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Virender Sehwag scored a hundred in 60 balls against the Kiwis, bettering the record of former captain Mohammad Azharuddin(62 balls) and became the fastest hundred scorer. The list topped by Pakistan's fireman-Shahid Afridi scoring a century in just 37 balls.
Today, together with Gautam Gambhir, Sehwag steered India to a 84 run victory over the Kiwis leading India to their first victory against New Zealand in New Zealand.


Scoreboard:
New Zealand India


Jesse Ryder c Raina b Yuvraj Singh 46

Brendon McCullum lbw b Khan 77

Ross Taylor c R.G. Sharma b Pathan 5

Martin Guptill c sub (K.D. Karthik) b I Sharma 25

Jacob Oram c Dhoni b I Sharma 1

Peter McGlashan not out 56

Grant Elliott not out 35

Extras (lb 9, w 13, nb 3) 25




Gautam Gambhir not out 63

Virender Sehwag not out 125

Extras (lb 9, w 4) 13








Total (for 5 wickets in 47 overs) 270 Total (For no loss in 23.3 overs) 201
Fall of wickets:
1-102 (Ryder, 19.1 ov)
2-114 (Taylor, 22.5 ov)
3-155 (McCullum, 33.4 ov)
4-156 (Oram, 34.1 ov)
5-175 (Guptill, 36.5 ov)

Bowling:

Zaheer Khan 10 0 49 1 (2w)

Praveen Kumar 7 0 51 0 (3w)

Ishant Sharma 8 0 57 2 7.12 (3nb, 1w)

Yuvraj Singh 9 0 40 1

Yusuf Pathan 5 0 14 1

Harbhajan Singh 8 0 50 0 6.25 (2w)

Bowling:

Kyle Mills 5 0 29 0

Ewen Thompson 4 0 42 0(2w)

Iain O'Brien 3 0 37 0 (1w)

Daniel Vettori 5 0 32 0

Jacob Oram 4.3 0 43 0

Grant Elliott 2 0 9 0(1w)

Toss: New Zealand, who chose to bat first

Result: India win by 84 runs by D/L method, win series 3-0

Umpires: G.A.V. Baxter and Rudi Koertzen (South Africa)

TV umpire: E.A. Watkin

Match referee: R.S. Madugalle (Sri Lanka)


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