India Vs New Zealand 5Th Odi
New Zealand tour of India - 1999 (1999/00) · Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi · 17 November 1999
India won by 7 wickets (with 36 balls remaining)
India won by 7 wickets (with 36 balls remaining). Sourav Ganguly top-scored with 86 for India.
MATCH FACTS
- Ground
- Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi (then Feroz Shah Kotla)
- Date
- 17 November 1999
- Toss
- New Zealand, chose to bat
- Result
- India won by 7 wickets (with 36 balls remaining)
- Player of the match
- Sourav Ganguly
- Captains
- Stephen Fleming (New Zealand), Sachin Tendulkar (India)
- Debut
- Devang Gandhi (India)
- Umpires
- SK Sharma and VM Gupte
- Match referee
- RS Madugalle
HOW THE MATCH UNFOLDED
New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat. It was Devang Gandhi's first ODI.
New Zealand batted first and made 179 for 9. Roger Twose top-scored with 47 off 94 balls, and Chris Cairns made 41. Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran took 3 for 24 for India. That was well below the 1990s average first-innings total at Arun Jaitley Stadium, 252 across 5 ODIs.
Chasing 180, India made 181 for 3. Sourav Ganguly top-scored with 86 off 110 balls, and Devang Gandhi made 30. The innings was built on a 117-run stand for the first wicket between Sourav Ganguly and Devang Gandhi, 65% of the total.
India won by 7 wickets (with 36 balls remaining).
NEW ZEALAND: 179 FOR 9
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Craig Spearman | c Rahul Dravid | 3 | 27 |
| Nathan Astle | lbw | 7 | 10 |
| Stephen Fleming | lbw | 22 | 60 |
| Roger Twose | c Vijay Bharadwaj | 47 | 94 |
| Chris Cairns | lbw | 41 | 57 |
| Adam Parore | bowled | 13 | 32 |
| Chris Harris | not out | 12 | 13 |
| Scott Styris | run out (Sachin Tendulkar) | 2 | 6 |
| Alex Tait | c Robin Singh | 4 | 4 |
| Daniel Vettori | run out (Vijay Bharadwaj, Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran) | 2 | 1 |
Did not bat: Chris Drum
Extras 26 · Total 179 for 9
| Bowler (India) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Javagal Srinath | 10 | 1 | 31 | 1 |
| Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran | 9 | 3 | 24 | 3 |
| Nikhil Chopra | 5 | 1 | 16 | 0 |
| Sourav Ganguly | 6 | 1 | 29 | 1 |
| Robin Singh | 10 | 0 | 28 | 1 |
| Sunil Joshi | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-11 (Nathan Astle, 4.1 ov), 2-23 (Craig Spearman, 9.4 ov), 3-58 (Stephen Fleming, 21.1 ov), 4-124 (Chris Cairns, 35.5 ov), 5-152 (Roger Twose, 44.3 ov), 6-161 (Adam Parore, 47.1 ov), 7-165 (Scott Styris, 48.2 ov), 8-172 (Alex Tait, 49.3 ov), 9-179 (Daniel Vettori, 49.6 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Craig Spearman and Nathan Astle | 11 | 25 |
| second | Stephen Fleming and Craig Spearman | 12 | 33 |
| third | Stephen Fleming and Roger Twose | 35 | 69 |
| fourth | Chris Cairns and Roger Twose | 66 | 88 |
| fifth | Adam Parore and Roger Twose | 28 | 52 |
| sixth | Adam Parore and Chris Harris | 9 | 16 |
| seventh | Chris Harris and Scott Styris | 4 | 7 |
| eighth | Chris Harris and Alex Tait | 7 | 7 |
| ninth | Chris Harris and Daniel Vettori | 7 | 3 |
INDIA: 181 FOR 3
| Batter | How out | R | B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sourav Ganguly | st Adam Parore | 86 | 110 |
| Devang Gandhi | lbw | 30 | 67 |
| Rahul Dravid | not out | 29 | 53 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | c Daniel Vettori | 0 | 3 |
| Vijay Bharadwaj | not out | 17 | 35 |
Did not bat: Robin Singh, MSK Prasad, Sunil Joshi, Javagal Srinath, Thirunavukkarasu Kumaran, Nikhil Chopra
Extras 19 · Total 181 for 3
| Bowler (New Zealand) | O | M | R | W |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Cairns | 7 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Chris Drum | 5 | 0 | 41 | 1 |
| Scott Styris | 10 | 2 | 23 | 0 |
| Nathan Astle | 4 | 0 | 19 | 0 |
| Chris Harris | 6 | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| Daniel Vettori | 10 | 2 | 46 | 2 |
| Alex Tait | 2 | 0 | 10 | 0 |
FALL OF WICKETS
1-117 (Devang Gandhi, 26.4 ov), 2-156 (Sourav Ganguly, 33.1 ov), 3-156 (Sachin Tendulkar, 33.4 ov)
| Wkt | Batters | Runs | Balls |
|---|---|---|---|
| first | Sourav Ganguly and Devang Gandhi | 117 | 160 |
| second | Sourav Ganguly and Rahul Dravid | 39 | 39 |
| third | Sachin Tendulkar and Rahul Dravid | 0 | 3 |
| fourth | Rahul Dravid and Vijay Bharadwaj | 25 | 62 |
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