India beat New Zealand in 5th ODI of series, 2010

New Zealand was scheduled to play a 7 Match ONE DAY International in India in 2010. Both teams have great players and all rounder’s and match winners and it would be interesting to see them battle in this series and who batted very well  will be crowned as the winner after the series as they are ranked at 3 and 6. The 5th ONE DAY international match was to be played on Reliance Stadium, Vadodara, India on 5th Dec 2010. India holds the upper hand as they are more balanced team and playing very well as well.

India won the toss and opts to bowl first; this is how New Zealand team and 11 was looking like in this 5th ONE DAY international match: Scott Styris, Kyle Mills, Daryl Tuffey, Jamie How, Ross Taylor (c), Gareth Hopkins (wk), Nathan McCullum, Grant Elliott, Martin Guptill, James F, Kane Williamson

And India team and 11 was looking like this in this 5th ONE DAY international Match: Yuvraj Singh, Ashish Nehra, Gautam Gambhir (c), Suresh Raina, S Sreesanth, Munaf Patel, Yusuf Pathan, Virat Kohli, Wriddhiman Saha (wk), Ravichandran Ashwin, Murali Vijay.

New Zealand batted well and was able to post total of 224 runs in 50 over’s at the loss of 9 wickets and with top scores of James F who made 72 runs in 108 balls with 5 4’s and 1 six at the strike rate of 67 runs in 100 balls and N Mccullum who made 43 runs in 53 balls with 4 4’s and 0 six at the strike rate of 81 runs in 100 balls.

India was needed to score 225 runs in 50 over’s to win this match.

India batted well and was able to chase the target of 225 runs in 39.3 over’s at the loss of 1 wicket and won the game by 9 wickets in hand with top contributions from G Gambhir who made 126 runs in 117 balls with 16 4’s and 0 sixes at the strike rate of 108 runs in 100 balls.

India won the match 9 wickets in hand and series stands at 5-0 in favor of India with 2 more games to play.

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