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Sachin and Bhajji’s heroics guide India to win

The Indian team came in to the test series with confidence under their belt after their resounding win against New Zealand in the one day series.Much was expected from the Kiwis after the loss in the ODI’s . India won the toss and choose to field first on a pitch which seemed to offer something  for the seamers in the first half hour. Well Dhoni’s decision to put New Zealand team in was justified after his bowlers got first 6 wickets in the first session alone . Then came the turn of vettori and ryder the two put put a gud partnership to keep india in bay for sometime.Just when u thought vettori and ryder will guide new zeland through there came the much needed breakthrough when munaf got rid of vettori.then wickets fell in a hurry and they polished out newzealnd to modest 279.Then came the turn of the indians.Gautama nd sehwag got india of to a decnt start but sehwag got out when he went for a non existing run and that led to his downfall.Then came in the wall much was expected from him after he ddint have gud test series against australia.But he kept his cool and he along with gautam put india on a safe zone.Then Martin came and provided the much needed wicket by getting rid of gautam gambhir.Then came the turn of the little master.He looked nervous at the start but as and when he wa sin in the middle his fluency was begining to show.He along with rahul put india to a gud partnership.Dravid to fell after scoring 66.Then  master and yuvraj complied india to a gud partnership but yuvi fell when he shouldered his arms and was bowled.But sachina nd dhoni ensures that there were no maore alarms and played well.Sachin got to his 42nd century with ease.dhoni to chipped in with usefull44.The tailenders got chipped in and helped sachin reach century and also guide india to lead above 200.Zaheer to played well with a useful 50.Then new zealand came to bat with a lead of 249.they got of toa bad start losing early wicket.zaheer and munaf got wickets and new zealand were no where in the game after that.Indians won finally after 33 yrs their first won.Lets hope they keep up the momentum and carry on their form in the remaining test to.

- Here is hoping that the Indian team carries its good form forward. Jai Ho!!!

( From an Indian cricket fan)

Last ball win for new zealand

India came into the second Twenty Twenty match hoping to change their fortunes.But unfortunately the toss didn’t go their way.New Zealand  won the toss and put India to bat.They again got off to  a good start from Sehwag but he again paid the penalty for trying to be overambitious. He got out trying to play too one shot to many. They needed Gautam to consolidate the innings but he too fell.Then came Raina a lot was expected from him considering he was the hero was of the first twenty twenty but today was not to be his day.Then came Yuvraj singh who brought India back to the game with some sensible batting. He along with Dhoni put on a good partnership but just when you thought they were taking the game away from New Zealand, Yuvraj got out at the wrong time. It was up to Dhoni to make sure India to a decent total. Although wickets kept falling at the other Dhoni kept his cool and batted till the end. Irfan Pathan and Ravindra Jadeja too chipped in with useful scores to get India to 149. The score was competitive, but by no means match winning.

But that didn’t happen for India as New Zealand got upto a rollicking start. Ryder and McCullum batted sensibly and laid the foundation for rest of batting . Zaheer provided the break through when he got rid of the dangerous Ryder . Ross Taylor took charge of the Kiwi innings along with McCullum after Guptill fell . Then came the turn of the Indian spinners to put a led on the scoring rate.They were succesfull for some time. Just when you thought New Zealand were running away with the game,  Irfan Pathan came in and got two wickets in one over to provide India some hope. He  got rid of Taylor and the dangerous Jacob Oram in consecutive balls . Then in the penultimate over McCullum scored 13 runs of that over which brought new Zealand back on track. The Kiwis needed 11 runs from the last over.The crowd too were tensed.First three balls Pathan bowled well but McCullum kept his cool and smashed consecutive fours to tie the scores. On the last ball, Pathan pitched it short, and McCullum’s heave fell centimetres short of a diving Rohit sharma.