Indian
cricket team lost their top position in the ICC ODI team rankings after losing at
the hands of New Zealand by 15 runs (D/L Method) at Hamilton yesterday. With
this victory, the home team took 2-0 lead of the series.
In
a rain curtailed match, the Kiwi players scored 271 runs for 7 in 42 overs. Kane
Williamson and Ross Taylor scored 77 and 57 runs respectively while Corey
Anderson played an aggressive innings of 17-ball 44 with two boundaries and
five sixes.
For
India, Mohammed Shami took three wickets apiece while other four wickets were
taken by Bhuvneshwar Kumar, Ishant Sharma, Ravindra Jadeja and Suresh Raina.
Taking
two early wickets, Kiwi bowlers could able to put some pressure over Indian
batsmen. However, Virat Kohli and MS Dhoni kept India’s hope of winning the
match but due to tight ball from New Zealand bowlers the tourist could not snatch
the victory. Both Kohli and Dhoni scored 78 and 56 runs respectively.
India
scored 277 runs for the loss of 9 wickets in 41.3 overs. Due to interrupt of
rain, India could not play the last three balls of the final over.
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