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Dinakar INDIA — 1ST INNINGS: 165. Wellington NEW ZEALAND — 1ST INNINGS: New Zealand’s 100th Test 348. win, driven typically by INDIA — 2ND INNINGS team spirit, fittingly arrived Prithvi Shaw c Latham b Boult at the the Basin Reserve, the 14 (30b, 2x4), Mayank Agar­ soul of the country’s cricket wal c Watling b Southee 58 really. (99b, 7x4, 1x6), Cheteshwar (81b) And the feat, an emphatic Pujara b Boult 11 , Virat Kohli c Watling b Boult 19 (43b, 10­wicket win against fan­ 3x4), Ajinkya Rahane c Watling cied India, arrived in the b Boult 29 (75b, 5x4), Hanuma 100th Test of one of New Vihari b Southee 15 (79b, 2x4), Zealand’s favourite cricket­ Rishabh Pant c Boult b Southee ing sons, Ross Taylor. The ic­ 25 (41b, 4x4), R. Ashwin lbw b ing on the cake really. Southee 4 (11b, 1x4), Ishant As for the Indians, they Sharma lbw b de Grandhomme were blown away at windy 12 (21b, 2x4), Mohammed Sha­ Wellington. mi (not out) 2 (3b), Jasprit Bum­ rah c sub b Southee 0 (3b); Ex­ tras (w­2): 2. Total (in 81 overs): Ruthless 191. Ruthless and clinical on the FALL OF WICKETS fourth morning of the first 1­27 (Shaw, 7.4 overs), 2­78 Test, New Zealand required (Pujara, 31.6), 3­96 (Mayank, just 16 overs to send back the 38.4), 4­113 (Kohli, 45.2), 5­148 last six Indian batsmen. (Rahane, 67.2), 6­148 (Vihari, Tim Southee scalped five, 68.3), 7­162 (Ashwin, 72.3), 8­ and Boult four. Southee was 189 (Ishant, 79.2), 9­191 (Pant, 80.3). adjudged Man­of­the­Match All at sea! Vihari’s dismissal mirrors India’s abject surrender in the first Test.* GETTY IMAGES for his nine wickets in the NEW ZEALAND BOWLING Southee 21­6­61­5, Boult 22­8­ match. questions, but the Indian and assess a batsman under­ land’s Test victories. out­swingers were followed leg [by Latham] and by Southee, operating with the 39­4, de Grandhomme 16­5­ Four of the wickets on batsmen could have put up lines their cricketing nous. Both are swing bowlers by an in­swinger. Vihari play­ Southee at short­cover, was second new ball, only for 28­1, Jamieson 19­7­45­0, Ajaz Monday were prised out greater resistance. There was much planning who induce the batsmen in­ ing for the out­swinger saw eventually trapped leg­be­ Boult to dive forward and 3­0­18­0. with the old ball, then South­ In the end, the surrender about every batsman here to drives around the off­ the ball zipping back to hit fore by a well­pitched­up de­ come up with a terrific NEW ZEALAND — 2ND INNINGS ee scalped two in his first ov­ was meek and out of charac­ and the execution, was of­ stump to find the edges or off­stump. livery from Colin de Grand­ catch. The Southee­Boult Tom Latham (not out) 7 (4b, er with the new one as India ter for this team that prides ten, spot­on. They gave little bring the ball back, or sur­ Southee then unleashed a homme. combination had struck 1x4), Tom Blundell (not out) 2 hurtled to 191 all out. itself on fighting till the very away, bowled in partner­ prise them with well­direct­ full and straight delivery to Grandhomme has an im­ again! (6b); Total (for no loss in 1.4 ov­ Openers, Tom Latham end. ships, created pressure and ed short­pitched deliveries. trap R. Ashwin leg­before. portant role in the New Zea­ Then Southee’s yorker ers): 9. and Tom Blundell, knocked The next Test is at Christ­ were backed by a sensational It was clever bowling by The batsman chose not to re­ land attack; he bowls longish outside off was somehow INDIA BOWLING off the nine runs required church following a four­day bunch of fielders. Boult on the fourth morning, view the decision and was spells of control and accura­ edged by Bumrah — nothing Ishant 1­0­8­0, Bumrah 0.4­0­1­0. without fuss. New Zealand gap. Coach Ravi Shastri is when he went round the right. cy, choking batsmen for has gone right for him in this Man-of-the-Match: Tim had clinched the first Test, bound to have a tough talk A fine pair wicket and got a delivery to At the other end, Rishabh runs, maintaining the Test — for substitute Daryl Southee. taking its points to 120 in the with the boys. Talking about partnerships, angle into Ajinkya Rahane Pant was playing his brand pressure. Mitchell to pluck the catch DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD World Test Championship. The Kiwis are not the they seldom come better and then straighten up. The of strokeplay, swinging pace­ one­handed in the slip DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD India stays on 360. quickest of bowlers but are than Boult and Southee. It’s edge was snaffled up gleeful­ men fine for boundaries. Terrific catches cordon. Second Test The pitch offered some among the cleverest. The a left­right pair of contrasts ly by ’keeper B­J. Watling. However, he kept losing Pant’s strength resulted in Southee and Boult were B Feb. 29­March 4, movement and the New Zea­ manner in which they mix and similarities that has now Then, Southee set up Ha­ partners. Ishant Sharma, put his downfall. The left­hander smiling as they walked back. Christchurch land attack posed searching their lengths, vary angles featured in 28 of New Zea­ numa Vihari brilliantly. Two down twice, once at short­ went on his knees to swing It takes two to tango. DDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD We let ourselves down with the bat, says Kohli A fine all­round effort: Williamson S. Dinakar trollable, so you can’t focus Lauds pacemen who executed the ‘choke the Indians’ plan Wellington on that.” Virat Kohli’s furrowed brows Kohli said India had not Special Correspondent performance, across the “It’s always nice to put a told the tale. The India skip­ been at its best in this Test. Wellington board, was a very good one guy somewhere and have per’s body language could “Only if we accept this, we Grace and dignity are the on a surface that I thought them hit it there and you get not mask the pain of defeat. will come out in the next two words that sum up Kane created a good balance bet­ a wicket.” As skipper of the World game with a much better Williamson as captain. ween bat and ball. Williamson said, “The No. 1 Test team he takes mind­set and much more In victory or defeat [re­ “There were handy con­ lower­order partnerships pride in his side’s perfor­ competitive.” member the excruciatingly tributors with the bat too, it were quite important to get mances overseas. India, The captain felt shot­selec­ painful World Cup final set­ was a really brilliant all­ that 183­run lead. Those late though, was swept aside by tion was very important in back] these qualities shine round game for us.” cameos really helped.” New Zealand at the Basin these conditions. Kohli said through in this marvellous He complimented his pa­ Reserve. the New Zealand bowlers got cricketer. cemen. “These guys, espe­ Making things happen into the minds of the bat­ cially this morning, put the On employing the short ball Blunt and direct smen — bowling with accura­ Level­headed ball in the right areas. There successfully, Man­of­the­ Kohli was blunt and direct, cy, fielders around the bat. A captain and a leader of wasn't the sort of wind that Match Tim Southee said, he did not make excuses. “You have to hit past those men, Williamson was typi­ we expect here in Welling­ “Neil [Wagner] usually does Kohli said the team had fielders and therein lies the cally level­headed after a ton but we got a bit of shape that for us and he is a great not been competitive risk. This pitch was slow and crushing 10­wicket win over and created opportunities. exponent of it. Without him, enough. He recalled how the on the drier side. So we we­ India. No bold talk, just com­ Throughout the match there it was about trying things team had fought all the way ren’t able to get our shots mon sense. was something [in the pitch] when the game was sitting in even in matches it had lost. away,” he said. The Kiwi skipper said, to keep us interested.” balance and not much was “But I think we let our­ “We know the quality of In­ On the Kiwi plan to happening.” selves down massively with Deceptive scores dia and what they bring all ‘choke’ the Indian batsmen, Southee said, “Being a the bat in the first innings. If Given his potential, Kohli Downcast: Kohli’s men troop off the field after losing the first Test. * GETTY IMAGES around the world. We were he said, “You’re always try­ swing bowler helps, and be­ we had got 230 or 240 we was willing to give Prithvi aware of that challenge but ing to execute a plan and the ing able to swing the ball is would have given our bow­ Shaw more time.