India lost its first ODI by 200 runs

  New Zealand got their tri-series campaign off to a rollicking start by thrashing India by 200 runs in the opening match at Dambulla International Stadium in Dambulla on Tuesday.

Chasing a victory target of 289 runs, India's weakness against quality fast bowling came to the fore again as they were bundled out for 88 runs in 29.3 overs.

The Indian batting collapse started in the seventh over when Kyle Mills had Virender Sehwag (19) caught down the leg side by wicket-keeper Gareth Hopkins.

Daryl Tuffey then took three wickets in three overs to break the back of the Indian top order. The tall right-arm pacer first trapped Dinesh Karthik (14) plumb in front of the wicket, then had Rohit Sharma (4) caught by captain Ross Taylor at first slip and then had Suresh Raina (6) caught by Scott Styris at second slip.

If that was not enough, Tuffey ran out Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the next over to reduce India to 53/5. Dhoni tapped a delivery and responded to Yuvraj Singh's call for a quick single. Yuvraj backed out at the last moment, but Dhoni, who stopped and turned very fast to come back in his crease, could not beat a speeding Tuffey who collected the ball and shattered the stumps with a direct hit.

Left-arm pacer Andy McKay then got into the act when he had Yuvraj (5) caught by Taylor at first slip to reduce India to 62/6.

From then on, it was only a matter of time when the Indian innings folded.

Earlier, Ross Taylor smashed a robust 95 and Scott Styris cracked 89 under pressure as New Zealand posted a challenging 288.

New Zealand were struggling at 28/3 after winning the toss in the day-night match before skipper Taylor and all-rounder Styris propped up the innings with a record 190-run stand for the fourth wicket.

The partnership was New Zealand's best for the fourth wicket in one-day internationals, the previous highest being 168 between Lee Germon and Chris Harris against Australia in the 1996 World Cup quarterfinal at Chennai.

Taylor looked set to complete his fourth one-day hundred when he was trapped leg-before by left-arm seamer Ashish Nehra, who was the most successful bowler with 4/47.

The New Zealand captain hit one six and eight fours in his 113-ball knock.

India paceman Praveen Kumar did the early damage when he had opener Martin Guptill caught behind for 11 and then bowled debutant Kane Williamson for no score in his lively opening spell.

Nehra was the other wicket-taker in the initial overs, having opener Peter Ingram caught behind for 12.

India then had to wait for more than 31 overs to get another wicket as Taylor and Styris applied themselves remarkably well on a slow pitch to boost the innings.

Styris was bowled by left-arm spinner Pragyan Ojha immediately after hoisting the bowler for a straight six. He also completed 4,000 one-day runs during his 95-ball knock.

Sri Lanka are the third team in the tournament. Each side will play the other twice in the preliminary league before the top two qualify for the final on August 28.

	New Zealand innings (50 overs maximum)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	PJ Ingram	c †Dhoni b Nehra	12	17	2	0	70.58
	5.2 135.3 kph, Nehra gets some leather on wood this time. It was in the corridor, seaming away ever so late and Ingram was looking to defend but it got the outside edge. India on the attack here. Both bowlers fresh as they didn't play the Test series and doing the job here. 27/2
	MJ Guptill	c †Dhoni b Kumar	11	6	2	0	183.33
	2.3 129.8 kph, PK has been getting some movement - both in and out - and strikes with this delivery. It moves away late from the off stump line and the batsman gets the edge on the defensive prod. He was looking to come forward to defend and tried to cover for the movement but it shaped away to catch the edge. Simple catch through to Dhoni. 15/1
	LRPL Taylor*	lbw b Nehra	95	113	8	1	84.07
	42.2 131.5 kph, Out five short of 100. He played a fab knock but he is gone now. It was the full-length delivery that straightened on the middle-stump line and he tried to work it across the line and missed it completely. Trapped! He has done the hard work and has put NZ in a strong position. Can the lower order push them on ahead? 241/6
	KS Williamson	b Kumar	0	9	0	0	0.00
	6.5 128.5 kph, Out for a duck! What a ball, though. P E A C H. It curved in the air, landed on the middle stump line and you could sense why Williamson was shaping to play it towards say mid-on. But the ball moved away at the last instant, opened him up completely, and pegged back the off stump. Clatter! Things are bound to get better from here on Williamson. You can't get such a good delivery every time you walk out to bat. He doesn't look back at the destruction. He has a look at where it landed, his mouth frozen into an bewildered expression of 'oooh' and he walks away. 28/3
	SB Styris	b Ojha	89	95	9	1	93.68
	38.3 86.9 kph, Ojha takes him out! He had problem with Jadeja in the last over, playing across the line. And he does it again now. It was a loopy delivery on the middle and off stump line, Styris lunged forward and ended up playing all around it. He isn't happy as he walks off but what a fine knock this was. Oram walks in 218/4
	JDP Oram	lbw b Nehra	14	10	2	0	140.00
	40.5 129.1 kph, Trapped! That bouncer is followed by a skidding short-of-length delivery on the middle-stump line. Oram wafted across the line, bat going across in an angle, and missed. Gone! 236/5
	GD Elliott	st †Dhoni b Yuvraj Singh	7	13	0	0	53.84
	44.4 82.2 kph, Stumped! It drifted in from round the stumps and turned away. Elliott lunged forward to drive on the up and missed. Dhoni does the rest. NZ threatening to waste the end overs. India attempt to claw their way back 254/7
	GJ Hopkins†	c Karthik b Kumar	10	11	0	0	90.90
	47.1 128.7 kph, banged in short and Hopkins goes for the big shot, attempts the pull shot but holes out at deep square-leg region 277/8
	DR Tuffey	c Ojha b Nehra	19	13	2	1	146.15
	48.4 131.9 kph, Tuffey holes out at long-on. He cleared the front foot and drilled it high but couldn't clear the fielder at the boundary. Nice little cameo from him though to push NZ towards 300. Can they reach there? 288/9
	KD Mills	run out (Raina)	9	5	2	0	180.00
	48.5 Nehra to McKay, They won't. Raina with the direct hit. It was pushed towards short extra cover. Mills charged across. His partner had frozen long time back. Raina picked the ball, Mills turned back and Raina fired. Gone! Fine performance from NZ to survive the pressure exerted by the early wickets and reach this far. 288/10
	AJ McKay	not out	0	1	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(b 1, lb 12, w 9)	22
	Total	(all out; 48.5 overs)	288	(5.89 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-15 (Guptill, 2.3 ov), 2-27 (Ingram, 5.2 ov), 3-28 (Williamson, 6.5 ov), 4-218 (Styris, 38.3 ov), 5-236 (Oram, 40.5 ov), 6-241 (Taylor, 42.2 ov), 7-254 (Elliott, 44.4 ov), 8-277 (Hopkins, 47.1 ov), 9-288 (Tuffey, 48.4 ov), 10-288 (Mills, 48.5 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	P Kumar	9	3	43	3	4.77	(1w)
	2.3 to Guptill, 129.8 kph, PK has been getting some movement - both in and out - and strikes with this delivery. It moves away late from the off stump line and the batsman gets the edge on the defensive prod. He was looking to come forward to defend and tried to cover for the movement but it shaped away to catch the edge. Simple catch through to Dhoni. 15/1 6.5 to Williamson, 128.5 kph, Out for a duck! What a ball, though. P E A C H. It curved in the air, landed on the middle stump line and you could sense why Williamson was shaping to play it towards say mid-on. But the ball moved away at the last instant, opened him up completely, and pegged back the off stump. Clatter! Things are bound to get better from here on Williamson. You can't get such a good delivery every time you walk out to bat. He doesn't look back at the destruction. He has a look at where it landed, his mouth frozen into an bewildered expression of 'oooh' and he walks away. 28/3 47.1 to Hopkins, 128.7 kph, banged in short and Hopkins goes for the big shot, attempts the pull shot but holes out at deep square-leg region 277/8
	A Nehra	9.5	1	47	4	4.77	(3w)
	5.2 to Ingram, 135.3 kph, Nehra gets some leather on wood this time. It was in the corridor, seaming away ever so late and Ingram was looking to defend but it got the outside edge. India on the attack here. Both bowlers fresh as they didn't play the Test series and doing the job here. 27/2 40.5 to Oram, 129.1 kph, Trapped! That bouncer is followed by a skidding short-of-length delivery on the middle-stump line. Oram wafted across the line, bat going across in an angle, and missed. Gone! 236/5 42.2 to Taylor, 131.5 kph, Out five short of 100. He played a fab knock but he is gone now. It was the full-length delivery that straightened on the middle-stump line and he tried to work it across the line and missed it completely. Trapped! He has done the hard work and has put NZ in a strong position. Can the lower order push them on ahead? 241/6 48.4 to Tuffey, 131.9 kph, Tuffey holes out at long-on. He cleared the front foot and drilled it high but couldn't clear the fielder at the boundary. Nice little cameo from him though to push NZ towards 300. Can they reach there? 288/9
	A Mithun	4	0	24	0	6.00	(3w)
	PP Ojha	10	0	58	1	5.80	(1w)
	38.3 to Styris, 86.9 kph, Ojha takes him out! He had problem with Jadeja in the last over, playing across the line. And he does it again now. It was a loopy delivery on the middle and off stump line, Styris lunged forward and ended up playing all around it. He isn't happy as he walks off but what a fine knock this was. Oram walks in 218/4
	RA Jadeja	9	0	63	0	7.00
	Yuvraj Singh	4	0	23	1	5.75
	44.4 to Elliott, 82.2 kph, Stumped! It drifted in from round the stumps and turned away. Elliott lunged forward to drive on the up and missed. Dhoni does the rest. NZ threatening to waste the end overs. India attempt to claw their way back 254/7
	V Sehwag	3	0	17	0	5.66	(1w)

	India innings (target: 289 runs from 50 overs)		R	B	4s	6s	SR
	KD Karthik	lbw b Tuffey	14	20	2	0	70.00
	7.1 127.9 kph, Two in Two! Dinesh Karthik goes this time, it was an in-ducker from outside off and Karthik played down the wrong line as he played the forward defensive. He missed the ball and was struck flush on the pads in front of off. It looked plumb despite the fact that he was standing out of the crease. Replays suggest it would have carried over the stumps, with the bounce but well... 39/2
	V Sehwag	c †Hopkins b Mills	19	23	3	0	82.60
	6.6 132.6 kph, got him! Sehwag has never liked the short ball aimed at the body and Mills did well to persist with that line of attack. Sehwag was in trouble once earlier looking to pull, this time he gets some glove on it as it goes down the leg and it is through to the keeper for an easy take. Sehwag is gone. 39/1
	RG Sharma	c Taylor b Tuffey	4	11	0	0	36.36
	9.2 126.4 kph, Thanks for coming! It was all so simple; something that you see usually in the catching practice in the morning before the game. This delivery kicked up from short of length outside off stump and Rohit opened the bat-face and guided it straight to first slip. Simple. Tuffey smiles. 44/3
	Yuvraj Singh	c Taylor b McKay	5	25	1	0	20.00
	16.5 138.4 kph, And ladies and gentlemen, we have another man swallowed in that slip cordon. Very simple again. Fullish and outside off stump, Yuvraj has a waft and Taylor takes a catch. Too simple, some might say. Anyway that's that. India tottering at 62 for 6 62/6
	SK Raina	c Styris b Tuffey	6	6	1	0	100.00
	11.2 127.0 kph, Oh well! Edged straight to second slip. It was a short-of-length delivery outside off stump and Raina stabbed at it, bat away from the body, and it goes straight to the slip cordon. The ball cut away from him and he ended up chasing it. 50/4
	MS Dhoni*†	run out (Tuffey)	2	9	0	0	22.22
	13.5 from Tuffey, Dhoni is run out and he walks. His scratchy innings comes to an end. This one was jabbed close to the off side and he wants a single. His partner doesn't. Yuvraj took couple of steps down the track and froze. And Dhoni tries to turn back. Too late. Tuffey had already screamed past him, swooped on the ball and flicked a direct hit. Gone! 53/5
	RA Jadeja	c Styris b Williamson	20	44	2	0	45.45
	28.2 And another slip catch. Loverly! It was floated well outside off stump and Jadeja chased it for a big drive. Styris takes the catch. Where is Taylor I say? Williamson was out for a duck but picks up a wicket now. Life can't be that bad eh? 84/9
	P Kumar	c Taylor b Oram	1	8	0	0	12.50
	19.1 128.2 kph, Awww. That slip catch again. Well... the top order didn't last. Why would the lower-order batsmen? It was the short of length delivery that kicked up outside off and PK steers it straight to slip cordon. 67/7
	A Mithun	c Taylor b Oram	4	16	0	0	25.00
	25.6 127.6 kph, Yep. You guessed it right. Another slip catch. Fullish and outside off stump and Mithun edges his drive. Just two more now. How quickly can NZ wrap this up? 82/8
	A Nehra	c Oram b Mills	4	11	1	0	36.36
	29.3 And it's all over. Full and outside off and Nehra drives it straight to mid-off. NZ win by 200 runs. Magnificent thumping win! A rout! 88/10
	PP Ojha	not out	0	4	0	0	0.00
	Extras	(w 9)	9
	Total	(all out; 29.3 overs)	88	(2.98 runs per over)

Fall of wickets1-39 (Sehwag, 6.6 ov), 2-39 (Karthik, 7.1 ov), 3-44 (Sharma, 9.2 ov), 4-50 (Raina, 11.2 ov), 5-53 (Dhoni, 13.5 ov), 6-62 (Yuvraj Singh, 16.5 ov), 7-67 (Kumar, 19.1 ov), 8-82 (Mithun, 25.6 ov), 9-84 (Jadeja, 28.2 ov), 10-88 (Nehra, 29.3 ov)

	Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
	KD Mills	6.3	2	26	2	4.00	(1w)
	6.6 to Sehwag, 132.6 kph, got him! Sehwag has never liked the short ball aimed at the body and Mills did well to persist with that line of attack. Sehwag was in trouble once earlier looking to pull, this time he gets some glove on it as it goes down the leg and it is through to the keeper for an easy take. Sehwag is gone. 39/1 29.3 to Nehra, And it's all over. Full and outside off and Nehra drives it straight to mid-off. NZ win by 200 runs. Magnificent thumping win! A rout! 88/10
	DR Tuffey	8	1	34	3	4.25	(1w)
	7.1 to Karthik, 127.9 kph, Two in Two! Dinesh Karthik goes this time, it was an in-ducker from outside off and Karthik played down the wrong line as he played the forward defensive. He missed the ball and was struck flush on the pads in front of off. It looked plumb despite the fact that he was standing out of the crease. Replays suggest it would have carried over the stumps, with the bounce but well... 39/2 9.2 to Sharma, 126.4 kph, Thanks for coming! It was all so simple; something that you see usually in the catching practice in the morning before the game. This delivery kicked up from short of length outside off stump and Rohit opened the bat-face and guided it straight to first slip. Simple. Tuffey smiles. 44/3 11.2 to Raina, 127.0 kph, Oh well! Edged straight to second slip. It was a short-of-length delivery outside off stump and Raina stabbed at it, bat away from the body, and it goes straight to the slip cordon. The ball cut away from him and he ended up chasing it. 50/4
	AJ McKay	6	0	11	1	1.83	(2w)
	16.5 to Yuvraj Singh, 138.4 kph, And ladies and gentlemen, we have another man swallowed in that slip cordon. Very simple again. Fullish and outside off stump, Yuvraj has a waft and Taylor takes a catch. Too simple, some might say. Anyway that's that. India tottering at 62 for 6 62/6
	JDP Oram	6	0	15	2	2.50	(1w)
	19.1 to Kumar, 128.2 kph, Awww. That slip catch again. Well... the top order didn't last. Why would the lower-order batsmen? It was the short of length delivery that kicked up outside off and PK steers it straight to slip cordon. 67/7 25.6 to Mithun, 127.6 kph, Yep. You guessed it right. Another slip catch. Fullish and outside off stump and Mithun edges his drive. Just two more now. How quickly can NZ wrap this up? 82/8
	KS Williamson	3	1	2	1	0.66
	28.2 to Jadeja, And another slip catch. Loverly! It was floated well outside off stump and Jadeja chased it for a big drive. Styris takes the catch. Where is Taylor I say? Williamson was out for a duck but picks up a wicket now. Life can't be that bad eh? 84/9

Match details

Toss New Zealand, who chose to bat Points New Zealand 5, India 0

ODI debut KS Williamson (New Zealand) Player of the match LRPL Taylor (New Zealand)

Umpires R Martinesz and SJA Taufel (Australia) TV umpire HDPK Dharmasena Match referee AG Hurst (Australia) Reserve umpire SH Sarathkumara

Match notes

Laxman takes India home in style & make the series level

Veteran VVS Laxman cracked a fighting unbeaten 103 as India relied on their experienced batsmen to pull off a five-wicket win in the third and final Test match against Sri Lanka to level the series 1-1 on Saturday.

Laxman defied cramps and anchored the innings brilliantly to notch up his 16th Test hundred, while Sachin Tendulkar (54) and Suresh Raina (41 not out) were the other notable contributors as the visitors overhauled a target of 257 about 10 minutes before the tea break.

Raina clobbered Chanaka Welegedara for a six to hand Sri Lanka there first loss at P Sara Oval Stadium since August 1994, triggering scenes of celebration in the Indian dressing room.

Chasing 257 on a rather difficult fifth day track, the Indians recovered from early blows suffered on Friday with a 109-run partnership between Laxman and Tendulkar that laid the foundation of the win.

But on the flipside, Mahendra Singh Dhoni's men could not break the 17-year-old jinx of not winning a series in the island nation.

Resuming the chase from Friday's 53/3, India lost night-watchman Ishant Sharma (4) early in the morning.

Ishant was caught at short mid-wicket by Kumar Sangakkara off Suraj Randiv in the morning. Randiv ripped in a flighted loopy delivery around off and middle stump, leaving Ishant bemused who looked shaky right from the start.

Tendulkar and Laxman then took it upon themselves to steady the ship and steer a successful chase.

Tendulkar was the more cautious of the two veteran right-handers taking 106 deliveries to reach his 55th Test half century.

He didn't celebrate much on reaching the milestone but the Indian dressing room was up in applause for another of the iconic batsman's match-winning contributions.

Tendulkar had his share of luck in the early in the innings when he was dropped by Tillakaratne Dilshan at short leg while trying to push a Randiv turner.

The ball had gone off the bat and pad to the right of short-leg and Tendulkar, who was on just 18, heaved a huge sigh of relief when Dilshan spilled the opportunity.

The Indian right-hander attacked Randiv thereafter by charging down the track and driving a shot past the bowler for a boundary.

Laxman, on his part, leaned forward to an Ajantha Mendis delivery from the middle stump and turned it on to the boundary, marking the 50-run partnership between the two which came in 92 balls.

"I am really proud of my achievement today but more importantly I have contributed to India's victory. I always wanted to bat in such conditions, to win matches for the country from difficult situations," he said when told that it was his maiden century on Sri Lankan soil.


"Gary Kirsten was telling me that it was another chance to do something for India. A lot of hard work had gone into winning the match and finally we pulled it off," a relieved Laxman said after India won by five wickets.


The stylish batsman said it was the bowlers who brought India back into the game on the second day and fourth day before the batsmen did their job.


"It was a collective effort and after the first day and again in the Sri Lankan second innings, the bowlers brought us back. Then the batsmen chipped in. Sachin Tendulkar and I got together to win this game. We are very proud as a team," he said.


Captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni also credited the win to team effort but emphasised on the fine show by the inexperienced bowlers.


"We came back into the match after the first day and the bowlers did really well though there was something in the pitch. There was bounce for the fast bowlers and turn for the spinners from both ends," Dhoni said.


"Then the batsmen did their job and we had the first innings lead. Even in the second Test we had the first innings lead and that showed we had the potential to win the Test though we had an inexperienced bowling attack," he added.


Sri Lankan captain Kumar Sangakkara said despite the loss on Saturday, his players would be proud of themselves for their show in the series.


"We put a very good show in this Test and all through the series. We are proud of ourselves. It is great that younger players have stood up. But credit to India for the win. Sachin Tendulkar and VVS Laxman batted really well to win this Test," he said.

Sangakkara picked Suraj Randiv for special praise. "Lasith Malinga and other bowlers did really well in the series but Randiv I think he is coming onto his own. He got all the five wickets in the Indian innings.


"It is good for the team since Muttiah Muralitharan has retired, though he cannot be compared with Murali. Had Randiv got enough support from the other end the result of the Test could have been different. But we would hold our heads high with the result (of the series)," said Sangakkara. 

 SCORE CARD :

Sri Lanka vs India India: 258/5(68.3 ov) Series: India tour of Sri Lanka, 2010 India beat Sri Lanka by 5 wickets Venue: P Sara Oval Date: Jul 18 - Aug 07 , 2010

India Batting innings Batsman RUNS BALLS 4's 6's SR Murali Vijay C  Mahela Jayawardene b Suraj Randiv 27 53 3 0 50.94 Virender Sehwag C  Mahela Jayawardene b Suraj Randiv 0 3 0 0 0 Rahul Dravid BWLD   b Suraj Randiv 7 22 0 0 31.82 Sachin Tendulkar C  Prasanna Jayawardene b Suraj Randiv 54 122 3 0 44.26 Ishant Sharma C  Kumar Sangakkara b Suraj Randiv 4 26 0 0 15.38 VVS Laxman notout   103 149 12 0 69.13 Suresh Raina notout   41 45 4 1 91.11 MS Dhoni (C)    Amit Mishra    Abhimanyu Mithun    Pragyan Ojha    Extras(b 5, lb 6, w 2, nb 9) Run Rate: 3.77 Total:(258/5 in 68.3 overs) Fall of wickets 1-10(Virender Sehwag, 1.5 ov.),2-27(Rahul Dravid, 9.1 ov.),3-49(Murali Vijay, 15.2 ov.),4-62(Ishant Sharma, 21.3 ov.),5-171(Sachin Tendulkar, 51.3 ov.) Sri Lanka Bowling innings Bowler OVER MAIDEN RUNS WICKET NO BALL WIDE ECO Lasith Malinga 12.0 1 49 0 3 1 4.08 Suraj Randiv 29.0 3 82 5 1 2.83 Angelo Mathews 2.0 0 5 0 2.5 Chanaka Welegedara 8.3 2 34 0 4 1 4 Ajantha Mendis 14.0 0 65 0 1 4.64 Tillakaratne Dilshan 3.0 0 12 0 4

Match Information Series India tour of Sri Lanka, 2010 Match Referee Andy Pycroft (ZIM) Toss Sri Lanka, elect to bat Match Timings 10:00 IST - 17:00 IST 10:00 Hrs - 17:00 Hrs Umpires Daryl Harper (AUS), Simon Taufel (AUS) Current Time 22:00 IST