Once again Dhoni and his men failed to deliver with the bat and they have to face second consecutive defeats by the hands of kiwis by five wickets in the 2nd twenty20 played at Westpac Stadium, Wellington.
Brendon McCullum played the role of match-winner for the second consecutive game. He secured a last-ball victory for New Zealand in their Twenty20 international against India in Wellington.
McCullum had steered the Black Caps to a win in the opening game and ensured they swept the series 2-0 by guiding them to a win in the 2nd game.
B.McCullum for the second time became hero for New Zealand by scoring 69 runs.
New Zealand captain Daniel Vettori won the toss and chose to bowl.
India opener Virender Sehwag again began in blistering fashion. He scored 11-ball 24.He got out when Vettori caught him off Iain O'Brien.
Ian Butler then removed left-handers Suresh Raina and Gautam Gambhir in quick time.But a missed run out and a Neil Broom dropped chance in the same over,gave Yuvraj an opportunity to play a good inning.
Yuvraj Singh made the excellant 50 off 34 balls.Yuvraj made his fifty with four huge sixes and three fours before he was caught on the boundary by Jacob Oram off O'Brien.
Dhoni was struggling to make runs.He made 28 from 30 balls. Yusuf pathan got out cheaply.
Vettori played a captain's role very well by taking one for 21 while Ryder gave just 18 runs from his four overs.
The Indians managed to reach the total of 149 for six.
In reply to India's total of 149 for six,New Zealand's chase was set up by a 53-run stand between Ryder and McCullum,that gave the home side a flying start.
Ryder was bowled by Zaheer Khan for 26 off 22 balls.
Fou overs later,H.Singh removed M.Guptill to provide India second breakthrough. R.Jadeja and H.Singh manages to put breaks on scoring and did put India on winning position.
The Kiwis lost wickets regularly after that but with McCullum at the crease they stayed in the game.
B.McCullum scored 69 runs of just 55 balls with eight fours and one huge six.
Needing 23 runs of last two overs McCullum held his nerve. 19th over bowled by Y.Singh who conceded 11 runs of that over but did manage to remove N.Broom in the same over.
In the last over New Zealand needed another 12 runs to win the twenty20 series. The wicketkeeper-batsman was joined by his older brother Nathan for the final over.
Final over bowled by I.Pathan who held his nerves for first three balls and given just three runs including a wide. New Zealand's chances of winning looked slim when they needed nine runs off the last three balls but McCullum kept his cool, smacking two successive boundaries to level the scores before chipping the final delivery over the infield for the winning single to seal the win.
B.McCullum is declared Man of the Match for his blistering knock of 69 runs of 55 balls to guide his team home by five wickets.
Earlier on, as in the opening Twenty20 encounter in Christchurch, which New Zealand won by seven wickets.So, with this win,New Zealand won the series by 2-0.
Match Summary
India – 149/6 in 20 Overs
Y.Singh- 50 M.S.Dhoni –28*
I.O’Brien- 4-0-30-2 I.Butler- 4-0-42-2
New Zealand – 150/5 in 20 Overs
B.McCullum-69* R.Taylor- 27
I.Pathan- 4-0-41-2 H.Singh-4-0-15-1
Result:
New Zealand won the match by 5 wickets.
New Zealand won the series by 2-0
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