Filed under INDvNZ Hamilton ODI 2009

Match : India vs New Zealand, fourth One day International 5 ODI series.
Venue/Date : Seddon Park in Hamilton in New Zealand.. 11 March 2009.
Debuts : Ewan Thomson.
Toss : New Zealand, elected to bat first.
Result : India won by 84 runs (D/L methord).
Series Result : India leads 3-0 with 1 game to to.
Man of the match : Virendra Sehwag.
Umpires : GAV Baxter (local umpire)and Rudy Koertzen (South Africa).
Head to head : 79th India vs New Zealand ODI.. India has now won 38 and New Zealand 35.

Having lost previous 2 games batting second, New Zealand elected to bat first and made 270 from 47 overs that they could play during 2 rain breaks.

But what followed was something extra-ordinary. India chase stopped for 3 times and New Zealand bowlers tried everything but nothing broke Sehwag-Gambhir partnership as they won the match with all 10 wickets.

Record : Virendra Sehwag scored the 7th fastest century in One day international cricket in this match, off 60 balls. (Complete record list) This also makes him the fastest Indian centurion, beating Mohammad Azharuddin's 21 year old record = century of 62 balls against New Zealand at Baroda in 1988.

India vs New Zealand : 4th ODI, Hamilton : 11 March 2009 : Full Scorecard.
New Zealand (elected to bat) = 270 for 5 wickets in 47 overs
Jesse Ryder	c Raina	b Yuvraj	46	57 balls, 6x4
B McCullum	lbw	b Zaheer	77	95 balls, 7x4, 2x6
Ross Taylor	c Rohit	b Pathan	5	13 balls
Martin Guptill	c sub	b Sharma	25	49 balls
Jacob Oram	c Dhoni	b Ishant	1	2 balls
P McGlashan	not out		56*	42 balls, 6x4, 1x6
Grant Elliott	not out		35*	27 balls, 3x4, 1x6
Did not bat = D Vettori, Kyle Mills, Ewan Thompson and Ian O'Brien.
Zaheer Khan = 10-0-49-1 (2wd)		Praveen Kumar = 7-0-51-0 (3wd)
I Sharma = 8-0-57-2 (3nb, 1wd)		Yuvraj Singh = 9-0-40-1
Yusuf Pathan = 5-0-14-1		Harbhajan Singh = 8-0-50-0 (2wd)
India (target = 220 in 36 overs) = 201 for no loss in 23.3 overs
Virendra Sehwag	not out		125*	74 balls, 14x4, 6x6
Gautam Gambhir	not out		63*	67 balls, 6x4
Did not bat = Suresh Raina, Yuvraj Singh, MS Dhoni, Rohit Sharma, Yusuf Pathan
Praveen Kumar, Harbhajan Singh, Zaheer Khan and Ishan Sharma.
Kyle Mills = 5-0-29-0		Ewan Thompson = 4-0-42-0 (2wd)
Ian O'Brien = 3-0-37-0 (1wd)		Daniel Vettori = 5-0-32-0
Jacob Oram = 4.3-0-43-0		Grant Elliott = 2-0-9-0 (1wd)
India were no wicket down, but since rain left game unfinished, Indians won by
84 runs by duck-worh lewis method even though they batted second.

Preview : 33 years since India won an ODI series in New Zealand

Scorecard : India vs New Zealand, 4th ODI, Hamilton : 11 March 2009

4th ODI : Virendra Sehwag's fastest century by an Indian : 7th overall