Whatever the outcome is , I congratualte india for giving a Home team a tough fight by beating all the odds against them !
**New Zealand won by 3 wickets well played NZ :k: :k: :k:
1 done 6 to go…**
yeah well played NZ. Keep it Up!
Jacob Oram starred with bat and ball as New Zealand secured a three-wicket victory over India in a low-scoring opening one-day international.
The home side needed less than 38 overs to overcome India’s paltry total of 108.
But they lost seven wickets in the process, relying on Oram, whose five wickets destroyed the Indian middle order, to top-score with 27.
Javagal Srinath took four wickets, including two in a single over to leave the Black Caps 52 for two at one point.
But Oram and Kyle Mills shared a seventh-wicket partnership of 34 to get the innings back on track.
Mills was dismissed by Srinath for 21 before Oram and Daniel Vettori steered the Kiwis home.
Oram took five wickets for 26 runs to force an Indian collapse, leaving them 79 for eight off 25 overs.
The tourists were hit by injury problems with batsman Sachin Tendulkar ruled out with a sprained ankle, Sanjay Bangar with a knee injury and spinner Harbhajan Singh with a hand injury.
Virender Sehwag was out in the second over of the day. After bowling three no balls, paceman Shane Bond bowled the opener for nought with a fast inswinger.
VVS Laxman also continued his struggle for form on tour, scoring just nine before he top-edged a hook off Daryl Tuffey and was caught on the fine leg boundary.
Opener Shiv Sunder Das, a late replacement for Tendulkar, looked to be resurrecting the innings with captain Sourav Ganguly, the pair adding 35 before both fell in the space of three balls.
Das was caught at first slip for 30 by Stephen Fleming as he tried to cut a wide ball from Kyle Mills.
Then Oram cut through the middle order, removing Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh in the space of four balls, Ganguly playing on to his stumps for 14 and Yuvraj caught at slip for two.
Oram then removed Mohammad Kaif for six and Anil Kumble and Javagal Srinath, both without scoring.
New Zealand (from): Stephen Fleming (capt), Nathan Astle, Shane Bond, Paul Hitchcock, Kyle Mills, Brendon McCullum, Craig McMillan, Jacob Oram, Daryl Tuffey, Mathew Sinclair, Daniel Vettori, Lou Vincent.
India (from): Sourav Ganguly (captain), Virender Sehwag, Rahul Dravid, Mohammad Kaif, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan, Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble, Ajit Agarkar, Parthiv Patel, VVS Laxman, Ashish Nehra, Rakesh Patel.
close game...
Congrats Kiwis!
WEll played NZ. This is 2nd time in the tour that Oram has played key role in NZ's victory.
This is how Indian captain went back home. A sight to watch :)
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Newzeland cruise through a 3 wicket win, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Finally the much over rated Indian team has been brought down to earth. I expect a white wash in one dayers as well.
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**Newzeland cruise through a 3 wicket win, CONGRATS!!!!!!!!!!!!*
Finally the much over rated Indian team has been brought down to earth. I expect a white wash in one dayers as well.
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I doubt that.
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I doubt that.
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Yeah me 2, I don't think it will be complete white-wash, but NZ should win the series.
I don’t know why you guys are keeping hope on this team, they are completely a flop, their heads were all high after beating England and proclaimed themselves the best team in the world but I doubt they will even pass 150 in the next 6 matches.
Kiwi batsman will get used to Indian bowlers and they will start scoring well against them consistently.
Well there is one exception, they were missing their best batsman from the test series, I hope Harabajhan feels well and makes the team again. 
NZ has hardly outperformed India in the batting dept in this series. Even yesterday they were 54/6 at one point. They have just been scraping through to victories. I would attribute their victories so far in the series to luck, winning the toss when it mattered and playing in the comfort of familiar settings but it has mostly been luck. Almost all of these matches that NZ won could have gone either way.