SPORT-LD TRI 2LST

Openers Peter Ingram (12) and MJ Guptill (11) started
off well, clubbing a couple of fours but newball bowler
Praveen Kumar removed the latter in the third over to draw
first blood for India.
Kumar's late away going delivery got the edge of
Guptill's blade as skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni completed a
simple catch to leave New Zealand at 15 for one at Rangiri
Dambulla International Stadium.
Ashish Nehra then got into the act and removed Ingram in
the sixth over. Nehra's seaming away ball kissed Ingram's bat
and Dhoni made no mistake as India reduced their rivals to 27
for two.
Kumar struck again in the seventh over when his incoming
delivery pitched on the middle stump and before Kane
Williamson (0) could play it, the ball moved away at the last
instant and cleaned his off stump.
With their innings lying in shambles, Taylor and Styris
started the rebuilding process and picked up ones and twos and
slammed occasional boundaries to keep the scoreboard ticking.
Mithun was on their firing line in the 16th over, when
the youngster was hit for consecutive boundaries by Taylor and
Styris at cover and point respectively.
Taylor then repeated the same treatment to Ravindra
Jadeja in the 18th over when he hit him for a couple of fours
both at backward point.
In the 21st over, Taylor picked Pragyan Ojha for a
boundary when he cut him to clear the ropes at the backward
boundary.
Styris, meanwhile, slammed consecutive boundaries of Ojha
and smashed Jadeja over midwicket, before reaching his fifty
in the 30th over.
With both of them going great guns, New Zealand took
batting Powerplay and Styris slammed Jadeja for successive
boundaries in the 32nd over.
The 35-year-old allrounder then picked up Nehra for a
special treatment, sending him across the ropes.
The partnership was finally broken in the 39th over, when
Ojha cleaned up Styris. New man Jacob Oram also didn't last
long and was sent packing by Nehra who trapped him infront of
wicket in the next over.
Just five runs short of a century, Taylor also departed
when Nehra's full-length delivery straightened on to the
middle-stump and found his legs.
Yuvraj then had Grant Elliott stumped, while Kumar had
wicket keeper Hopkins caught behind.
Nehra came back to haunt the Kiwis in the next over when
he had Daryl Tuffey hole out at long on to Ojha and Suresh
Raina then removed last man Kyle Mills by a direct hit to wrap
up the New Zealand innings. PTI ATK
MYR


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