innings ever seen in this country for some time, bashing boundary after boundary to all parts of AMI Stadium. He eventually retired hurt with a abdominal strain, leavving the field to a huge ovation from the Chrishchurch crowd. M S Dhoni was also brilliant, hitting 68 runs and Singh 89, where he did much the same damage. Words could not explain such a dominating India innings.
The only answer for New Zealand was Jesse Ryder’s 105, where he took to the Indian bowlers along with Brendon Mccullums 71. Cruising at eight runs an over, it eventually all fell apart, losing the next seven wickets for 52 runs. Mills and Southee had a swift hit out at the end , getting the Black Caps through to 334. A 58 run defeat, small boundaries and big hitting seeing 726 runs scored throughout the day.
The alarms bells are ringing in the New Zealand lineup but what can you do against India’s batting class? We’ll have to wait and see…
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Ben,
I watched this. It was a stunning innings by Tendulkar and then Ryder played a magic one himself. Pitty about the result. We need to address the bowling attack because why they keep persisting with Southee at the death I will never know.
Nice piece.
RJ
I too watched it.Without undermining the performances of players like Sachin, Dhoni, Ryder, Brendon and all, just because it was a small ground that made it possible to score as many as 726 runs on a single day.Thanks for sharing.