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India clinch series opener
NAPIER: India won the rain-affected opening One-Day International against New Zealand by 53 runs at McLean Park here tonight.
Set a revised target of 216 from 28 overs after a second rain delay, New Zealand could only muster 162 for nine.
Earlier, India posted 273 for four in their innings with captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni top scoring with an unbeaten 84.
Harbhajan Singh took three wickets in four balls as New Zealand collapsed. The spinner ended with figures of three for 27.
The second match of the five-game series is in Wellington on Friday. NZC
Napier ODI - Statistical highlights
# Harbhajan, with Brendon McCullum's dismissal, took his 50th catch in Limited-Overs Internationals.
# Harbhajan (3/27 off only four overs) recorded the best ever figures by an Indian spinner at McLean Park, Napier.
# Harbhajan's aforesaid figures are his best against New Zealand, outstripping his 2 for 25 at Colombo, RPS on July 20, 2001.
# Martin Guptill's first fifty against India is his second in LOIs.
# India's total of 273 for four is their highest against New Zealand in New Zealand, outstripping the 257 for five in 50 overs at Taupo on January 9, 1999.
# Daniel Vettori is now the second player to play 100 ODIs in New Zealand. Stephen Fleming holds the record, having played 105 ODIs in New Zealand.
# Dhoni's 29th fifty in ODIs is his first against New Zealand. While leading India, Dhoni has recorded 15 fifties in Limited-Overs Internationals.
# Dhoni now holds a record for the highest individual innings by an Indian captain in New Zealand, surpassing Mohammad Azharuddin's 63 against New Zealand at Christchurch on January 19,1999.
# With 94 & 53 against Sri Lanka at Colombo, RPS and an unbeaten 84 against New Zealand at Napier on February 3, 2009, Dhoni has posted three fifty-plus innings in consecutive games for the first time.
# The 69-run stand between Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar is India's best for the first wicket at Napier, bettering the 66 between Ajay Jadeja and Navjot Singh Sidhu on March 25, 1994.
# Brendon McCullum recorded his tenth duck - his second against India.
# India's 53-run win is their second out of five played against New Zealand at Napier.
# Mahendra Singh Dhoni, thanks to his match-winning knock, has been adjudged the Man of the Match for the first time against New Zealand, his tenth overall in ODIs.
# Virender Sehwag, with his 77 off 56 balls, became the first player to post two innings of 75-plus for India against New Zealand at Napier - his best being 108 on December 29, 2002.
# Suresh Raina (66 off 39 balls) made his tenth fifty in ODIs, which is his first against New Zealand.
# Raina (Strike rate: 169.23), for the first time, has recorded a strike rate of 150. His previous best strike rate was 148.52 - 101 off 68 balls against Hong Kong at Karachi on June 25,2008.
# Dhoni and Raina were involved in a 110-run fourth-wicket stand - a partnership record for India against New Zealand in New Zealand, bettering the 64 between Mohammad Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja at Auckland on January 16,1999. |
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