India beat New Zealand in 6th T 20 of series, 2009

India was scheduled to play a 7 Match T 20 International series in New Zealand in 2009. 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 2 and 5. The 6th T 20 international match was to be played on Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand. 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 India team and 11 was looking like in this 6th T 20 international match: Sachin Tendulkar, Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, R Sharma, MS Dhoni (c & wk), Gautam Gambhir, Suresh Raina, H Singh, Praveen Kumar, Yusuf Pathan

And New Zealand team and 11 was looking like this in this 6th T 20 international Match: Jacob Oram, Brendon McCullum (wk), Kyle Mills, Daniel Vettori (c), Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Iain O’Brien, Grant Elliott, Neil Broom, Martin Guptill, Ian Butler

New Zealand batted well and was able to post total of 190 runs in 20 over’s at the loss of 5 wickets and with top scores of Jesse R who made 70 runs in 50 balls with 8 4’s and 4 six at the strike rate of 140 runs in 100 balls and J Oram who made 40 runs in 20 balls with 2 4’s and 2 six at the strike rate of 200 runs in 100 balls.

India was needed to score 191 runs in 20 over’s to win this match.

India batted well and was able to chase the target of 191 runs in 19.2 over’s at the loss of 4 wickets and won the game by 6 wickets in hand and with top contributions from Y Pathan who made 70 runs in 40 balls with 5 4’s and 4 sixes at the strike rate of 175 runs in 100 balls.

India won the match by 6 wickets in hand and series stands at 6-0 in favor of India with 1 more game to play.

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