Tag NZvIND2012

Match : India v New Zealand, 2nd of 2 test match series on New Zealand's tour of India 2012.
Venue/Date : M Chinnaswamy stadium in Bangalore.. 31 August and 1,2 and 3 September 2012.
Debut : none.
Toss : New Zealand, elected to bat.
Result : India won by 5 wickets and won series 2-0 have won 1st test by inn + 112 runs at Hyderabad.
Man of the match : Virat Kohli.
Man of the series : R Ashwin.
Umpires : Steve Davies (Australia) + Ian Gould (England) with Sudhir Asnani (3rd umpire, from India).

Head to head
52nd India v New Zealand test match it was and now Indians leads 18 to 9 besides 25 draws. In India, two teams clashed for the 31st time and home team now leads 13 to 2 with 16 draws. At the venue, Bangalore, this was 3rd meeting and Indians have won every encounters.

End of day 1 : NZ 1st inn = 328/6 in 81.3 ovs (van Wyk 53* + Bracewell 30*)
Justifying his decision to bat first, New Zealand captain Ross Taylor struck an enterprising 99 ball century to push his team's first claim of the tour. Martin Guptill, Daniel Flynn batted well too while Kurger van Wyk and Doug Bracewell added 82 runs unbeaten runs to end the day on positive note. Indian spinners, specially Pragyan Ojha, bowled well but there wasn't too much help for them on first day.

End of day 2 : Ind 1st inn = 283/5 in 78 ovs (Kohli 93* + Dhoni 46*)
New Zealand lower order didn't show as much fight as Indians wrapped up last four wickets for just 37 more runs. Then, Tim Southee inspired Kiwis with two wickets up front despite Virender Sehwag stroking boundaries at other end. Visitors continued to take wickets throughout the day untill MS Dhoni joined Virat Kohli and saw off the day.

End of day 3 : NZ 2nd inn = 232/9 in 69 ovs (Patel 10* + Boult 0*)
Virat Kohli completed his second test century while R Ashwin added 33 valuable runs for the last wicket, leaving just 12 runs lead for New Zealand who came out attacking in second innings, trying to build a defendable target on board. Almost all batsmen got a start but none of them continued for long as Ashwin took his 5th five wicket haul in test cricket. Match is intriguingly poised with plenty of overs to spare.

End of day 4 : End of the match
Up against a target that has never been scored by any team in 4th innings at 40 year old venue, Indians showed their hunger for victory despite some hiccups mid-way through their chase of 261. Virender Sehwag and Gautam Gambhir gave home team brisk beginning but visitors made come back through Jeetan Patel. Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni sealed the victory minutes before close of play.

New Zealand 1st innings (elected to bat)
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Martin Guptill	c Gambhir b Ojha	53	79	8	0
Brendon McCullum	lbw b Zaheer	0	5	0	0
Kane Williamson	lbw b Ojha	17	44	2	0
Ross Taylor	lbw b Ojha	113	127	16	2
Daniel Flynn	lbw b Ashwin	33	53	6	0
James Franklin	c Raina b Ojha	8	35	1	0
Kruger van Wyk	c Raina b Zaheer	71	100	9	0
Doug Bracewell	run out (Zaheer)	43	79	6	0
Tim Southee	lbw b Ojha	14	11	2	1
Jeetan Patel	c Gambhir b Yadav	0	2	0	0
Trent Boult	not out	2	6	0	0
Extra :	11 (byes=2, lbyes=9)
Total :	365 runs in 90.1 overs for 10 wicket. RR = ( 4.05 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-0 (McCullum, 1.5 ov), 2-63 (Williamson, 18.1 ov), 3-89 (Guptill, 23.3 ov), 4-196 (Flynn, 42.2 ov), 5-215 (Franklin, 51.4 ov), 6-246 (Taylor, 63.1 ov), 7-345 (van Wyk, 85.6 ov), 8-353 (Bracewell, 87.6 ov), 9-353 (Patel, 88.2 ov), 10-365 (Southee, 90.1 ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Pragyan Ojha	28.1	10	99	5
Zaheer Khan	22	2	83	2
Umesh Yadav	16	1	90	1
R Ashwin	24	5	82	1

India 1st innings
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Gautam Gambhir	b Southee	2	12	0	0
Virender Sehwag	c Flynn b Bracewell	43	60	8	0
Cheteshwar Pujara	c Boult b Southee	9	17	1	0
Sachin Tendulkar	b Bracewell	17	50	3	0
Virat Kohli	lbw b Southee	103	193	14	1
Suresh Raina	c van Wyk b Southee	55	90	9	1
MS Dhoni	lbw b Southee	62	94	8	2
R Ashwin	not out	32	40	5	0
Zaheer Khan	c van Wyk b Southee	7	5	0	1
Pragyan Ojha	c van Wyk b Southee	0	4	0	0
Umesh Yadav	b Boult	4	21	1	0
Extra :	19 (byes=11, lbyes=2, wide=1, noballs=5)
Total :	353 runs in 96.5 overs for 10 wicket. RR = ( 3.66 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-5 (Gambhir, 3.4 ov), 2-27 (Pujara, 9.6 ov), 3-67 (Sehwag, 21.4 ov), 4-80 (Tendulkar, 23.3 ov), 5-179 (Raina, 50.3 ov), 6-301 (Kohli, 83.3 ov), 7-312 (Dhoni, 85.5 ov), 8-320 (Khan, 87.2 ov), 9-320 (Ojha, 87.6 ov), 10-353 (Yadav, 96.5 ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Trent Boult	23.5	2	90	1	2 no balls
Tim Southee	24	6	64	7	1nb, 1wd
Doug Bracewell	20	4	91	2
James Franklin	10	4	17	0	1 no balls
Jeetan Patel	19	5	78	0	1 no ball

New Zealand 2nd innings (+12 runs lead)
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Brendon McCullum	c Dhoni b Yadav	23	21	3	0
Martin Guptill	b Yadav	7	16	1	0
Kane Williamson	c Sehwag b Ashwin	13	37	2	0
Ross Taylor	lbw b Ojha	35	66	3	0
Daniel Flynn	c Sehwag b Ashwin	31	65	6	0
James Franklin	st Dhoni b Ashwin	41	90	3	0
Kruger van Wyk	lbw b Ashwin	31	48	3	0
Doug Bracewell	lbw b Ojha	22	43	3	0
Tim Southee	b Ashwin	2	11	0	0
Jeetan Patel	c Dhoni b Zaheer	22	27	3	0
Trent Boult	not out	0	6	0	0
Extra :	17 (byes=4, lbyes=12, wide=1)
Total :	248 runs in 73.2 overs for 10 wicket. RR = ( 3.38 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-30 (Guptill, 5.3 ov), 2-31 (McCullum, 7.1 ov), 3-69 (Williamson, 17.6 ov), 4-111 (Taylor, 28.3 ov), 5-140 (Flynn, 40.5 ov), 6-195 (van Wyk, 55.4 ov), 7-216 (Franklin, 61.5 ov), 8-222 (Southee, 65.6 ov), 9-222 (Bracewell, 66.1 ov), 10-248 (Patel, 73.2ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Zaheer Khan	14.2	2	46	1
Umesh Yadav	15	0	68	2	1 wide
Pragyan Ojha	21	6	49	2
R Ashwin	22	1	69	5
Suresh Raina	1	1	0	0

India 2nd innings (target = 261 runs)
Batsman		R	B	4s	6s
Gautam Gambhir	c Taylor b Boult	34	58	7	0
Virender Sehwag	b Patel	38	33	7	1
Cheteshwar Pujara	c Flynn b Patel	48	104	7	0
Sachin Tendulkar	b Southee	27	34	5	0
Virat Kohli	not out	51	82	9	0
Suresh Raina	b Patel	0	10	0	0
MS Dhoni	not out	48	60	3	2
R Ashwin
Zaheer Khan
Pragyan Ojha
Umesh Yadav
Extra :	16 (byes=4, lbyes=6, wides=5, noball=1)
Total :	262 runs in 63.2 overs for 5 wicket. RR = ( 4.15 ).
Fall of wickets : 1-77 (Sehwag, 11.5 ov), 2-83 (Gambhir, 16.6 ov), 3-152 (Tendulkar, 34.4 ov), 4-158 (Pujara, 39.3 ov), 5-166 (Raina, 43.1 ov)

Bowler	Overs	Maiden	Runs	W	Extra
Trent Boult	16	4	64	1
Tim Southee	18	3	68	1	1 wide
Doug Bracewell	14	3	52	0	1 no ball
Jeetan Patel	15.2	3	68	3