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India Losing the Second T20 Against New Zealand

Vishrut AggarwalFeb 27, 2009
12 needed off the last over, the tension mounts! Here's Irfan again
19.1IK Pathan to NL McCullum, one leg bye, swings it on the pads, the ball clips the pads and rolls to the on side, they scamper a single
A bit of confusion here. Someone from the crowd has flung something in Zaheer's Khan direction and Dhoni has a word with the umpire. Did we need this? Dhoni maneuvers the field.
19.2IK Pathan to BB McCullum, one run, full and swinging in and he fails to put away the yorker, the ball rolls to the on side
19.3IK Pathan to NL McCullum, one run, Irfan gets it right again, he bowls another unplayable inswinger on the off stump and he digs it out to the off side
19.4IK Pathan to BB McCullum, FOUR, McCullum gets under this pitched up ball and swings over midwicket, that's a cracker of a shot
19.5IK Pathan to BB McCullum, FOUR, McCullum goes one better! The ball is pitched up on middle and leg, he scoops it over the bowler's head and long-off dives in despair
The scores are level. Now it appears as if we have crowd trouble again. What a shame. There's a bit of debris on one side of the ground. If it's a tie we have a Super Over. Everyone in the ring
19.6

IK Pathan to BB McCullum, one run, Rohit runs back and nearly pulls off a catch running backwards! McCullum flat-bats a length ball and mishits it over the off side, Rohit is a little too close at mid-off and the ball beats him in the air as he runs back, he fails to get a hand to it, really Brendon McCullum would have had his heart in his mouth, nevertheless, it's been a terrific game

Oh no! India lose the second match as well. This is a very bad blow for India. The Indian squad was the same except for Ravindra Jadeja replacing Rohit Sharma. The New Zealand Squad remained unchanged. as far as the Toss is concerned it was won be Danial Vettori and he elected to field.

India were off to a shake start as the could only manage two runs in the first over. But then Virender Sehwag hit five fours and took the Indian score to 28 in three overs. But unfortunately got out and India were 29 for one after four overs. Suesh Raina got out on a duck and Gautam gambhir too was out for just 10 runs. Then Yuvraj Singh made 50 of 34 balls hitting three fours and four sixes but also lost his wicket. M.S. Dhoni made a slow 28 of 30 balls hitting just two fours and remained not out. But Yusuf Pathan got out on a duck, Ravindra Jadeja made 19 of 16 balls and Irfan Pathan made 15 of 10 balls. The Indian score finally reached 149 for six in 20 overs.

The Kiwis bowled quite well as only one of the five bowlers used had a economy rate of over 10 but he also grabbed two wickets in his spell of bowling.\

Danial Vettori bowled well with figures of 4 0 21 1 and Jesse Ryder also bowled well with the figures of 4 0 18 0.

The Kiwis were off to a flying start. The were 53 for 1 after 5 overs. It seemed like the match would end after 15 or 16 overs.

 But then came a superb spell from Harbhajan Singh. His figures were 4 0 15 1. Ravindra Jadeja also bowled well. These two spells helped India to keep New Zealand on 99 for 2 after 14 overs.

After that India had some little chance of scraping a victory but then with Brendon McCullum hotting a four and Ross Taylor Taking quick singles and doubles New Zealand were 122 for 2 after 17 overs. But in the 18th over Irfan Pathan took two wickets and gave away only 5 runs. Then the Indian supporters started cheering as now India had a fair chance of winning. Now the Kiwis needed 23 runs from the last two overs. Everyone's heartbeat was very fast. Yuvraj Singh grabbed another wicket in the 19th over and the Indian crowd cheered with excitement. Finally New Zealand needed 12 runs from the last over. Irfan Pathan was ready with the ball and only gave away 3 runs of the first three deliveries. But unfortunately Brendon McCullum hit two fours and scraped a run of the last ball of the match and New Zealand won again.

Brendon McCullum got the Man of the Match award for the second T20 match also. 

It was a close fight. India need to improve there batting tactics and bowling strength. India have won at least one T20 match against all the other countries it has played against except for New Zealand. This is India's third loss against New Zealand and fourth loss overall.    

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