India in Newzeland

The second T-20 match between India and Newzeland was not all that great for the cricket fans back in India, except for Yuvraj finding his touch and Irfan rediscovreing some of his pace and swing. B.Mccullum again did the job for the kiwis, as they won the 2nd Twenty-20 mach in the series against India. Newzeland and India came head to head in 3 twenty -20 matches till now and the kiwis have beaten India on all the 3 occasions.

India came into the series without having any match practice and that reflected in their game. None of the Indians except Yuvraj and Sehwag were able to play their natural game, and when Sehwag fell after a quick 20, others followed him to the pavallion. Then it was time for Yuvraj Singh to play a good knock. He handled the kiwi bowlers easily as his captain was struggling at the other end to find the middle of the bat. But once Yuvraj went, it was clear that Indians aren't going to post a good score.

Newzelanders were off to a flier as their openers Mccullum and Ryder took on the Indian seamers. Mccullum started from where he left off in the last match and the score raised past 50 in the 5th over. But once the spinners were introduced into the attack, the runrate came down a bit, and with Irfan's double strike in the 18th over, Indians thought they had a chance. But Mccullum had other ideas as he took Newzeand to a thrilling victory scoring 9 runs that was required for victory in the last 3 balls . India had a chance to tie the match as Mccullum scooped the last ball from pathan in the air, but the diving Rohit sharma, couldn't cling on to that. In the end it was a well deserved win for the kiwis as they outplayed Indians in all areas of the game.


It was in 2002-2003 that Indians last toured Newzealand and they lost the test series 2-0 and the one day series 5-2. Indian batsmen failed miserably in that tour. If the Indians have to win this series or atleast put up a good fight, their batsmen will have to adapt to the playing conditions and climate in Newzealand very quickly.