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Inept Surrender
by Dhoni's Men
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Ashish Nehra |
After a
fantastic victory over Sri Lanka in the third and final test,
Dhoni's men made a mockery of themselves in the inaugural match
of the Triangular Series, being played in Sri Lanka. They were
not only beaten all ends up by the enthusiastic Kiwis team at
Dambula but also crushed to 4th heaviest defeat in the annals of
Indian ODIs.
On winning the toss, new Kiwi skipper Ross Taylor elected to bat
but his decision seemed to be wrong one when Kiwis batsmen found
it tough to cope with Indian pacemen - Praveen Kumar and Ashish
Nehra's controlled swing bowling in initial overs. At one stage,
the visitors were struggling at 28 for 3 but then captain Taylor
and Styris took control of the situation and carried their team
out of danger with resolute batting. Both added 190 runs for the
4th wicket, a new record for New Zealand against India for any
wicket. Taylor made 95 runs before being out leg before wicket off
Nehra. Styris also
missed the hundred and fell at 89 which comprised 9 fours and 1 six.
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After Taylor and Styris' departure no other Kiwi
batsman could stay at the crease for some time and
the whole Kiwis team was bundled out at 288 in 48.5
overs. In recent times, the total around this figure
has not been safe one and India too have chased this
total on number of occasions.
But Kiwis total proved a hilarious task for Indian
batsmen. They were never seen comfortable at the
crease, finding rhythm and applying themselves to
the cause of team's as well as nation's prestige.
Their attitude and mind-set was simply astonishing.
After getting comparatively good start of 29 runs
from the openers - Sehwag and Karthik, the whole
team was sent back only in 29.3 overs for a paltry
total of 88
runs, which is the lowest ever total against New
Zealand. What is a shameful surrender - by a team
which is number one team in Test Cricket and
dreaming for winning the 2011 World Cup. |
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New Records
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by 245 runs |
Vs Sri Lanka |
Sharjah |
2000 |
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by 208 runs |
Vs Australia |
Sydney |
2004 |
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by 202 runs |
Vs England |
Lords |
1975 |
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by 200 runs |
Vs Zew Zealand |
Dambulla |
2010 |
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54 runs (26.3 overs) |
Vs Sri Lanka |
Sharjah |
2000 |
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63 runs (25.5 overs) |
Vs Australia |
Sydney |
1981 |
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78 runs (24.2 overs) |
Vs Sri Lanka |
Kanpur |
1986 |
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79 runs (34.2 overs) |
Vs Pakistan |
Sialkot |
1978 |
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88 runs (29.3 overs) |
Vs New Zealand |
Dambula |
2010 |
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Indian team is
known for its batting strength but team's batting failure has been
bringing shame to nation more often in recent times. Suffering
defeat is a no matter but the way India lost the match, is a huge
concerned for the million of followers of this lovely game. India
may bounce back as she has the capability, but World Cup will still
be a distant dream.
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