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India vs New Zealand, 5th ODI - Highlight

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• published: 29 Oct 2016
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India vs New Zealand, 5th ODI - Live Straeaming Match Details: India won the toss and elected to bat Venue: ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam(Dr. Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy ACA-VDCA Cricket Stadium (ACA-VDCA Stadium, Visakhapatnam)) Umpires: CK Nandan, Bruce Oxenford, Chettithody Shamshuddin, Nitin Menon Referee: Sir Richie Richardson Ground Statistics First Match Played:April 5, 2005 - India beat Pakistan by 58 runs Last Match Played:November 24, 2013 - West Indies beat India by 2 wickets Matches Played:5 Matches Tied:0 No Result:0 Most Successful Team:India Wins by Team Batting First:1 Wins by Team Batting Second:4 Most Prolific Batsman:Virat Kohli (334 Runs) Highest Individual Score:148 by MS Dhoni Most Prolific Bowler:Ashish Nehra (6 Wickets) Best Bowling Analysis:4/60 by Ravi Rampaul Teams: India (From): Ajinkya Rahane, Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, MS Dhoni(w/c), Manish Pandey, Kedar Jadhav, Hardik Pandya, Axar Patel, Amit Mishra, Umesh Yadav, Dhawal Kulkarni, Jasprit Bumrah, Jayant Yadav, Mandeep Singh New Zealand (From): Martin Guptill, Tom Latham, Kane Williamson(c), Ross Taylor, James Neesham, BJ Watling(w), Anton Devcich, Mitchell Santner, Tim Southee, Trent Boult, Ish Sodhi, Corey Anderson, Doug Bracewell, Luke Ronchi, Matt Henry The ODI series is alive and kicking as the caravan now shifts to Vizag for the 5th and final ODI being the all-important decider. The Men in Blue will be disappointed for not sealing the series in the last game and it was once again seen, if Kohli fails, the chase falls flat. The young guns in the side have to pull up their socks and start to play a mature knock that can see their side home. The bowling however, has been impressive with everyone chipping in with timely wickets as and when possible. For New Zealand, they will be more than happy as they have put up a remarkable fight to level the series 2-2 after a dismal show in the whites. Their woes lie in the middle order as time and time again they have failed to build on a good platform laid by the top order. If they manage to rectify it, they can easily put up a good score. The bowling department has played its part as a unit with Southee and Boult leading the pack. Jimmy Neesham is one to watchout for as in the 3rd ODI he made his willow do the talking while in the penultimate one he came back roaring with the ball, picking up two crucial wickets - both of the set batsmen. Stats show that India is yet to register a bilateral ODI series win at home since November 2014, and they would want to erase it soon. Whereas on the other hand, the Black Caps would be eyeing to continue with the winning momentum thereby heading home with a series win in their kitty. The conditions though are not pleasing as showers are expected throughout the game. In a winner-taking-it-all scenario, we as cricketing fans will be pinning our hopes on the weather to stay kind. It promises to be no less than an electric bout on 29th October, 2016. As the New Zealand players made their way to their final practice session on the tour of India, one could see the toll this tour has taken on them on their tired faces. But once the guards, who accompanied players get on with it, a few smiles broke out. The creases on the foreheads remained, but they didn't look nearly as weary. Clearly, the smiles were of the contagious kind, because within minutes everyone had one on, and they only got wider and the players got louder as they played some touch football. The scene was straight out of a physical training class for primary school children, only it played out in Visakhapatnam on a warm Friday (October 28) afternoon with a big game set up for the morrow. Perhaps, with that attitude, it will bring down the stress for the New Zealanders as they try to cross the final hurdle when the game gets underway. As for India, although it was an optional session, many of the seniors turned up along with Anil Kumble, Sanjay Bangar and the rest of the support staff. Virat Kohli wasn’t around for the crowd to fawn over, but it really didn’t matter because the smattering of people — dominated by men in khaki and net bowlers – got a first hand view of just how disciplined MS Dhoni could be. While the rest went through sessions just to get a feel of the ball, Dhoni worked specifically on his sweeps for a good length of time. He batted for a few minutes against the pacers and then the spinners, but returned to face the tweakers to iron out his footwork on the sweep. He even asked Kedar Jadhav to monitor his movement. All this emphasis on that particular stroke could have something to do with the fourth ODI, in