Dhoni-led India do not (Ki)win

India made three changes to their playing eleven – Ajinkya Rahane, Umesh Yadav and Ashok Dinda made way for Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan and Twenty20 International debutant Lakshmipathy Balaji.

New Zealand made half-a-dozen changes to the eleven that last played the Indians – Jesse Ryder, Neil Broom, Nathan McCullum, Ian Butler, Tim Southee and Iain O’Brien made way for Rob Nicol, Kane Williamson, James Franklin, Ronnie Hira, Adam Milne and Kyle Mills.

On winning the toss, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, India’s skipper, inserted the visitors.

The Powerplay of New Zealand’s innings – which was between the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the seventh over. They scored 40, and lost a couple of wickets.

Nicol, who faced four balls, didn’t get off the mark. An over into the match, Khan broke the tow-run stand.

The second-wicket pair didn’t get off the mark. Martin Guptill, who faced five balls, scored a run. Three balls later, he was dismissed by Irfan Pathan.

New Zealand scored 50 off 8.2 overs (50 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

The third-wicket pair put on 50 off 41 balls. While the contribution of Brendon McCullum, the player of the match, to the partnership was 35, Kane Williamson’s contribution to it was 17. Extras’ contribution to the partnership was a run.

Williamson, whose 26-ball innings included three boundaries, eventually scored 28. Sixty-six balls after Guptill, he was caught by Ravichandran Ashwin. Pathan broke the 90-run partnership.

McCullum’s half-century – which included half-a-dozen boundaries and a couple of sixes – came off 32 balls.

New Zealand scored 100 off 14 overs (84 balls). India had conceded a couple of extras at that point.

McCullum, whose 55-ball innings including 11 boundaries and three sixes, eventually scored 91. Twenty-five balls after Williamson’s dismissal, Pathan broke the 47-run stand.

Franklin, who faced a couple of balls, scored a run. Four balls later, he was caught by Yuvraj Singh. Balaji broke the three-run stand.

New Zealand scored 150 off 18.1 overs (109 balls). India had conceded three extras at that point. That was, incidentally, the number of extras they eventually conceded.

Ross Taylor, New Zealand’s skipper, scored 25 off 19 balls, which included a boundary. He was unbeaten, as was Jacob Oram, who scored 18 off nine balls, which included three boundaries.

New Zealand scored 167 for the loss of five wickets off 20 overs. Yuvraj, who bowled a couple of overs, conceded 14. He was wicketless, as were Ashwin and Virat Kohli, who bowled three overs apiece. While the former conceded 34, the latter conceded 27.

Balaji and Khan bowled four overs each, picking up a wicket apiece. While the former conceded 33, the latter conceded 27. Pathan, who bowled four overs, conceded 31. He picked up three scalps.

The Powerplay of India’s innings – which was between the mandatory Powerplay – was between the first and the sixth over. They scored 47, and lost a wicket.

Gautam Gambhir, who faced half-a-dozen balls, scored just three. Three overs into the match, he was caught by Mills, who broke the 26-run stand.

India scored 50 off 6.1 overs (37 balls). New Zealand hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Kohli’s half-century – which included nine boundaries – came off 30 balls.

The second-wicket pair put on 50 off 37 balls. While Kohli’s contribution to the partnership was 31, Suresh Raina’s contribution to it was 19. Extras didn’t contribute to the partnership.

Raina, whose 22-ball innings included a couple of boundaries and a six, eventually scored 27. Forty-four balls after Gambhir’s dismissal, he was caught by Taylor. Mills broke the 60-run partnership.

India scored 100 off 11.5 overs (71 balls). New Zealand hadn’t conceded any extras at that point.

Kohli, whose 41-ball innings included 10 boundaries and a six, eventually scored 70. Eighteen balls after Raina’s dismissal, he was caught by the substitute, Tim Southee. Franklin broke the 34-run stand.

India scored 150 off 18.5 overs (113 balls). New Zealand had conceded three extras at that point.

Yuvraj, whose 26-ball innings included a boundary and a couple of sixes, scored 34. Thirty-eight balls later, Franklin broke the 42-run stand.

Dhoni, whose 23-ball innings included a couple of boundaries, scored 22. He was unbeaten, as was Rohit Sharma, who faced a couple of balls, scoring four.

New Zealand eventually conceded half-a-dozen extras. India, who scored 166 for the loss of four wickets off 20 overs, lost by a run. Hira bowled a couple of wicketless overs, conceding 20. Milne bowled three wicketless overs, conceding 36.

Daniel Vettori and Oram bowled four wicketless overs apiece. While the former conceded 37, the latter conceded 27.

Mills bowled three overs, conceding 17. He picked up a couple of scalps, as did Franklin, who bowled four overs, conceding 26.

New Zealand won the two-match series 1-0.