ODI Tri Series ODI 6: Indian Bowlers Decimate NZ Batting; India in Final against SL

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Sreelata YellamrazuAug 25 2010

India answered the question whether 223 would be enough. It was the Indian bowlers who had the final say on how th ematch ended at the Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium in the sixth ODI of the ODI tri series.

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If New Zealand thought they had a chance of chasing down the Indian total fashioned around Virender Sehwag's century, those hopes were blown away by incisive bowling that tore their batting line up apart, giving them no chance of a comeback.

The riot began rather early with Praveen Kumar sending back Martin Guptill and what followed was an attack by Kumar and Munaf Patel that did not leave the victors in doubt. The disappearance of JB Watling, Ross Taylor and Scott Styris reduced New Zealand to four down for twenty-two by the ninth over, by which time it seemed highly unlikely that New Zealand could stage a comeback. Indeed the road thereafter was nothing short of treacherous as Ishant Sharma and Ravindra Jadeja dug into the feast as well, as New Zealand collapsed to a new low of eight down for fifty-three.

But after the commotion came the chaos as Kyle Mills decided to throw caution out of the window, with victory snatched from the team and what followed was a brief but entertaining period of defiance as he hammered both, the fast bowlers as well as the spinner, generally infuriating Mahendra Singh Dhoni who was keen to wrap the match early.

Mills' resistance was eventually put an end to after he reached his half century by Nehra and New Zealand were bundled out for 118 one ball more than thirty overs, giving India swete revenge and a victory by 105 runs to join Sri Lanka in the final in what could be a repeat of the Asia Cup 2010 final.

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