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Test No. 1918

India tour of New Zealand, 2008/09
2008-09 season
New Zealand vs India - 3rd Test
03-07 April, 2009 (5-day match)

India win 3-match series by 1-0

Venue : Westpac Stadium, Wellington
Toss : New Zealand won the toss and elected to field first
Result : Match Drawn


India 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Gautam Gambhir lbw b Franklin
23 
47 
2 
0
48.94 
»
 Virender Sehwag c McCullum b O'Brien
48 
51 
7 
1
94.12 
»
 Rahul Dravid c Franklin b Martin
35 
114 
3 
0
30.70 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar c McCullum b Martin
62 
85 
11 
0
72.94 
»
 VVS Laxman c McIntosh b Southee
4 
16 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Yuvraj Singh lbw b Ryder
9 
12 
2 
0
75.00 
»
 MS Dhoni c O'Brien b Southee
52 
89 
6 
1
58.43 
»
 Harbhajan Singh c Vettori b Martin
60 
78 
7 
1
76.92 
»
 Zaheer Khan c McCullum b O'Brien
33 
23 
6 
0
143.48 
»
 Ishant Sharma c McCullum b Martin
18 
31 
2 
0
58.06 
»
 Munaf Patel Not Out
15 
14 
3 
0
107.14 
Extras B 2, LB 8, W 3, N 7
20
Total : (all out in 92.1 overs)
379
 RR : 4.11

Fall of wickets : 1-73 (Sehwag, 15.3 ov), 2-75 (Gambhir, 16.6 ov), 3-165 (Tendulkar, 42.5 ov), 4-173 (Laxman, 48.3 ov), 5-182 (Yuvraj Singh, 51.3 ov), 6-204 (Dravid, 58.1 ov), 7-283 (Dhoni, 76.6 ov), 8-315 (Harbhajan Singh, 82.1 ov), 9-347 (Khan, 85.6 ov), 10-379 (Sha

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Chris Martin
25
 .1
3 
98 
4
3.89
0
2
»
 Tim Southee
18
1 
94 
2
5.22
0
0
»
 Iain O'Brien
22
3 
89 
2
4.05
1
1
»
 James Franklin
14
4 
38 
1
2.71
2
0
»
 Daniel Vettori
9
1 
47 
0
5.22
3
0
»
 Jesse Ryder
4
2 
3 
1
0.75
1
0

New Zealand 1st Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tim McIntosh c Yuvraj Singh b Khan
32 
74 
6 
0
43.24 
»
 Martin Guptill b Khan
17 
23 
2 
0
73.91 
»
 Daniel Flynn c Dhoni b Khan
2 
8 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 Ross Taylor c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh
42 
92 
6 
0
45.65 
»
 Jesse Ryder c Dhoni b Khan
3 
12 
0 
0
25.00 
»
 James Franklin c Sehwag b Harbhajan Singh
15 
42 
2 
0
35.71 
»
 Brendon McCullum c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh
24 
56 
2 
0
42.86 
»
 Daniel Vettori c Dhoni b Sharma
11 
13 
1 
1
84.62 
»
 Tim Southee c & b Khan
16 
27 
3 
0
59.26 
»
 Iain O'Brien c Dhoni b Patel
19 
38 
2 
0
50.00 
»
 Chris Martin Not Out
4 
5 
1 
0
80.00 
Extras B 9, LB 3
12
Total : (all out in 65.0 overs)
197
 RR : 3.03

Fall of wickets : 1-21 (Guptill, 6.6 ov), 2-31 (Flynn, 10.1 ov), 3-80 (McIntosh, 26.6 ov), 4-98 (Ryder, 32.1 ov), 5-120 (Taylor, 41.1 ov), 6-125 (Franklin, 43.2 ov), 7-138 (Vettori, 46.3 ov), 8-160 (Southee, 54.4 ov), 9-181 (McCullum, 61.3 ov), 10-197 (O'Brien, 64.6 o

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Zaheer Khan
18
2 
65 
5
3.61
0
0
»
 Ishant Sharma
14
3 
47 
1
3.36
0
0
»
 Munaf Patel
8
2 
20 
1
2.50
0
0
»
 Harbhajan Singh
23
4 
43 
3
1.87
0
0
»
 Yuvraj Singh
2
0 
10 
0
5.00
0
0

India 2nd Innings
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Gautam Gambhir lbw b O'Brien
167 
257 
16 
2
64.98 
»
 Virender Sehwag c Taylor b Martin
12 
7 
3 
0
171.43 
»
 Rahul Dravid c McCullum b Vettori
60 
145 
10 
0
41.38 
»
 Sachin Tendulkar c Taylor b Vettori
9 
20 
0 
1
45.00 
»
 VVS Laxman b O'Brien
61 
109 
9 
0
55.96 
»
 Yuvraj Singh c Taylor b Martin
40 
46 
6 
1
86.96 
»
 MS Dhoni Not Out
56 
83 
8 
0
67.47 
»
 Harbhajan Singh c Southee b Martin
0 
3 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Zaheer Khan Not Out
18 
31 
1 
1
58.06 
Extras LB 5, W 1, N 5
11
Total : (7 wickets dec in 116.0 overs)
434
 RR : 3.74

did not bat: Ishant Sharma, Munaf Patel

Fall of wickets : 1-14 (Sehwag, 1.6 ov), 2-184 (Dravid, 48.3 ov), 3-208 (Tendulkar, 54.6 ov), 4-314 (Gambhir, 88.3 ov), 5-319 (Laxman, 90.3 ov), 6-397 (Yuvraj Singh, 105.3 ov), 7-397 (Harbhajan Singh, 105.6 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Tim Southee
12
2 
58 
0
4.83
0
0
»
 Chris Martin
22
7 
70 
3
3.18
3
0
»
 Iain O'Brien
25
6 
100 
2
4.00
0
0
»
 James Franklin
16
3 
72 
0
4.50
0
1
»
 Jesse Ryder
6
1 
21 
0
3.50
1
0
»
 Daniel Vettori
35
5 
108 
2
3.09
1
0

New Zealand 2nd Innings
(Target: 617 runs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Tim McIntosh c Dravid b Khan
4 
32 
0 
0
12.50 
»
 Martin Guptill lbw b Harbhajan Singh
49 
93 
4 
2
52.69 
»
 Daniel Flynn b Khan
10 
39 
1 
0
25.64 
»
 Ross Taylor b Harbhajan Singh
107 
165 
16 
0
64.85 
»
 Jesse Ryder c Dravid b Harbhajan Singh
0 
2 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 James Franklin lbw b Tendulkar
49 
171 
7 
0
28.65 
»
 Brendon McCullum c Dravid b Tendulkar
6 
16 
0 
0
37.50 
»
 Daniel Vettori Not Out
15 
24 
2 
0
62.50 
»
 Tim Southee c Dhoni b Harbhajan Singh
3 
13 
0 
0
23.08 
»
 Iain O'Brien Not Out
19 
17 
4 
0
111.76 
Extras B 10, LB 2, W 1, N 6
19
Total : (8 wickets in 94.3 overs)
281
 RR : 2.97

did not bat: Chris Martin

Fall of wickets : 1-30 (McIntosh, 10.6 ov), 2-54 (Flynn, 22.3 ov), 3-84 (Guptill, 31.2 ov), 4-84 (Ryder, 31.4 ov), 5-226 (Taylor, 77.4 ov), 6-244 (McCullum, 84.1 ov), 7-253 (Franklin, 86.3 ov), 8-258 (Southee, 89.1 ov)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Zaheer Khan
19
 .3
6 
57 
2
2.92
0
1
»
 Munaf Patel
13
4 
22 
0
1.69
0
0
»
 Ishant Sharma
12
2 
57 
0
4.75
1
0
»
 Harbhajan Singh
33
8 
59 
4
1.79
1
0
»
 Yuvraj Singh
1
0 
4 
0
4.00
0
0
»
 Virender Sehwag
7
0 
25 
0
3.57
3
0
»
 Sachin Tendulkar
9
0 
45 
2
5.00
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: G Gambhir (India)
Man of the Series : G Gambhir (India)
Umpires : SJA Taufel (Australia) and DJ Harper (Australia)
Third Umpire: AL Hill (New Zealand)
Referee : AG Hurst (Australia)
Reserve Umpire: DM Quested (New Zealand)
Close of Play
Day 1 : India 1st Innings - 375/9 (I Sharma 15*, MM Patel 14*, 90 ov)
Day 2 : India 2nd Innings - 51/1 (G Gambhir 28*, R Dravid 9*, 16 ov)
Day 3 : India 2nd Innings - 349/5 (Yuvraj Singh 15*, MS Dhoni 16*, 97.5 ov)
Day 4 : New Zealand 2nd Innings - 167/4 (LRPL Taylor 69*, JEC Franklin 26*, 56 ov)
Day 5 : New Zealand 2nd Innings - 281/8 (DL Vettori 15*, IE O'Brien 19*, 94.3 ov) - end of match

Teams:
New Zealand Brendon McCullum (wk), Chris Martin, Daniel Flynn, Daniel Vettori (Capt.), Iain O'Brien, James Franklin, Jesse Ryder, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Tim McIntosh, Tim Southee
India Gautam Gambhir, Harbhajan Singh, Ishant Sharma, MS Dhoni (Capt. & wk), Munaf Patel, Rahul Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, VVS Laxman, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan
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