Mishra five-for rolls New Zealand over for 79
October 29th, 2016 | by
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Choosing to bat first and picking three frontline spinners on a slow turner, India overwhelmed New Zealand by 190 runs in the deciding fifth ODI in Visakhapatnam, with Amit Mishra picking up five wickets to send the visitors...
New Zealand defend 260 to keep series alive
October 26th, 2016 | by
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Martin Guptill’s opening salvo, and canny bowling from Tim Southee and James Neesham, ensured New Zealand forced the ODI series into a decider at Visakhapatnam. Having won their first toss of the tour in their eighth match,...
Dhoni revels in freedom to play freely at No. 4
October 24th, 2016 | by
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In the movie MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, there is a scene where a teenage Dhoni persuades his coach into letting him open the batting in an inter-school limited-overs match. He even convinces one of the regular openers to give up...
India continue to rest key Test bowlers from ODIs
October 24th, 2016 | by
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Spinners R Ashwin and Ravindra Jadeja, and fast bowler Mohammed Shami, have been rested once again as India named an unchanged 14-man squad for the remaining two ODIs against New Zealand. The three bowlers had been left out of...
Kohli, Dhoni join forces to demolish New Zealand
October 23rd, 2016 | by
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Virat Kohli scored yet another hundred in a chase, an unbeaten 154, as India hunted down 286 to take a 2-1 lead in the ODI series. India lost their openers with only 41 on the board, before Kohli and MS Dhoni, who promoted...
October 20th, 2016 | by
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India would not have expected a target of 243 to trouble them. But it did. Their top order tends to finish games off. Not this time. That left the job to MS Dhoni and a set of batsmen not accustomed to finishing an innings. New...
October 19th, 2016 | by
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In a normal Indian season, this ODI would have been played on Wednesday and not Thursday, but it has been postponed to accommodate the festival of Karva Chauth. This is festival season in India; the Kolkata Test was advanced to...
October 18th, 2016 | by
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Illness has kept Suresh Raina out of two of the three ODIs he has been chosen to play for India against New Zealand. The second match would take place in Delhi on Thursday, but the team’s medical staff has said that is...
October 16th, 2016 | by
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Sharing the new ball in conditions that initially encouraged seam and swing, Hardik Pandya and Umesh Yadav ran through New Zealand’s top order to set India up for a six-wicket win in the first ODI in Dharamsala. From 65 for...
October 14th, 2016 | by
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Corey Anderson’s standard refrain for every question thrown at him is, ‘It’s one of those things’. Long injury-enforced lay-off? It’s one of those things. Playing as a specialist batsman? It’s...
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