Dambulla, Sri Lanka: The virtual semifinal between NZ and India remained a contest between the bowlers of both teams. Two batsmen excelled, one from each team. But Sehwag; century was enough to defy Mills half-century’s importance in the match dominated by bowlers. Praveen and Nehra decided the result with decisive opening spell.
Match Facts
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1. Sehwag hit his 13th ODI century and 6th against New Zealand.
2. NZ vice-captain Mills hit 52, the 2nd 50 plus score of the match where all 20 wickets tumbled.
3. Sehwag and Dhoni had a century partnership of 107 runs for 5th wicket.
4. India meets SL in the final now.
Captains: Ross Taylor (NZ), Dhoni (Ind)
Toss India, who chose to bat
Points India 5, New Zealand 0
Player of the match V Sehwag (India)
Result: Ind won by 105 runs
Ind Innings
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KD Karthik c †Hopkins b Mills 0
Sehwag c Watling b McCullum 110 (93balls, 16 fours, 1six)
Kohli c †Hopkins b Southee 8
Yuvraj Singh c †Hopkins b McKay 6
Raina c Williamson b Southee 1
Dhoni*†c †Hopkins b McCullum 38 (75 balls, 3 fours)
Jadeja c Taylor b Southee 17
Praveen Kumar c Mills b Southee 6
Nehra c & b McCullum 0
Ishant Sharma not out 8
Munaf Patel c McKay b Mills 7
Extras (b 1, lb 5, w 14, nb 2) 22
Total (all out; 46.3 overs) 223 (4.79 runs per over)
Fall of wickets
1-0 (Karthik, 0.3 ov), 2-27 (Kohli, 5.4 ov), 3-61 (Yuvraj Singh, 11.3 ov), 4-66 (Raina, 12.6 ov), 5-173 (Sehwag, 32.2 ov), 6-199 (Dhoni, 38.3 ov), 7-199 (Jadeja, 39.2 ov), 8-207 (Nehra, 42.4 ov), 9-207 (Kumar, 43.1 ov), 10-223 (Patel, 46.3 ov)
Bowling
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Mills 8.3 overs 1 maiden 42/2
SOuthee 10 overs 2 maiden 49/4
McKay 8 overs 1 maiden 31/1
Styris 6 overs 37/0
Nathan 10 overs 35/3
Williamson 4 overs 23/0
NZ Innings (224 runs from 50 overs)
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Watling b Nehra 2
Guptill lbw b Kumar 0
Ross Taylor* c †Dhoni b Kumar 8
Elliott lbw b Patel 11
Styris b Kumar 1
Williamson b Sharma 13
Hopkins†lbw b Patel 0
Nathan McCullum c Karthik b Patel 5
Mills c Kumar b Nehra 52 (35 balls, 7 fours, 3 sixes)
Southee c Kumar b Jadeja 10
McKay not out 3
Extras (lb 5, w 8) 13
Total (all out; 30.1 overs) 118 (3.91 runs per over)
Fall of wickets
1-1 (Guptill, 0.2 ov), 2-6 (Watling, 3.4 ov), 3-14 (Taylor, 4.4 ov), 4-22 (Styris, 8.5 ov), 5-41 (Williamson, 15.5 ov), 6-42 (Hopkins, 16.5 ov), 7-52 (Elliott, 20.5 ov), 8-53 (McCullum, 22.2 ov), 9-80 (Southee, 24.2 ov), 10-118 (Mills, 30.1 ov)
Bowling
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Praveen 8 overs 2 maiden 34/3
Nehra 6.1 overs 1 maiden 10/2
Munaf 7 overs 1 maiden 21/3
Ishant 6 overs 1 maiden 27/1
Jadeja 3 overs 21/1
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