Welcome to the highlights of India vs New Zealand - The 13th match of the 2007 ICC World Twenty20 International cricket tournament first time between India and New Zealand was played at The Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg on September 16, 2007.
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| Jacob Oram and Craig McMillan pick up a single during their 74-run stand © AFP |
Match Overview:
Rapid knocks from Brendon McCullum, Craig McMillan and Jacob Oram before Daniel Vettori's four-for helped to New Zealand registered their historic first T20I win against India by narrow 10-runs in a high-scoring 13th match of a ICC World Twenty20.
Match Stats:
- New Zealand's 10-run win was the third smallest victory by terms of runs in T20 Internationals.
- Daniel Vettori's 4-20 was the second best bowling figures for New Zealand in T20 international, it is the fourth best figures in T20Is and also in World Twenty20.
- New Zealand's 190 was their highest score in T20 international and it is the fourth highest total in World Twenty20.
- India's 180 was their highest-score in T20Is, previous highest was 141 against Pakistan at Durban in this tournament.
In-Depth Match Highlights:
New Zealand scored massive total of 190 for all-out in exact 20 overs with top scorer by Brendon McCullum struck 45 off 31-balls including nine boundaries with strike rate of 145.16.
Craig McMillan blasted a 23-ball 44-runs included 4-sixes and a four with strike-rate of 191.30.
Jacob Oram hammered a 15-ball 35-runs included 3-sixes and 2-fours with striking rate of 233.33, Peter Fulton scored 21 and Daniel Vettori 15.
India best bowler by Harbhajan Singh, RP Singh both took two-wickets and one for Sreesanth - Yuvraj Singh.
India scored 180-9 in 20 overs with top scorer by Gautam Gambhir hammered a 33-ball 51-runs including 5-fours and 2-sixes with strike rate of 154.54.
Virender Sehwag cracked a rapid 17-ball 40-runs including 6-fours and 2-sixes with striking rate of 235.39.
MS Dhoni struck 24 off 20-balls with 2-fours, Sreesanth cracked a 10-ball 19-runs including four boundaries and Dinesh Karthik scored 17.
New Zealand best bowler by Daniel Vettori claims 4-20, Jacob Oram, Jeetan Patel and Shane Bond each took one-wickets.
Daniel Vettori named Player of the match for his masterclass spin bowling attack to claimed a career-best 4-wicket haul for 20-runs in 4-overs
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