Today was another glorious day for India as Ishant Sharma and Ojha wrapped up the last few wickets of New Zealand in some time and they lost last three wickets for just 45 runs. It was Southee who kept India away from batting for a little while as he made a delightful 38 which also included three sixes in his innings but that could help New Zealand to finish for a score more then 193.
India came to bat with the opening pair of Sehwag and Gambhir, both of them played with much confidence and Sehwag as usual wacked the bowlers all round the park. Sehwag made a quick fire half-century in no time and had put up another century stand along with his partner Gambhir who was also looking well settled on the crease. Sehwag was dismissed my Vettori at last to bring some ease to the visitors but Gambhir also had regained his form and continued his delightful innings to complete his another half century.
Gambhir was also soon dismissed before he could reach to his century by Southee. Later on Dravid and Tendulkar occupied the crease to prevent any further casualties to India as they carried on form where Sehwag and Gambhir left to complete the day with India scoring 292/2 at the end of the day. Tendulkar completed his another half century and along with Dravid he had put up their 19th century partnership.
New Zealand didn’t seem to have any ray of hope to make a comeback in the game as the Indian batsmen had left them into misery. New Zealand will have to come up with something special to get rid of the strong Indian middle order.
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