Winning the toss at Bengaluru eyeing to level the series, led by Captain Ross Taylor’s century Kiwis made an emphatic 328/6 on Day 1. Within an hour of 2nd day Kiwis were bowled out, and India finished the day at 293/5. Third day saw India falling short by 12 runs, and Kiwis losing 9 wickets. On 4th Day India chased the target of 261 runs at the loss of 5 wickets.
2012 Ind vs NZ Series Schedule and Results
Match Facts
- Ross Taylor hit 7th test century, 3rd against India.
Kruger van Wyk hit maiden half-century in test.
Guptill hit 12th half-century in test.
Pragyan Ojha’s 5-wkt haul is his third in test.
Raina hit his 7th half-century.
Kohli hit his 2nd test century.
Dhoni hit his 25th test half-century.
104 run unbeaten stand between Kohli and Dhoni is the best for India at Bengaluru for 6th wicket.
7/64 by Southee is the 4th best bowling performance by any New Zealand bowler in a Test innings, and the best against India.
Ashwin grabbed his 4th 5-wkt haul in Test innings.
Kohli scored his 4th Test half-century.
Ashwin received Player of the series for the second time.
Kohli received his first Player of the Match award in test matches.
India registered their 5th biggest chase in Test matches, highest against New Zealand. Other 4 chases were against West Indies (406/4 at Port of Spain in 1976), England (387/4 at Chennai in 2008), West Indies (276/5 at Delhi in 2011) and Sri Lanka (264/3 at Kandy in 2001).
1590 runs in 4th innings gets Sachin the record of maximum runs in 4th innings surpassing Dravid’s 1575.
89 sixes by Sehwag in Test is third best after Gilchrist (100) and Kallis (92).
51 time Tendulkar has been bowled in Tests. He is close to
owning this dubious record too surpassing Dravid (55) and Border (53).
14th win made Dhoni the most successful captain at Home, surpassing Azharuddin’s record of 13 wins at home.
18 wickets in 2 Test matches makes Ashwin the joint second with Irfan Pathan for maximum wickets in 2-Test series. With 21 wickets, Kumble and Irfan Pathan lead the record for 2-test matches.
New Zealand 1st innings
- Guptill c Gambhir b Ojha 53 runs 79 balls 8 4s
Brendum McCullum lbw b Khan 0 4
Williamson lbw b Ojha 17 runs 44 balls 2 4s
Ross Taylor lbw b Ojha 113 runs 127 balls 16 4s 2 6s
Flynn lbw b Ashwin 33 runs 53 balls 6 4s
Franklin c Raina b Ojha 8 runs 35 balls 1 four
van Wyk c Raina b Khan 71 runs 100 balls 9 4s
Bracewell runout 43 runs 79 balls 6 4s
Southee lbw b Ojha 14 runs 11 balls 2 4s 1 six
Jeeten Patel c Gambhir b Yadav 0
Boult not out 2 runs 6 balls
Extras (b 2, lb 9) 11
Total (81.3 overs) 328/6
Fall of wickets
- 1-0 (McCullum, 1.5 ov), 2-63 (Williamson, 18.1 ov), 3-89 (Guptill, 23.3 ov), 4-196 (Flynn, 42.2 ov), 5-215 (Franklin, 51.4 ov), 6-246 (Taylor, 63.1 ov), 7-345 (van Wyk, 85.6 ov), 8-353 (Bracewell, 87.6 ov), 9-353 (Patel, 88.2 ov), 10-365 (Southee, 90.1 ov)
Bowling
- Ojha 28.1 ov 10 maidens 99/5
Zaheer Khan 22 ov 2 maidens 83/2
Umesh Yadav 16 ov 1 maiden 90/0
Ashwin 24 ov 5 maidens 82/1
India 1st innings
- Gambhir b Southee 2 runs 12 balls
Sehwag c Flynn b Bracewell 43 runs 60 balls 8 4s
Pujara c Boult b Southee 9 runs 17 balls 1 four
Tendulkar b Bracewell 17 runs 50 balls 3 4s
Kohli lbw b Southee 103 runs 193 balls 14 4s 1 six
Raina c van Wyk b Southee 55 runs 90 balls 9 4s 1 six
Dhoni lbw b Southee 62 runs 94 balls 8 4s 2 6s
Ashwin not out 32 runs 40 balls 5 4s
Zaheer Khan c van Wyk b Southee 7 runs 5 balls 1 four
Ojha c van Wyk b Southee 0
Umesh Yadav b Boult 4 runs 21 balls 1 four
Extras (b 11, lb 2, w 1, nb 5) 19
Total (96.5 overs) 353
Fall of wickets
- 1-5 (Gambhir, 3.4 ov), 2-27 (Pujara, 9.6 ov), 3-67 (Sehwag, 21.4 ov), 4-80 (Tendulkar, 23.3 ov), 5-179 (Raina, 50.3 ov), 6-301 (Kohli, 83.3 ov), 7-312 (Dhoni, 85.5 ov), 8-320 (Khan, 87.2 ov), 9-320 (Ojha, 87.6 ov), 10-353 (Yadav, 96.5 ov)
Bowling
- Boult 23.5 ov 2 maidens 90/1
Southee 24 ov 6 maidens 64/7
Bracewell 20 ov 4 maidens 91/2
Franklin 10 ov 4 maidens 17/0
Jeeten Patel 19 ov 5 maidens 78/0
New Zealand 2nd innings
- McCullum c Dhoni b Yadav 23 runs 21 balls 3 4s
Guptill b Yadav 7 runs 16 balls 1 four
Williamson c Sehwag b Ashwin 13 runs 37 balls 2 4s
Ross Taylor lbw b Ojha 35 runs 66 balls 3 4s
Flynn c Sehwag b Ashwin 31 runs 65 balls 6 4s
Franklin st Dhoni b Ashwin 41 runs 90 balls 3 4s
van Wyk lbw b Ashwin 31 runs 48 balls 3 4s
Bracewell lbw b Ojha 22 runs 43 balls 3 4s
Southee b Ashwin 2 runs 11 balls
Jeeten Patel c Dhoni b Khan 22 runs 27 balls 3 4s
Boult not out 4 runs 16 balls
Extras (b 4, lb 12, w 1) 17
Total (73.2 overs) 248
Fall of wickets
- 1-30 (Guptill, 5.3 ov), 2-31 (McCullum, 7.1 ov), 3-69 (Williamson, 17.6 ov), 4-111 (Taylor, 28.3 ov), 5-140 (Flynn, 40.5 ov), 6-195 (van Wyk, 55.4 ov), 7-216 (Franklin, 61.5 ov), 8-222 (Southee, 65.6 ov), 9-222 (Bracewell, 66.1 ov), 10-248 (Patel, 73.2 ov)
Bowling
- Zaheer Khan 14.2 ov 2 maidens 46/1
Umesh Yadav 15 ov 68/2
Pragyan Ojha 21 ov 6 maidens 49/2
Ashwin 22 ov 1 maiden 69/5
Raina 1 ov 1 maiden
India 2nd innings (target 261 runs)
- Gambhir c Taylor b Boult 34 runs 58 balls 7 4s
Sehwag b Patel 38 runs 33 balls 7 4s 1 six
Pujara c Flynn b Patel 48 runs 104 balls 7 4s
Tendulkar b Southee 27 runs 34 balls 5 4s
Kohli not out 51 runs 82 balls 9 4s
Raina b Patel 0
Dhoni not out 48 runs 60 balls 3 4s 2 6s
Extras (b 4, lb 6, w 5, nb 1) 16
Total (63.2 overs) 262/5
Fall of wickets
- 1-77 (Sehwag, 11.5 ov), 2-83 (Gambhir, 16.6 ov), 3-152 (Tendulkar, 34.4 ov), 4-158 (Pujara, 39.3 ov), 5-166 (Raina, 43.1 ov)
Bowling
- Boult 16 ov 4 maidens 64/1
Southee 18 ov 3 maidens 68/1
Bracewell 14 ov 3 maidens 52/0
Jeeten Patel 15.2 ov 3 maidens 68/3
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