Sunday, March 22, 2009

India outplays Kiwis in the entire department

India played like winner from very first day of this test match. It was really interesting to see the style of approaching the test by India. It became one sided game from very 1st day, when New Zealand was bowled out on 279 runs. New Zealand could not stop Sachin Tendulkar by scoring 42nd ton of his test and 85th ton of his international career. Tendulkar became the first Indian to score more than 600 runs against New Zealand and equaled Dravid’s record of scoring four centuries against New Zealand. More than the batting style of Tendulkar, it was to see the style of Dravid, who batted with more confidence than he did in Srilanka. He could not score much, but his approach was more focused and determined. With the contribution in batting from all the batsmen, Bowlers also stood to the expectation and bowled like true champions. Pace trio of Zaheer, Ishant and Munaf were in full blow and in spin department Harbhajan single handedly distracted the whole batting line ups of Kiwis in the 2nd inning. Harbhajan proved himself by taking six wickets in 2nd inning that it is not necessary to for him to be provided spinning track, he can take wickets and force a batsman to make mistake by bowling on any provided pitch.
Now, it would be interesting to see the approach of Kiwis in 2nd test as they will never want to lose the series on home soil. If India wins the 2nd test match, it would be record win for this Indian side, as none of Indian team could repeat the performance of 1968, when India won test series against New Zealand. Good luck Dhoni.

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