New Zealand v India | 2nd Test | Napier | 26-30 Mar 09

[Mansoor_Ahmed]

bublu, you would agree it is a breath of fresh air to follow such test match battles over the mindless slogging of 20/20 match. Dravid in my mind ranks higher than laxman and tendi in absolute focus.

 

[USaqaf]

Of course its very obvious the BCCI has bullied NZ into playing defensive.
First SL now NZ, sad to see cricket bought by BCCI and Indians.

 

[rahulrulezz]

Of course its very obvious the BCCI has bullied NZ into playing defensive.
First SL now NZ, sad to see cricket bought by BCCI and Indians.

) ) )

 

[wanted_desi]

Of course its very obvious the BCCI has bullied NZ into playing defensive.
First SL now NZ, sad to see cricket bought by BCCI and Indians.

) ) Someone take him to where he belongs

 

[Tupac]

Of course its very obvious the BCCI has bullied NZ into playing defensive.
First SL now NZ, sad to see cricket bought by BCCI and Indians.

and the same BCCI bullied NZ into making 600+ in the first innings?

jokes aside, excellent batting by us. Hoping for a big Tendulkar ton tomorrow. Excellent batting by Gambhir!

 

[Eagle Eyes]

Excellent batting by India.. hoping for all out tomorrow. Good luck!

 

[bantu]

Bantu : India will not loose.........

thanks bunty

You are welcome kabri........

 

[On_the_up]

Stumps on day 4, India's day India 252-2
Tendulkar 58* (on course for his 43rd test century)
Gambhir 102*

 

[imran1963]

Do you think India can draw this match?

 

[On_the_up]

the first session will be crucial, yuvraj isn't in the best of form, and then it's karthik and the tail. it could go either way. india will have to bat till beyond tea time to save it.

 

[maamrut]

the first session will be crucial, yuvraj isn't in the best of form, and then it's karthik and the tail. it could go either way. india will have to bat till beyond tea time to save it.

You forget about VVS?

 

[On_the_up]

You forget about VVS?

I did indeed forget about the VeryVerySpecial one, according to Mark Nicholas.

 

[Oxy]

Has Mark Nicholas brown-nosed enough to secure an IPL commentary position?

He's tried damn hard!

 

[pakistani pride]

Good come back. NZ did their best but this indian batting line up could not make the same mistakes again in 2 days !

 

[Amjid Javed]

Last day of the game. India will need to bat probably till tea or just after to make the game safe. Kiwis need a big first session with a few wickets need atleast.

 

[On_the_up]

Has Mark Nicholas brown-nosed enough to secure an IPL commentary position?

He's tried damn hard!

He is an IPL style commentator, very flowery in his descriptions.

 

[On_the_up]

Gambhir has the colours of the Indian flag his gloves. That's the most interesting thing I have seen so far today.

 

[On_the_up]

Tendulkar out!!!!!!!!!!
great catch by the keeper

 

[On_the_up]

Martin with the crucial wkt. he made 63,
McCullum full length to his right in front of 1st slip. excellent catch

India 260-3

 

[On_the_up]

VeryVerySpecial comes in

 

[12thMan]

the catch must be banned. Not a good display of sportsmanship

 

[On_the_up]

There is a bit for the bowlers in this pitch at the moment, the odd one is moving a little.

 

[On_the_up]

India still trail by 54

 

[jusarrived]

if GG goes now , we are in trouble ..with two new batsmen at the crease !

 

[On_the_up]

11 runs in the last 10 overs, India's approach is clear.

 

[jusarrived]

only one who could ahve won this for us was Shewag , so the approach is not surprising ..we had to play for a draw here !

 

[12thMan]

Laxman 13(40) - Ghambir 110(328)
India 279- 3 after 123 overs - trail by 35 runs
75 overs left today

too many overs for NZ bowlers in last 2 days

 

[On_the_up]

only one who could ahve won this for us was Shewag , so the approach is not surprising ..we had to play for a draw here !

India never had a chance of winning, it's just by scoring a bit more quickly, they would have got to safety that much earlier.

 

[On_the_up]

287-3 (127) Laxman 14, Gambhir 117
27 behind

 

[jusarrived]

India never had a chance of winning, it's just by scoring a bit more quickly, they would have got to safety that much earlier.

playing out overs was also important , in the process of scoring quickly we could have lost wickets as well !

 

[12thMan]

India is doing what was needed. I think they have saved the match already unless NZ can get them out in next 30 some overs. Anything is possible but I don't see a collapse right now and lunch is almost here.

Good move by Shewag and his capatincy to get out early to have enough time to give spanky to batsmen. They are performing now

 

[On_the_up]

Lunch 306-3 (137)
Still 8 runs behind

India's session

 

[On_the_up]

54 runs off 30 overs in that session. One for the die hards.

 

[Tupac]

Inshallah.

Things didn't exactly go as planned did they Amir?

If Allah brings us to it, he'll take us through it too.

 

[Tupac]

Gambhir falls, fantastic innings. We should be able to bat out time from now.

 

[Bublu Bhuyan]

G Gambhir lbw b Patel 137 (642m 436b 18x4 0x6) SR: 31.42

That's one heck of a performance. Did everything he could to save this Test.

 

[Tupac]

Zindabad India! Way to go. We can't lose this test series now.

 

[HuZi]

good match from the kiwi's and indians nice scorefrom the kiwis and good batting from gambhir omg he can play slowly!!! I dint know that

 

[Romali_rotti]

Things didn't exactly go as planned did they Amir?

If Allah brings us to it, he'll take us through it too.

I dont think Allah chooses sides in a cricket game ..

 

[Amjid Javed]

Excellent effort by india to get a draw. To Pretty much bat out last two days means india deserve to take 1-0 lead into final test!

 

[Savak]

New Zealand just dont have the bowling attack i am afraid against this high quality Indian batting line up. India is too good a team to mess up with the bat twice.

 

[Random Aussie]

Good fightback from India. I dare say a few years ago they would have folded big time.

 

[adit_sh]

Good fightback from India. I dare say a few years ago they would have folded big time.

I agree. I havent seen any Indian Side from 90's and 2000's have done this in the past specially outside India. Again not comparing any team, but just that this Indian team is far better than previous Indian team to tour NZ only batting per se.