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India vs New Zealand 4th ODI highlights: NZ win by 8 wickets; Boult takes 5

New Zealand's Trent Boult and Colin de Grandhomme wreaked havoc with the new ball to bundle out a hapless India for 92.

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Last Updated : Jan 31 2019 | 2:02 PM IST

Key Events

2:02 PM

Here's what Trent Boult has to say after destroying Kohli-less India

11:23 AM

Here's what Rohit Sharma said about India's disappointing performance


One of our worst performances with the bat for a long time. Something we didn't expect. You got to give credit to the New Zealand bowlers. It was a magnificent effort. Something to learn for us. At times, you need to absorb pressure. We need to blame ourselves for it. Thing were looking good at that stage. It was about applying ourselves. Once you get in, things will start to look easier. We played some bad shots as well. Having a good run in the limited formats for a number of series. Everyone knows what went wrong. There will be times when it swings and we need to deal with it. When you are playing for your country, you try to give your best.

11:19 AM

Here what Kane Williamson has to say in post match presentation

Kane Williamson: It was just one of those days where things went our way and we were able to exploit the conditions with the ball.

11:06 AM

11:05 AM

11:04 AM

Winning with most balls to spare vs India

  • 212 New Zealand, Hamilton, 2019 (Today)
  • 209 Sri Lanka, Dambulla, 2010
  • 181 Sri Lanka, Hambantota, 2012
  • 176 Sri Lanka, Dharamsala, 2017
  • 174 Australia, Sydney, 1981

11:03 AM

10:59 AM

Over 14.4; New Zealand win by 8 wicktes

Over Summary: New Zealand: 

Chahal continues and TAylor takes a single off the first. A single for henry off the 2nd. Taylor hits a SIX and FOUR to win the match

10:56 AM

Over 14

Over Summary: 0 0 1 0 1 0, New Zealand: 81-2

Kuldeep Yadav, left-arm chinaman, comes into the attack and Henry defends first two balls and takes a single off the third ball. DOT... A single for Taylor. DOT to end the over

10:54 AM

Over 13

Over Summary: 1 1 1 0 6 6, New Zealand: 79-2

Chahal continues and Henry takes a single. Taylor takes a single off the second ball... A single for Henry. DOT.. Taylor smashes the last two ball for mighty SIXES.

10:50 AM

Over 12

Over Summary: 1 0 2 0 4 1, New Zealand: 64-2

Hardik Pandya continues and Taylor takes a single off the first ball. DOT. Henry cuts 3rd ball for couple of runs. DOT . Henry smashes the 5th ball for FOUR. 

10:44 AM

Over 11

Over Summary: 4 0 0 0 0 1, New Zealand: 56-2

Yuzvendra Chahal, right-arm leg break, comes into the attack and starts with a juicy full toss, put away by Taylor for FOUR to square leg boundary follows by a slow delivery which Taylor nearly played back to the bowler..DOT...DOT.. and single to end the over

10:40 AM

Over 10

Over Summary: 1 0 0 0 0 0, New Zealand: 51-2

Pandya continues and Taylor takes a single off the first ball. DOT...DOT...DOT...Henry Nichollas beaten outside off as he tries to play an extravagent drive. A DOT to end the over

10:36 AM

Over 9

Over Summary: 0 2 2 1 0 0, New Zealand: 50-2

Bhuvi continues and shuffling Taylor defends the inswinger and drives the next ball a tad wide of mid-off for a couple of runs. Taylor drives the next 3rd ball uppishly over the mid-off fielder for two runs follows by a single to fine-leg. DOT ball and Henry defends the next for no run.

10:32 AM

Over 8

Over Summary: 0 0 0 6 0 0, New Zealand: 45-2

Hardik Pandya replaces Khaleel and starts the over with a loud appeal but the ball is pitched outside leg stump. DOT...DOT...Pandya bowls a loose delivery onto the pads, Henry Nichollas flicks it to backward boundary for SIX and defends the next delivery. DOT to end the over

India seemed shorn of their aura in the absence of talismanic skipper Virat Kohli as New Zealand pulled off a stunning eight-wicket win in the fourth cricket one-dayer to halt the visiting side's domination here Thursday.

With run-machine Kohli rested after the side claimed an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series, India's much-vaunted batting was dismissed for its seventh lowest ODI total -- 92 in 30.5 overs here -- after Trent Boult (5/21) dished out a deadly opening spell.

It was also the lowest total posted by any side on this venue, the previous lowest of 122 also against India's name.

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With the series already out of their grasp after India won the first three games, Boult wreaked havoc with the new ball and in Colin de Grandhomme's (3/26) company utilised the swinging conditions at the Seddon Park.

"Never expected this to happen. (But) games like this happen...We've got ourselves to blame for this," said India's stand-in captain Rohit Sharma.

In the absence of Kohli and an injured Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian batting unit found the going tough against the Kiwi bowling attack.

India's lowest ODI total is 54 against Sri Lanka at Sharjah in 2000. It was also India's second-lowest total in ODIs against New Zealand, having somehow managed to surpass the 88 scored at Dambulla.

Bowling his 10 overs at a stretch, Boult troubled the Indian batsmen with both ways movement to return with impressive figures of 5 for 21, while Grandhomme gave him perfect support from the other end after New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl.

While chasing, even though New Zealand lost Martin Guptill (14) and skipper Kane Williamson (11) early to Bhuvneshwar Kumar (2/25), the hosts completed the formalities in 14.4 overs with eight wickets in hand.

Henry Nicholls (30 not out) and Ross Taylor (37 not out) then completed the easy task for the Kiwis without any further damage.

Earlier, the pitch didn't seem unplayable but the Indian batsmen failed to apply themselves against the swing bowling of Boult and Grandhomme. 

Only four Indian batsmen -- Shikhar Dhawan (13), Hardik Pandya (16), Kuldeep Yadav (15) and Yuzvendra Chahal (18 not out) -- posted double digit scores.

Dhawan's search for big runs continued and he was the first to depart, caught plumb in front of the wicket by Boult in the sixth over.

Rohit, who is leading India in the last two matches of the series in the absence of Kohli, didn't have a happy outing on his 200th ODI and was caught by Boult off his own bowling an over later.

Grandhomme then joined the party and dismissed both Ambati Rayudu and Dinesh Karthik for ducks in a span of four balls in the 11th over.

A lot was expected from debutant Shubman Gill (9) but pressure got the better of him as he got out like Rohit, caught by Boult off his own bowling.

Reeling at 33 for 5, India desperately needed the experience of Kohli or Dhoni to bail the team out but in the duo's absence, the onus was on Pandya and Kedar Jadhav to do the repair job.

But it was not to be as wickets kept tumbling with Boult ripping apart India's line-up, dismissing both Jadhav and Pandya in quick succession.

Struggling at 55 for 8, Chahal and Kuldeep shared 25 runs for the ninth wicket to take India close to the 100-run mark before being shot out in 30.5 overs.

The last match of the series is on Sunday in Wellington.
 

First Published: Jan 31 2019 | 6:20 AM IST