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.
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