- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR25.1 and the bowling change from spin to pace on a pitch that is assisting turn works. This is short of a length, just outside off, Guptill looks to punch it on the up but is cramped on slightly and ends up playing inside its line. The outside edge is pouched comfortably by Dhoni. A very good innings on a difficult pitch to score runs on 138/215.3 taken this time. The pressure was building on NZ. Latham tries to drag his sweep from well outside off and ends up getting a leading edge which lobs up for short fine leg to take. Axar slowed that up and pushed that wide, Latham ended up being too far outside off to control that stroke. Reward for some tight bowling 96/135.2 gone, caught behind. Quite a big edge. Shorter and wide outside off, Williamson fails to get over the bounce, gets an edge on his cut. Undone by a bit of an extra bounce, good length from Mishra. A false shot from Williamson or just beaten by the bounce, he throws his head back in disgust 184/345.3 swung away down to fine leg. Has Dhoni made the run-out again? Has he created something? Taylor was labouring back for the second, and pays the price as Dhoni collects the ball in front of the stumps and then deflects the ball back onto the stumps, all in one swift motion. Didn't even need to look at the stumps as he under-armed it back. A fantastic piece of agility, but not something new. If he was standing close to the stumps, Taylor would have made it with relative ease. Dhawal's throw from fine leg wasn't great - slow on the bounce, but Dhoni created the pace by getting to the ball 223/637.6 taken. Neesham slaps a ball to cover and falls. NZ stumbling again through the middle overs. Flatter trajectory outside off, Neesham is hesitant whether to go back or come forward. Eventually, he is in a terrible place to play the half-drive, half-cut. Excellent length. Ends up mis-timing his stroke to Kohli at cover, who dives low to his left to complete the catch. May have done some damage to his hand too. The ball may have hit Neesham twice on the bat, once at the top, then at the bottom during his swing 192/444.3 swung away but straight down to fine leg, and Watling goes. Fuller length down leg, Watling goes for a swing with the angle, but cannot keep it down. Cannot get enough on it. Ends up helping it down to fine leg, who had to move a few metres to his left to complete the catch. 217/547.6 straight to cover. Another one goes. A slower ball on leg, Devcich backs away and looks to go over cover. The right option, but bad execution. The ball hardly comes on as he ends up chipping a catch to cover who takes an easy reverse-cupped catch by his shoulder 242/7Extras16 (lb 3, w 13)TOTAL260/7 (50 Overs, RR: 5.2)Fall of wickets: 1-96 (Tom Latham, 15.3 ov), 2-138 (Martin Guptill, 25.1 ov), 3-184 (Kane Williamson, 35.2 ov), 4-192 (James Neesham, 37.6 ov), 5-217 (BJ Watling, 44.3 ov), 6-223 (Ross Taylor, 45.3 ov), 7-242 (Anton Devcich, 47.6 ov)
26/10Result
4th ODI (D/N), New Zealand tour of India at Ranchi, Oct 26 2016
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241 (48.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
26/10Result
4th ODI (D/N), New Zealand tour of India at Ranchi, Oct 26 2016
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241 (48.4/50 ov)
Player of the Match
- BATSMENRBM4s6sSR27.2 given this time. The change has worked. Looked pretty close. Rahane fails to convert a solid start into a big score, Yes, good decision by umpire Oxenford. Full and straight - towards middle and off. Rahane comes forward and shuffles across to reduce the distance from a plausible offcutter, but Neesham bowls this seam-up. It skids on and strikes Rahane in front of middle, no problem with height. Out. 128/34.1 beauty from Southee. Perfect outswinger. Short of a driving length, just outside off, Sharma plays defensively from the crease. The ball moves away to take the outside edge. This is really good bowling. This is late swing, and Sharma follows it with his hands 19/119.5 and gone. Kohli falls. Short and wide outside off, a terrible delivery. Kohli goes back and gets a thin edge which is well taken by Watling. Not much turn, but there may have been some extra bounce, or Kohli just played for some. Either way, what was turning into another typical Kohli chase has been cut short, almost literally. 98/229.2 gets through. Massive wicket. Dhoni falls. The crowd goes silent. Just a straight delivery on leg. Seam-up, Dhoni doesn't move his feet, drives at the ball but the ball finds a way through the bat and pad gap to clatter into leg stump. A big play from Neesham. May have got that to seam back in just enough. 135/442.3 full, fast and that's the game. Finally through Patel. He has fought hard but it has come to an end here. Boult spears this in, Patel looks to whip it, but is late into the shot. The ball hits his pad and ricochets into the off stump 207/932.2 one more. Pandey has picked out mid-on and Pandey cannot believe it. Superb catch. A slower delivery outside off, was way too full and Pandey saw an opportunity to loft the ball over mid-on. It ended up a tad too full and Pandey was unable to get underneath that. Drilled his drive, but Latham leaped up at just the right time to take a great catch with both hands well over his head. Timed his jump to perfection, had to because Pandey got plenty on it. India stumbling again 154/532.3 plumb in front. Jadhav has to go. An offcutter on middle, Jadhav just plain misses a straight delivery. Keeps low too. Southee takes pace off the ball, Jadhav is late on his attempted nudge and the ball raps him in front of middle. At worst, would be hitting leg stump. A double strike for NZ. 154/635.6 oh it looks like a good shot but the fielding - both the placement and the effort - is even better. Pandya jumps out of the crease and goes inside out with the turn, but doesn't place it as wide as he would have liked. Latham is wide at long-off, and judges his run to his left perfectly to take complete this catch between where long-off and deep extra cover 167/742.1 and this run-out has sent India closer to a defeat. And this run-out is not because Mishra is slow. Patel pulls and when he does so he is deep in his crease. It is pulled to the left of Santner at deep square leg. he has to get a sliding save in, which means there is an opportunity for two but because Patel gets a late start to his first run he turns down the second. Mishra is left with nowhere to go. Patel does give the second a go but the moment he sees he has to run around Boult he says no. Santner's impressive tour continues 205/848.4 and a big wind-up it is but the slower ball has been mis-hit straight to extra cover to level the series. Boult just too good for No. 11 with that asking rate that high. Slower, on a length, and it has been sliced 241/10Extras12 (lb 3, w 9)TOTAL241 all out (48.4 Overs, RR: 4.95)Fall of wickets: 1-19 (Rohit Sharma, 4.1 ov), 2-98 (Virat Kohli, 19.5 ov), 3-128 (Ajinkya Rahane, 27.2 ov), 4-135 (MS Dhoni, 29.2 ov), 5-154 (Manish Pandey, 32.2 ov), 6-154 (Kedar Jadhav, 32.3 ov), 7-167 (Hardik Pandya, 35.6 ov), 8-205 (Amit Mishra, 42.1 ov), 9-207 (Axar Patel, 42.3 ov), 10-241 (Umesh Yadav, 48.4 ov)
Bowling O M R W Econ 0s 4s 6s WD NB TG Southee 9 0 40 3 4.44 30 5 0 0 0 TA Boult 9.4 1 48 2 4.96 33 5 1 2 0 JDS Neesham 6 0 38 2 6.33 19 4 1 2 0 MJ Santner 10 0 38 1 3.80 34 1 1 1 0 IS Sodhi 10 1 52 1 5.20 26 1 1 0 0 AP Devcich 4 0 22 0 5.50 10 1 0 3 0
Match Details
Toss
New Zealand , elected to bat first
Player Of The Match
Series result
5-match series level 2-2
Match number
Season
Hours of play (local time)
13.30 start, First Session 13.30-17.00, Interval 17.00-17.45, Second Session 17.45-21.15
Match days
26 October 2016 - day/night match (50-over match)
Umpires
TV Umpires
Reserve Umpire
Match Referee
Match Notes
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 80 runs, 0 wicket)
- New Zealand: 50 runs in 7.1 overs (43 balls), Extras 3
- 1st Wicket: 50 runs in 43 balls (MJ Guptill 30, TWM Latham 18, Ex 3)
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 119 runs, 4 wickets)
- Drinks: New Zealand - 96/1 in 15.3 overs (MJ Guptill 48)
- MJ Guptill: 50 off 56 balls (8 x 4)
- New Zealand: 100 runs in 17.3 overs (105 balls), Extras 9
- New Zealand: 150 runs in 28.1 overs (169 balls), Extras 12
- Drinks: New Zealand - 181/2 in 34.0 overs (KS Williamson 39, LRPL Taylor 17)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Batting side - 61 runs, 3 wickets)
- New Zealand: 200 runs in 40.2 overs (242 balls), Extras 14
- New Zealand: 250 runs in 48.6 overs (294 balls), Extras 15
- Innings Break: New Zealand - 260/7 in 50.0 overs (MJ Santner 17, TG Southee 9)
- Powerplay 1: Overs 0.1 - 10.0 (Mandatory - 50 runs, 1 wicket)
- India: 50 runs in 9.5 overs (59 balls), Extras 3
- Powerplay 2: Overs 10.1 - 40.0 (Mandatory - 139 runs, 6 wickets)
- 2nd Wicket: 50 runs in 61 balls (AM Rahane 25, V Kohli 23, Ex 2)
- Drinks: India - 91/1 in 18.0 overs (AM Rahane 34, V Kohli 42)
- India: 100 runs in 20.1 overs (121 balls), Extras 4
- AM Rahane: 50 off 61 balls (5 x 4, 1 x 6)
- India: 150 runs in 31.3 overs (189 balls), Extras 7
- Drinks: India - 159/6 in 34.0 overs (AR Patel 13, HH Pandya 3)
- Powerplay 3: Overs 40.1 - 50.0 (Mandatory - 52 runs, 3 wickets)
- India: 200 runs in 41.3 overs (249 balls), Extras 8
Match Coverage
All Match NewsA tale of two openers
Ajinkya Rahane and Martin Guptill set up strong bases for their sides, but it was only the New Zealanders who saw through the effort to its logical conclusion
Dhoni calls for patience with India's inexperienced middle order
Following India's 19-run loss in Ranchi, India captain MS Dhoni has said patience must be shown with India's new-look middle order, especially given it's not easy to finish games on tricky tracks like the one used in this ODI
Dhoni brings out his deadly back-flick
Plays of the day from the fourth ODI between India and New Zealand in Ranchi. Also featuring Amit Mishra's troubles in the field
New Zealand defend 260 to keep series alive
Martin Guptill's rapid half-century, and canny bowling from Tim Southee and James Neesham, were vital to New Zealand forcing the series into a decider at Visakhapatnam
