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Sehwag ton sets up crushing win
HAMILTON: Virender Sehwag smashed the fastest ODI hundred for India as the visitors crushed New Zealand by 84 runs under D/L method in the rain-truncated fourth ODI at Seddon Park here on Wednesday.
With this victory, India registered its maiden ODI series win in New Zealand. Sehwag smashed 6 sixes and 14 fours in his 74-ball 125 while Gambhir hit six fours in his 63 off 67 balls.
Set a revised target of 220 for victory from 36 overs after the fifth rain delay, India raced to 201 without loss midway through the 24th over when play was finally called off.
Sehwag broke the long standing Indian record of Mohammad Azharuddin who scored a hundred off 62 balls also against New Zealand at Baroda in 1988.
Earlier, reeling at 175/5, the Kiwi innings was revived by an unbeaten 95-run stand between Peter McGlashan and Grant Elliott. McGlashan hit a six and 6 fours in his 42-ball 56, while Elliott scored an unbeaten 35 off 27 balls with the help of a six and 3 fours as the Black Caps posted 270 for 5 in 47 overs.
The final match is in Auckland on Saturday.
Brief Scores: India 201 for 0 (Sehwag 125*, Gambhir 63*) beat New Zealand 270 for 5 (McCullum 77, McGlashan 56*) by 84 runs (D/L method)
MOM: Virender Sehwag
Fourth ODI - highlights:
# New Zealand (270-5 off 47 overs) recorded their highest innings total against India at Hamilton, surpassing their 210 for eight on February 15, 1981.
# New Zealand's aforesaid total is the fourth best at Hamilton - the top three being NZ's 350/9 against Australia and Australia's 346 for five in the same game on Feb.20, 2007 and NZ's 280 for six against Sri Lanka on March 29, 1995.
# Ryder and McCullum were associated in a 102-run stand - New Zealand's best for any wicket against India at Hamilton.
# India's 84-run victory is their biggest by runs margin at Hamilton, their first victory against New Zealand at Hamilton in three ODIs.
# India's only previous victory at Hamilton was by 55 runs over Zimbabwe on March 7, 1992.
# India registered their first bilateral series win in New Zealand - their third in a row on foreign soil.
# Gautam Gambhir's unbeaten 63 off 67 balls is his highest against New Zealand, bettering his 30 at Wellington on March 3, 2009. His first fifty against New Zealand is his 15th overall.
# Sehwag's 60-ball century is the seventh fastest in ODIs.
# Sehwag's aforesaid century is the fastest by an Indian, bettering Mohammad Azharuddin's 62-ball hundred against New Zealand at Baroda on December 17, 1988.
# Sehwag (104), with six sixes, has become the fourth Indian after Sourav Ganguly (190), Sachin Tendulkar (173) and Yuvraj Singh (121) to complete 100 or more sixes.
# With their 201-run unbroken partnership, Gambhir and Sehwag have set a partnership record for the opening wicket for India against New Zealand, obliterating the 182 between Sehwag and Tendulkar at Hyderabad on November 15, 2003.
# The Sri Lankan pair, Upul Tharanga and Sanath Jayasuriya had also posted 201 for the first wicket against New Zealand - at Napier on December 28, 2006.
# McCullum (77 off 95 balls) registered his best innings against India, bettering his 71 at Christchurch on March 8, 2009. McCullum's 15th ODI fifty is his second against India.
# McGlashan (56 not out off 42 balls) is now the first wicketkeeper to score a fifty against India in New Zealand.
# Grant Elliott and McGlashan put on a 95-run stand (unfinished) for the sixth wicket - New Zealand's highest against India in New Zealand.
# Sehwag, with five hundreds against New Zealand has now emulated Sachin Tendulkar's Indian record of five centuries.
# Overall, Sehwag has made 11 hundreds - three in India and eight away from home.
# With his 125 not out off 74 balls at Hamilton, Sehwag has emulated Gordon Greenidge's tally of three hundreds against New Zealand in New Zealand.
# Sehwag received his fifth MOM award vs New Zealand - his 18th overall.
# Sehwag's excellent innings is the fastest ever by any batsman in New Zealand. Craig McMillan (NZ) had posted a 67-ball century against Australia at Hamilton on February 20, 2007. |
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