India v New Zealand 1st Test

New Zealand tour of India [Nov 2010] - 2010 (2010/11) · Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad · 4 November 2010

Match drawn

Match drawn. Virender Sehwag top-scored with 173 for India. Chris Martin took 5/63.

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MATCH FACTS

Series: New Zealand tour of India [Nov 2010] - 2010 (2010/11)
Ground: Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad (then Sardar Patel Stadium)
Dates: 4 November 2010 to 8 November 2010
Toss: India, chose to bat
Result: Match drawn
Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh
Captains: MS Dhoni (India), Daniel Vettori (New Zealand)
Debuts: Kane Williamson (New Zealand), Hamish Bennett (New Zealand)
Umpires: HDPK Dharmasena and SJ Davis
Match referee: RS Madugalle

HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED

India won the toss and chose to bat. Kane Williamson and Hamish Bennett played their first Tests.

India batted first and made 487 all out. Virender Sehwag top-scored with 173 off 199 balls, and Rahul Dravid made 104. Daniel Vettori took 4 for 118 for New Zealand. The innings was built on a 237-run stand for the second wicket between Rahul Dravid and Virender Sehwag, 49% of the total. From 383 for 4 they lost 4 wickets for 29 runs, to 412 for 8.

New Zealand replied with 459 all out. Kane Williamson top-scored with 131 off 299 balls, and Jesse Ryder made 103. Pragyan Ojha took 4 for 107 for India. The innings was built on a 194-run stand for the fifth wicket between Jesse Ryder and Kane Williamson, 42% of the total. India led by 28 on first innings.

India made 266 all out in their second innings. Harbhajan Singh top-scored with 115 off 193 balls, and VVS Laxman made 91. Chris Martin took 5 for 63 for New Zealand. The innings was built on a 163-run stand for the seventh wicket between VVS Laxman and Harbhajan Singh, 61% of the total. From 0 for 0 they lost 5 wickets for 15 runs, to 15 for 5.

Set 295 to win, New Zealand made 22 for 1. Brendon McCullum top-scored with 11 not out off 28 balls.

Match drawn.

INDIA, FIRST INNINGS: 487 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Gautam Gambhir	b Jesse Ryder	21	41
Virender Sehwag	b Daniel Vettori	173	199
Rahul Dravid	b Chris Martin	104	227
Sachin Tendulkar	c & b Jeetan Patel	40	133
VVS Laxman	lbw b Jeetan Patel	40	105
Suresh Raina	c Brendon McCullum b Kane Williamson	3	19
MS Dhoni	c BJ Watling b Daniel Vettori	10	9
Harbhajan Singh	c Gareth Hopkins b Daniel Vettori	69	97
Zaheer Khan	b Daniel Vettori	1	11
Pragyan Ojha	lbw b Jeetan Patel	11	59
Sreesanth	not out	2	16

Extras 13 · Total 487 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Chris Martin	24	5	75	1
Hamish Bennett	15	2	47	0
Daniel Vettori	54.5	12	118	4
Jesse Ryder	17	4	56	1
Jeetan Patel	29	6	135	3
Kane Williamson	12	0	49	1

FALL OF WICKETS

1-60 (Gautam Gambhir, 11.6 ov), 2-297 (Virender Sehwag, 74.2 ov), 3-317 (Rahul Dravid, 83.2 ov), 4-383 (Sachin Tendulkar, 114.4 ov), 5-392 (Suresh Raina, 119.5 ov), 6-392 (VVS Laxman, 120.2 ov), 7-410 (MS Dhoni, 123.5 ov), 8-412 (Zaheer Khan, 127.1 ov), 9-478 (Pragyan Ojha, 145.5 ov), 10-487 (Harbhajan Singh, 151.5 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gautam Gambhir (21) and Virender Sehwag (37)	60	73
second	Rahul Dravid (92) and Virender Sehwag (136)	237	376
third	Sachin Tendulkar (8) and Rahul Dravid (12)	20	54
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (32) and VVS Laxman (34)	66	188
fifth	VVS Laxman (6) and Suresh Raina (3)	9	31
sixth	VVS Laxman (0) and MS Dhoni (0)	0	3
seventh	Harbhajan Singh (8) and MS Dhoni (10)	18	21
eighth	Harbhajan Singh (1) and Zaheer Khan (1)	2	20
ninth	Harbhajan Singh (53) and Pragyan Ojha (11)	66	114
tenth	Harbhajan Singh (7) and Sreesanth (2)	9	36

NEW ZEALAND, FIRST INNINGS: 459 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Tim McIntosh	c MS Dhoni b Zaheer Khan	0	10
Brendon McCullum	st MS Dhoni b Pragyan Ojha	65	122
BJ Watling	b Pragyan Ojha	6	22
Ross Taylor	c VVS Laxman b Harbhajan Singh	56	124
Jesse Ryder	lbw b Sreesanth	103	205
Kane Williamson	c VVS Laxman b Pragyan Ojha	131	299
Daniel Vettori	c MS Dhoni b Suresh Raina	41	95
Gareth Hopkins	lbw b Pragyan Ojha	14	36
Jeetan Patel	b Sreesanth	14	35
Hamish Bennett	b Zaheer Khan	4	30
Chris Martin	not out	3	21

Extras 22 · Total 459 all out

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	28.4	6	70	2
Sreesanth	26	2	88	2
Pragyan Ojha	53	14	107	4
Harbhajan Singh	43	7	112	1
Virender Sehwag	1	0	7	0
Suresh Raina	12	1	42	1
Sachin Tendulkar	2	0	16	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-8 (Tim McIntosh, 2.4 ov), 2-27 (BJ Watling, 9.1 ov), 3-131 (Ross Taylor, 44.5 ov), 4-137 (Brendon McCullum, 49.2 ov), 5-331 (Jesse Ryder, 117.3 ov), 6-417 (Kane Williamson, 144.3 ov), 7-417 (Daniel Vettori, 145.6 ov), 8-445 (Gareth Hopkins, 156.5 ov), 9-445 (Jeetan Patel, 157.3 ov), 10-459 (Hamish Bennett, 165.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Tim McIntosh (0) and Brendon McCullum (8)	8	16
second	Brendon McCullum (9) and BJ Watling (6)	19	39
third	Brendon McCullum (44) and Ross Taylor (56)	104	215
fourth	Brendon McCullum (4) and Jesse Ryder (2)	6	27
fifth	Jesse Ryder (101) and Kane Williamson (87)	194	412
sixth	Daniel Vettori (41) and Kane Williamson (44)	86	162
seventh	Daniel Vettori (0) and Gareth Hopkins (0)	0	9
eighth	Gareth Hopkins (14) and Jeetan Patel (14)	28	65
ninth	Jeetan Patel (0) and Hamish Bennett (0)	0	4
tenth	Chris Martin (3) and Hamish Bennett (4)	14	50

INDIA, SECOND INNINGS: 266 ALL OUT

Batter	How out	R	B
Gautam Gambhir	c Gareth Hopkins b Chris Martin	0	3
Virender Sehwag	run out (Martin Guptill, Daniel Vettori)	1	1
Rahul Dravid	c Gareth Hopkins b Chris Martin	1	16
Sachin Tendulkar	b Chris Martin	12	25
VVS Laxman	lbw b Daniel Vettori	91	253
Suresh Raina	c Ross Taylor b Chris Martin	0	4
MS Dhoni	b Chris Martin	22	72
Harbhajan Singh	c BJ Watling b Ross Taylor	115	193
Zaheer Khan	lbw b Daniel Vettori	0	1
Pragyan Ojha	not out	9	37
Sreesanth	c Gareth Hopkins b Ross Taylor	4	11

Extras 11 · Total 266 all out

Bowler (New Zealand)	O	M	R	W
Chris Martin	27	8	63	5
Daniel Vettori	38	8	81	2
Jeetan Patel	23	1	72	0
Kane Williamson	4	0	18	0
Ross Taylor	4.4	2	4	2
Brendon McCullum	6	1	18	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-0 (Gautam Gambhir, 0.3 ov), 2-1 (Virender Sehwag, 1.6 ov), 3-2 (Rahul Dravid, 4.5 ov), 4-15 (Sachin Tendulkar, 8.3 ov), 5-15 (Suresh Raina, 10.1 ov), 6-65 (MS Dhoni, 34.5 ov), 7-228 (VVS Laxman, 89.2 ov), 8-228 (Zaheer Khan, 89.3 ov), 9-260 (Harbhajan Singh, 100.2 ov), 10-266 (Sreesanth, 102.4 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Gautam Gambhir (0) and Virender Sehwag (0)	0	3
second	Rahul Dravid (0) and Virender Sehwag (1)	1	9
third	Sachin Tendulkar (0) and Rahul Dravid (1)	1	17
fourth	Sachin Tendulkar (12) and VVS Laxman (1)	13	22
fifth	VVS Laxman (0) and Suresh Raina (0)	0	10
sixth	VVS Laxman (28) and MS Dhoni (22)	50	148
seventh	VVS Laxman (62) and Harbhajan Singh (94)	163	328
eighth	Harbhajan Singh (0) and Zaheer Khan (0)	0	1
ninth	Harbhajan Singh (21) and Pragyan Ojha (7)	32	64
tenth	Sreesanth (4) and Pragyan Ojha (2)	6	14

NEW ZEALAND, SECOND INNINGS: 22 FOR 1

Batter	How out	R	B
Tim McIntosh	lbw b Zaheer Khan	0	6
Brendon McCullum	not out	11	28
BJ Watling	not out	2	26

Did not bat: Ross Taylor, Jesse Ryder, Kane Williamson, Daniel Vettori, Gareth Hopkins, Jeetan Patel, Hamish Bennett, Chris Martin

Extras 9 · Total 22 for 1

Bowler (India)	O	M	R	W
Zaheer Khan	4	2	7	1
Sreesanth	1	0	4	0
Pragyan Ojha	3	2	1	0
Suresh Raina	1	0	1	0
MS Dhoni	1	0	5	0

FALL OF WICKETS

1-4 (Tim McIntosh, 0.6 ov)

PARTNERSHIPS
Wkt	Batters	Runs	Balls
first	Tim McIntosh (0) and Brendon McCullum (0)	4	6
second	Brendon McCullum (11) and BJ Watling (2)	18	54

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