Bangalore ODI: Pathan plunders Kiwis into submission

Bangalore: A super show by Yusuf Pathan on Tuesday gave India a 4-0 lead against New Zealand as the hosts romped home with five wickets to spare at the Chinnaswamy stadium. Chasing a massive 316, Yusuf Pathan powered the Indian chase with an unbeaten 123 off just 96 balls. The Vadodara all-rounder plundered seven towering sixes and stitched a match-winning 133-run stand with Saurabh Tiwary (37 not out).
After James Franklin's 98 guided the Kiwis to 315-7, the Indian chase slipped off track with regular setbacks. But after a rain interruption, Pathan unleashed a brutal attack that snatched the game away from Daniel Vettori's men.
Pathan reached his century in style, hitting a huge six to bring the required run-rate down to six. His brilliant knock included seven sixes including the one that sailed out of the Chinnaswamy Stadium, a feat first achieved by former wicket-keeper Sadanand Vishwanath.
The only nail-biting match of the series so far kept spectators on the edge of their seats when India began their chase of 316 runs. Indian openers gave a strong reply to New Zealand’s mammoth total before Andy McKay’s double strike dented their run chase.
McKay struck after openers Gautam Gambhir and Parthiv Patel put the Indian chase on track. Gambhir fell for 27 and soon man-in-form Virat Kohli, skied one from McKay to Mills at the fine-leg boundary for a duck.
Yuvraj Singh and Patel consolidated for a while before Nathan McCullm dented the chase by dismissing both the batsmen in quick succession. Parthiv made an impressive 53 before giving an easy catch to Williamson.
Yusuf Pathan and Rohit Sharma kept India’s hopes alive with a lively stand under pressure. But the visitors struck back, sending back Rohit (44) in the 34th over. Rain then gave India the scare as India were behind the required score. In the 36th over, they were 203/5 against the required 220, according to the D/L method.
However, after the game resumed Pathan came out with all guns blazing. The dasher in the stable company of Saurabh Tiwary ripped through the Kiwi bowling with complete disdain as the ball disappeared into the distant corners of the Chinnaswamy Stadium.
In the end, what looked like an improbable victory was achieved easily by Pathan with seven balls to spare.
Earlier, it was once again a ‘James Franklin show’ that guided New Zealand to a challenging total. Despite losing wickets at regular intervals, Franklin’s swashbuckling 98 in 69 balls guided Kiwis to 315. Franklin’s 98 was studded with 12 boundaries and three dazzling sixes.
A super start by openers set the base for a huge target for the Kiwis. Asked to bat first, Martin Guptill and Brendon McCullum hammered Indian bowlers in the initial overs to add 62 runs on board for the first wicket.
However, Ashish Nehra’s double strike followed by R Ashwin’s magic spell left the Kiwis in despair at 91/3. This was followed by cameos from Scott Styris (46) and Ross Taylor (44) as they consolidated the innings and added valuable 79 for the fourth wicket.
But, Yusuf struck soon dismissing Styris. Taylor aslo joined Styris in the pavilion after being trapped leg-before by Ashwin. The loss of wickets didn’t deter scoring pace of the Kiwis as they kept the scorecard moving at an average close to 6 eyeing a mammoth total. Though Pathan’s twin strike, dismissing Vettori and Mills, reduced the Kiwis to 251/7 in 44 overs, Nathan McCullum played a supportive role, similar to Vadodara ODI and helped Franklin in ensuring New Zealand posted a huge total.

India v New Zealand 4th ODI

New Zealand in India ODI Series - 4th ODI
India v New Zealand
India won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)
ODI no. 3076 2010/11 season
Played at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
7 December 2010 - day/night (50-over match)


New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
MJ Guptill
c Yuvraj Singh b Nehra
30
42
25
5
0
120.00
8.4 124.8 kph, Gone! Too adventurous? Third aerial shot in the over. two of those were wide enough of mid-on, but this delivery was even wider, making him go into the crowded off side. Guptill went with the drive, and found Yuvraj Singh at cover 62/1



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BB McCullum†
c Sharma b Ashwin
42
67
42
8
1
100.00
13.2 83.7 kph, big, big wicket! McCullum was looking very good here. He tried to go over short midwicket here, but got too close to this full delivery, thus not getting enough elevation. Ashwin is jubilant 91/3



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JM How
c Pathan b Nehra
4
9
6
0
0
66.66
10.1 126.5 kph, No. 2 for Nehra in his second over. How, who looked loose outside off during the short stay, succumbs. It is a regulation delivery angled across him, but How hangs his bat out, away from the body. The edge is taken, and snapped low by Yusuf Pathan at a wide first slip 70/2



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LRPL Taylor
lbw b Ashwin
44
112
73
3
0
60.27
37.1 82.3 kph, plumb lbw first ball! A nothing shot really! Moves too far across, and also seems to have told himself to not play the forceful shot first ball. And the bat face closes too early, missing the ball, and he is caught dead in plumb. Tame end to what was shaping up to be an important innings of struggle followed by flourish 210/5



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SB Styris
c Tiwary b Pathan
46
64
48
3
1
95.83
29.4 66.9 kph, he is gone! Goes for the same chip over midwicket, but the ball is a bit too straight, and is also turning in, which makes him drag it a bit squarer than he wants and he finds Tiwary on the boundary 170/4



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JEC Franklin
not out
98
88
69
12
3
142.02



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DL Vettori*
b Pathan
17
24
19
2
0
89.47
42.6 77.9 kph, bowled him! Pathan is ecstatic. Vettori looks to pull this one from the leg-and-middle line, but it is not short enough. DV misses, YKP hits 249/6



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KD Mills
b Pathan
1
6
6
0
0
16.66
44.3 81.5 kph, No. 3 for YKP. He is over the moon. Mills goes for the big shot this time, the slog sweep, and Yusuf keeps firing them in. Mills misses, the ball hits the thigh pad outside the leg line, and then ricochets onto the stumps 251/7



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NL McCullum
not out
13
26
12
1
0
108.33



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Extras
(lb 8, w 12)
20
Total
(7 wickets; 50 overs; 219 mins)
315
(6.30 runs per over)
Did not bat TG Southee, AJ McKay
Fall of wickets1-62 (Guptill, 8.4 ov), 2-70 (How, 10.1 ov), 3-91 (BB McCullum, 13.2 ov), 4-170 (Styris, 29.4 ov), 5-210 (Taylor, 37.1 ov), 6-249 (Vettori, 42.6 ov), 7-251 (Mills, 44.3 ov)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
Z Khan-->
Z Khan
8
0
40
0
5.00
(3w)



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P Kumar-->
P Kumar
7
0
42
0
6.00
(1w)



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R Ashwin-->
R Ashwin
10
0
66
2
6.60
(1w)
13.2 to BB McCullum, 83.7 kph, big, big wicket! McCullum was looking very good here. He tried to go over short midwicket here, but got too close to this full delivery, thus not getting enough elevation. Ashwin is jubilant 91/3
37.1 to Taylor, 82.3 kph, plumb lbw first ball! A nothing shot really! Moves too far across, and also seems to have told himself to not play the forceful shot first ball. And the bat face closes too early, missing the ball, and he is caught dead in plumb. Tame end to what was shaping up to be an important innings of struggle followed by flourish 210/5



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A Nehra-->
A Nehra
9
1
70
2
7.77
(2w)
8.4 to Guptill, 124.8 kph, Gone! Too adventurous? Third aerial shot in the over. two of those were wide enough of mid-on, but this delivery was even wider, making him go into the crowded off side. Guptill went with the drive, and found Yuvraj Singh at cover 62/1
10.1 to How, 126.5 kph, No. 2 for Nehra in his second over. How, who looked loose outside off during the short stay, succumbs. It is a regulation delivery angled across him, but How hangs his bat out, away from the body. The edge is taken, and snapped low by Yusuf Pathan at a wide first slip 70/2



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Yuvraj Singh-->
Yuvraj Singh
3
0
21
0
7.00



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YK Pathan-->
YK Pathan
9
0
49
3
5.44
29.4 to Styris, 66.9 kph, he is gone! Goes for the same chip over midwicket, but the ball is a bit too straight, and is also turning in, which makes him drag it a bit squarer than he wants and he finds Tiwary on the boundary 170/4
42.6 to Vettori, 77.9 kph, bowled him! Pathan is ecstatic. Vettori looks to pull this one from the leg-and-middle line, but it is not short enough. DV misses, YKP hits 249/6
44.3 to Mills, 81.5 kph, No. 3 for YKP. He is over the moon. Mills goes for the big shot this time, the slog sweep, and Yusuf keeps firing them in. Mills misses, the ball hits the thigh pad outside the leg line, and then ricochets onto the stumps 251/7



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RG Sharma-->
RG Sharma
4
0
19
0
4.75



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India innings (target: 316 runs from 50 overs)
R
M
B
4s
6s
SR
G Gambhir*
c Guptill b McKay
27
41
24
4
0
112.50
9.4 125.2 kph, and what a way to get out after a missed run-out, an edge through slips! It was short, wide, juicy, and Gambhir has cut it straight to Guptill at point. Throat high. taken. Gambhir can't believe it 67/1



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PA Patel†
c sub (KS Williamson) b NL McCullum
53
87
57
8
0
92.98
19.3 78.4 kph, NMac is on fire here. Slows this one up, Patel comes down the track and goes for the big straight hit. Not quite close enough to the pitch of the ball and ends up skying it to long-on where substitute Williamson completes a tumbling catch 108/4



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V Kohli
c Mills b McKay
0
3
2
0
0
0.00
9.6 125.4 kph, McKay has two! Kohli is gone for a duck after having scored 50 or more in his four previous innings. McKay's energy shows as he bowls another bouncer, angled across Kohli, who goes for the hook, gets a chunky top edge to Mills at long leg. New Zealand are right back 68/2



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Yuvraj Singh
c How b NL McCullum
20
38
28
1
1
71.42
17.4 90.5 kph, and just when he started looking good, Yuvraj is gone! Goes for the pull again to a ball that is not quite short, gets zero elevation and finds short midwicket 103/3



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RG Sharma
c Vettori b Southee
44
56
48
4
1
91.66
33.2 112.2 kph, the crowd is stunned into silence! Slower ball, Sharma saw it early, and looked to go over mid-off, but ended up smashing it straight down his throat. Vettori did well to hold onto it because it was hit very hard at it. Just couldn't get the elevation there 188/5



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YK Pathan
not out
123
128
96
7
7
128.12



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SS Tiwary
not out
37
77
39
3
1
94.87



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Extras
(b 4, lb 3, w 8, nb 2)
17
Total
(5 wickets; 48.5 overs; 215 mins)
321
(6.57 runs per over)
Did not bat R Ashwin, P Kumar, Z Khan, A Nehra
Fall of wickets1-67 (Gambhir, 9.4 ov), 2-68 (Kohli, 9.6 ov), 3-103 (Yuvraj Singh, 17.4 ov), 4-108 (Patel, 19.3 ov), 5-188 (Sharma, 33.2 ov)
Bowling
O
M
R
W
Econ
KD Mills-->
KD Mills
10
1
65
0
6.50
(2w)



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TG Southee-->
TG Southee
10
0
64
1
6.40
(1w)
33.2 to Sharma, 112.2 kph, the crowd is stunned into silence! Slower ball, Sharma saw it early, and looked to go over mid-off, but ended up smashing it straight down his throat. Vettori did well to hold onto it because it was hit very hard at it. Just couldn't get the elevation there 188/5



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AJ McKay-->
AJ McKay
7
0
63
2
9.00
(1nb, 4w)
9.4 to Gambhir, 125.2 kph, and what a way to get out after a missed run-out, an edge through slips! It was short, wide, juicy, and Gambhir has cut it straight to Guptill at point. Throat high. taken. Gambhir can't believe it 67/1
9.6 to Kohli, 125.4 kph, McKay has two! Kohli is gone for a duck after having scored 50 or more in his four previous innings. McKay's energy shows as he bowls another bouncer, angled across Kohli, who goes for the hook, gets a chunky top edge to Mills at long leg. New Zealand are right back 68/2



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NL McCullum-->
NL McCullum
7.5
0
38
2
4.85
17.4 to Yuvraj Singh, 90.5 kph, and just when he started looking good, Yuvraj is gone! Goes for the pull again to a ball that is not quite short, gets zero elevation and finds short midwicket 103/3
19.3 to Patel, 78.4 kph, NMac is on fire here. Slows this one up, Patel comes down the track and goes for the big straight hit. Not quite close enough to the pitch of the ball and ends up skying it to long-on where substitute Williamson completes a tumbling catch 108/4



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SB Styris-->
SB Styris
4
1
27
0
6.75
(1w)



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DL Vettori-->
DL Vettori
10
0
57
0
5.70



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Match details
Toss India, who chose to fieldSeries India led the 5-match series 4-0
Player of the match YK Pathan (India)
Umpires RA Kettleborough (England) and AM SahebaTV umpire S AsnaniMatch referee RS Mahanama (Sri Lanka)Reserve umpire UV Gandhe
Match notes
New Zealand innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 70 runs, 1 wicket)
New Zealand: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 10
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (MJ Guptill 22, BB McCullum 18, Ex 10)
Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 27 runs, 2 wickets)
Drinks: New Zealand - 91/3 in 13.2 overs (LRPL Taylor 4)
New Zealand: 100 runs in 15.5 overs (95 balls), Extras 12
4th Wicket: 50 runs in 75 balls (LRPL Taylor 19, SB Styris 27, Ex 4)
New Zealand: 150 runs in 26.6 overs (162 balls), Extras 15
Drinks: New Zealand - 184/4 in 32.0 overs (LRPL Taylor 38, JEC Franklin 7)
New Zealand: 200 runs in 35.5 overs (215 balls), Extras 17
Powerplay 3: Overs 37.1 - 42.0 (Batting side - 36 runs, 1 wicket)
New Zealand: 250 runs in 43.2 overs (260 balls), Extras 18
JEC Franklin: 50 off 51 balls (7 x 4)
New Zealand: 300 runs in 49.2 overs (296 balls), Extras 20
8th Wicket: 50 runs in 30 balls (JEC Franklin 40, NL McCullum 13, Ex 2)
Innings Break: New Zealand - 315/7 in 50.0 overs (JEC Franklin 98, NL McCullum 13)
India innings
Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 68 runs, 2 wickets)
India: 50 runs in 7.4 overs (46 balls), Extras 1
1st Wicket: 50 runs in 46 balls (G Gambhir 21, PA Patel 28, Ex 1)
Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 15.0 (Bowling side - 18 runs, 0 wicket)
PA Patel: 50 off 50 balls (8 x 4)
India: 100 runs in 16.6 overs (102 balls), Extras 4
Drinks: India - 100/2 in 17.0 overs (PA Patel 51, Yuvraj Singh 18)
India: 150 runs in 27.5 overs (167 balls), Extras 5
5th Wicket: 50 runs in 59 balls (RG Sharma 30, YK Pathan 20, Ex 1)
Drinks: India - 188/5 in 33.2 overs (YK Pathan 38)
India: 200 runs in 35.1 overs (211 balls), Extras 6
Rain: India - 203/5 in 36.0 overs (YK Pathan 48, SS Tiwary 4)
YK Pathan: 50 off 50 balls (3 x 4, 3 x 6)
Powerplay 3: Overs 38.1 - 43.0 (Batting side - 44 runs, 0 wicket)
6th Wicket: 50 runs in 44 balls (YK Pathan 34, SS Tiwary 12, Ex 4)
India: 250 runs in 42.2 overs (254 balls), Extras 10
YK Pathan: 100 off 79 balls (7 x 4, 6 x 6)
6th Wicket: 100 runs in 76 balls (YK Pathan 73, SS Tiwary 16, Ex 11)
India: 300 runs in 47.2 overs (285 balls), Extras 17