Dhoni and Dravid make New Zealand bowlers sweat
Rahul Dravid and Mahendra Dhoni combined together in a run feast against New Zealand to dent Kiwi hopes of coming back into the game. In doing so, the pair added a massive of 193 runs between them for the 6th wicket partnership.
The Kiwi bowlers regrouped in the first session of play as they gathered three quick Indian wickets. However, Dravid’s resilience with the bat broke the opposition’s strength to attack as the master batsman scored his 2nd century of the series.
Resultantly, the home team has now raked up a huge total of 510 runs with five more wickets to play.
Moreover, the right hander, in his innings of 166 hammered the opponents’ bowlers to all parts of the corner. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Rahul-c83321 assembled the defence and attack in the process of hurting New Zealand and helped India gain a mammoth lead of 300 runs.
The Indian captain provided valuable support to his senior partner. Concurrently, the Indian captain started off his innings in an emphatic manner as he struck his first 21 runs off just 15 balls. The wicket keeper batsman counter attacked the bowlers in
his breathtaking knock of an unbeaten 95 runs.
The visiting team, after striking thrice in the first half of the first session had no answers to the all-out attack by the Indian batsmen. The spinners as well as the seam bowlers were stroked to all parts of the corner at Nagpur.
Furthermore, none of the Kiwi bowlers made an impact with the ball as nobody scalped a victim in the second session of play. Daniel Vettori bowled accurately, though wasn’t able to register a single wicket in the post-lunch session.
Andy McKay stood out on debut as he swung the new ball consistently. His persistent bowling earned him the prize wicket of the little master, Sachin Tendulkar.
Previously, New Zealand was bundled out on a grim first innings score of 193. Jessie Ryder was top-scorer for his team with his gritty knock of 59 runs.
India’s bowling attack without the premier bowler, Zaheer Khan, didn’t show his absence being felt. http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Ishant-Sharma-c64566 was the pick of the bowlers for the home team as he scalped worthy figures of 4/38 in the first outing.
India is in a commanding position as they have already gained a massive first innings lead. Dravid looks well set for a double century. Dhoni’s brutal display might earn him three figures in the process.
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/India-c750 is well ahead of their opposition, and their show in the first innings might earn them a possible victory.
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