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Ryder powers Black Caps to consolation win
AUCKLAND: A fine all-round performance by Jesse Ryder powered Black Caps to a consolation win in the fifth and final ODI against India at the Eden Park here on Saturday.
Man of the match Ryder took three for 29 off nine overs to restrict India to 149 all out in 36.3 overs, and then scored a typical quickfire 63 off 49 balls as New Zealand raced to their target in 23.2 overs to win by eight wickets. India won the series 3-1 after securing victories in Napier, Christchurch and Hamilton, while the second match at Wellington was washed out.
Martin Guptill (57 not out) finished the match in style - hitting Ishant Sharma's first two deliveries off his eighth over for boundaries. Guptill brought up his fifty with a six over mid wicket before finishing the game with a pulled four over square leg.
Guptill and Ross Taylor (28 not out) added 58 runs unbroken for the third wicket to take the Black Caps home.
Earlier, Rohit Sharma top scored for India with an unbeaten 43 while Virender Sehwag contributed 40 from 27 balls but a middle order collapse saw India lose its last nine wickets for 84 runs.
The National Bank Test series starts in Hamilton on Wednesday.
Brief Scores: New Zealand 151 for 2 (Jesse Ryder 63, Martin Guptill 57 not out, Ross Taylor 28 not out) beat India 149 (Rohit Sharma 43*, Virender Sehwag 40, Jesse Ryder 3 for 29, Jacob Oram 2 for 22) by eight wickets
MOM: Jesse Ryder
Fifth ODI highlights:
# Ryder's excellent innings of 63 off 49 balls is his second fifty in ODIs, which is his first against India.
# For the second time in ODIs, Ryder has registered four sixes in an innings. He had first posted four sixes against India at Christchurch during his innings of 105 off 80 balls on March 8, 2009.
# Jesse Ryder (3/29) has recorded his best bowling figures in ODIs, bettering his 2 for 14 against England at Napier on February 20, 2008. Ryder became the first all-rounder from New Zealander to claim three wickets in an innings apart from registering a fifty in the same match against India in New Zealand.
# Martin Guptill's unbeaten 57 off 50 balls is his second fifty against India, which is his third in ODIs.
# Ryder received his second MOM award in ODIs, his first being against England at Hamilton on February 12, 2008.
# India's 3-1 series win is their first in New Zealand.
# India have won three successive bilateral ODI series on foreign soil - 3-2 against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka in 2008; 4-1 against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka in 2008-09 and 3-1 against New Zealand in New Zealand in 2008-09.
# New Zealand recorded their biggest victory over India at Auckland, which is their fourth in seven matches.
# Virender Sehwag took his run-aggregate in the series to 299 (ave. 74.75), including one century and two fifties. His tally of eleven is the most by any batsman in a series against New Zealand. |
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