Misra's five for helps India to Dominate in the Decider

                     India clinch the ODI series 3-2 after a dominating performance in the decider of the ODI series at Visakhapatnam with an win margin of 190 runs, Kiwis collapsed just for 79 runs in chasing a target of 270 which looked above par on the surface that produced more turn so far this series and Indian spinners used most of it as spinners pinched 8 wickets leading with Misra’s five for.  

                  With chasing a target of 270 on a pitch that slowed up as the game progressed in the first half, Kiwis hadn't got a greatest of starts as Guptill once again beaten by a peach by Umesh in the first over itself. But Latham who is fluent with the bat so far struck some watchful boundaries but couldn't get his team to a flyer as he got out a delivery which held on the pitch due to its true nature.

                  While India got their early breakthroughs within first 6 overs as Kiwis found in early trouble at 28 for 2 , but Williamson who joined by Taylor played pacers with ease and kept things in check of a fascinating chase. Although at the end of the powerplay Ms introduced spin from both ends and this pair struggled to pinch runs with pace off the ball.

                 So with some quite overs in the middle Williamson thought to break the shackles by dancing down the pitch to play an lofted shot over long off, but could only found out Jadhav and there starred Kiwis an infamous collapse ever in their history. As Misra once again got Taylor edging to Dhoni and later things changed in quick time with the batsmen later followed found hard to cross 5 run mark.

                    Misra showed all his tricks to outfox the batsmen with his googly, leg break and tossed delivery's as Misra finished with 5/18 in his 6 overs and Axar too at the other end kept it tight, and chipped in with 2 wickets. Also the debutant got his name in the wicket column as Anderson found plumb in front and Kiwis lost their 8 wickets for just 16 runs.

                  Earlier India won the toss and elected to bat for the first time in the series and opted for two changes with bringing in debutant Jayant as an additional spinner and with Bumrah fit it made expensive Kulkarni out. While kiwis once again made a change as they done in the entire series, with making room for Anderson in place of Devcich.

                  Indian opening pair were cautious with the new ball keeping in mind of what had happened throughout the series, Rahane seemed to have found his lost form as he swept loose delivers into the fence and Rohit at the other end looked to spent some time at the crease, but only then after an start in the innings Rahane once again was out playing a half hearted shot and India where 40-1 in the 10th over.

                 Later Virat who walked into the crease looked busy as ever and Rohit started to get into his groves more by hitting couple of boundaries, in this time Rohit caught up with an niggle while completing an quick single with a awkward dive and he then decided to take the anti towards the kiwis with looking for boundaries and in this process, he completed his 29th fifty and only then Taylor dropped Rohit at midwicket.

                   This time though the drop hadn’t costed kiwis much but Rohit looked threading with picking sixes of ease against sodhi, so then Williamson brought his main weapon for a short burst and he hadn’t disappointed his captain call as he tested Rohit to pull with the niggle and he ended up scoring 70 off just 65 balls as the successive pull found Nesham at deep square leg.

                  While Virat & Dhoni found it difficult to rotate the strike regularly but they made the run rate doesn’t fall down much with hitting big shots against Sodhi and fifth bowler, in this time Virat brought up another fifty and this pair added 71 runs for the 3rd wicket as Dhoni departed for 41 against Santner in playing an attempt sweep.

                    At this stage India were 190-3 in 38th over and Pandey’s stay hadn’t lost long as he miss timed a slog sweep to go big early in the innings and dismissed for knot, but Jadhav who walked to the crease next has been circumspect with giving more strike to set Virat. While Virat looked to shift gears as they were into final power play but he couldn’t clear the man at long off in playing a big shot and dismissed for well made 65.

                    At the end it was Jadhav and Patel who held their nerve to bat out the over’s and this pair made india to set a target of 270 with losing 6 wickets of their 50 overs, as Jadhav finished 39 not out of 37 balls and Patel scoring a brisk knock of 24 in 18 balls.

Predictable India and Adapting Kiwis eye on Series win

                             It appeared all to easy for India at Mohali and the much needed lead forced kiwis under more pressure but the momentum not lasted for long as they exploited the conditions far better than the home side at Ranchi, which in turn made the contest at Visakhapatnam an enthralling one to decide the fate of the series on Saturday.

                        The major target for India in the series have been finding the stability in the middle order and also to figure out an All-rounder which in turn makes the squad more stable, where Dhoni’s promotion as been the plans of that too. While the inexperienced Middle order showed glimpse of optimism and also failed to convert the starts in to big.

                 Although on the other hand Pandya yet to bowl 10 over’s in match which has been the result of Jadhav’s golden arm, Where it given  Dhoni more options to work with but this time it made pandya untested fully.  For now though the focus will be more on the series which is on the line and Rohit who is due of runs will be itching to go big, but problem against the in swinging delivery is to be addressed.

                      On the other hand Kiwis as been successful in reading the conditions like a hock and the Ranchi ODI is a replica of that and it would give them more confidence to work with, while Guptill’s match winning innings is an boosting asset for the visitors at the top alongside consistent Latham.

                        Meanwhile Taylor’s slump form as been a never ending concern in this tour and if he doesn’t get runs at brisk pace it would alter the dynamics of the squad once again, although there are new positives growing for kiwis with Neesham chipping in with wickets at crucial times alongside his crucial knock at Mohali.

                        While the pitches so far in this series had their saying in the end result and Visakhapatnam won’t be far away from making it’s point as traditionally it gives batting surfaces alongside assisting spinners more but pacers too can’t taken out of the attack with the rain around in the forecast. But the surprising fact as been lack of dew at this time in the country and where the ball haven’t sliding on to the bat as it should, but instead of it holding on the surface also due to slowness.

                       So  players can’t alter the conditions and weather but can alter the playing XI according to it, while Ms is not the one who mix up things  a lot irrespective of conditions but Bumrah who is unfit in the previous encounter likely to return into the squad. On the hand Williamson and Co will once again look to alter squad and they might think bringing in Anderson or Ronchi in place of Devcich.

          At the end making all things apart the series haven’t featured big partnerships as many as it should considering the pitches on offer and it has lot to say about slump middle orders on both sides alongside the bowling performance of the both sides, which has turned in to the strengths alongside characteristic lower orders. So the contest which is on the line will be determined once again on the performance of batting units.

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Kiwis look up to their Batsmen to stay in the Hunt

               Whether it is test cricket or in ODI format the collapse of kiwis batting has been a certain feature of concern after an well laid platforms to go big and if they don’t get truthful there is an another series loss waiting for them with India leading the series, while with the middle order yet to get some sort of reasonable Starts they face a match of survival at Ranchi on Wednesday.

                 On the other hand India gained much impotent lead to play more freely and MS promotion to NO.4 worked quite well, but with the openers not getting the big runs so far making it rely more on  Virat.

                    Meanwhile the bowling unit made work easy for the batsmen apart from fighting against the resilience of kiwis late partnerships, but handy overs from Jadhav proved to be more expensive for the visitors and hardik’s presence making the squad much balanced with his opening spell.

                 Although Kiwis bowlers are  not too far away either in making early breakthroughs, their attack may have  found a late answer to break the partnership but things would have been far more interesting if Taylor have caught that all important catch.

                While Luke Ronchi who showed better performances in the test series haven’t got a start alongside Anderson and they lost in bits of collapse  and they have to get some inspiration from their lower order contributions.

              India too feel more to be tested with the bat and the result is an unchanged squad for the rest of the series and it won't get any better for Jadhav to get some runs alongside the existing wickets to creep more into the middle order.

              While the pitch at Ranchi gonna offer more assistance for spinners unlike at Mohali and India won the two of three games played out there as the other game haven't produced a result.

            So with the change in conditions Kiwi's as to consider an additional spinning option but the way Nesham performed it will be tough job for Williamson to pick the XI, on the other side Mandeep, Jayant and Kulkarni waiting for their turn, and with opening vows Mandeep may feel for an opportunity but with history Ms  doesn't want to think tank with the combination much.

             Much to  the combinations and conditions it is an all important match for the Kiwis to stay in the hunt and with the way they are going, it seems it has to be their batsmen to change the fortunes.

India lead 2-1, as Kohli lead another run Chase

                                Another Chase, another Century and another India win, as Kohli leads India along side with Dhoni in a crucial 152 run partnership for the 3rd wicket at  Mohali on Sunday to take the lead 2-1 in the 5 match series. Chasing a target of 286 India were in early trouble as Rahane once again failed to get some runs under his belt batting at the top, where he looked to play a drive over covers but held in two minds at the last moment.

              Kohli who walked at No.3 has been busy running the ball towards third man in the early part of Innings, While Taylor dropped Kohli when he is on 6  and it indeed proved to more expensive to bear for the Kiwis later in the innings.On the other hand Rohit struggled to rotate strike and looked tentative and it was in the 9 th over Rohit missed all ends up by surprise slower delivery from Southee when the ball was quite hard, Where Rohit had no clue and he was plumb to raise to raise the finger.

          At this stage India are 41/2 and suddenly the target seemed too big than it was, with the side in trouble the Captain cool walked in at No.4 ahead of Pandey not only to guide the team from trouble but also to play freely where he is more dangerous at. Dhoni seemed determined from the outset and played aggressive cricket, Kohli at the other end chipped in with singles to rotate the strike and Dhoni too joined him in picking up singles where he wasn't good at in early of an innings.

           But that intent helped India and the scorecard flowed fluently as this pair started coming into their zones more, while the Kiwis once again tested Dhoni with the short ball theory and Dhoni was not in any hurry to loop the ball  the air as, the UnOrthodox batsman showed his own technique to keep them out. Kohli was the aggressor early in the partnership and then Dhoni took it over, and in the process both passed their fifty at a brisk pace not allowing the run rate  to creep up either.

             Kiwis struggled to break the partnership until the 36th over when Dhoni chipped one to Taylor at covers and the road was well laid to the chase at the time as Dhoni scored 81 of their 152 run stand for the 3rd wicket. Then it was all  Kohli who anchored the chase alongside Pandey and the young man too played aggressive shots to make it more easy for the run machine, as Kohli turned another gear he reached his 26 th hundred of his Career and then it was all too easy as he made sure to score a boundary of each over, in the end he ensured the chase not to go too long and attacked in the 48th over pinching 22 runs, and also crossed 150 run mark as he lead home.

              Earlier Kiwis lost the toss fifth time in a row and gone with one change making in room for Nesham. For the first time in the ODI series Guptill survived first 2 overs and attacked Pandya more with his own aggressive style, and seemed to take on the bowlers but he wasn't lasted long as he was removed by Umesh by an inswinger. Later Williamson who walked into the crease played quite freely alongside accomplished Latham, and started to score boundaries more freely against pacers.

             While Dhoni brought on his golden man to break a partnership that hurted India in the previous game and the pair attacked Jadhav in his first over, in the later over of Jadhav Williamson was early on the sweep to a tossed up delivery and was plump in front as Jadhav striked once again with his golden arm. Although with two right handers in at the crease Jadhav was taken out of the attack, while Latham sweeped the spinners so  as he did in this tour all along to keep the scorecard ticking.

              But Taylor at the other end struggled to rotate strike against spinners, although he stayed long at the crease and looked to carry on with more time Taylor played good shorts. While Latham moved into his fifties once again  and things got better for Kiwis as the pair laid 73 run stand for the 3rd wicket only then Taylor who was looking good outfoxed by Mishra with beautifully frightened in-dipping leg spinner.

             At this stage Kiwis where 153/2 in 28.2 overs and there came another collapse of the series, as they lost 4 wickets in spare of 16 runs and 4 overs. As Jadhav picked Anderson and set Latham, and Ronchi got out to a  splendid work from Dhoni behind the stumps. While Santner and Southee too doesn't stayed at the crease for a long time and Kiwis were 199/8 in the 39th over

            Much disappointed to their collapse their came late resilience from Jane's Nesham and Matt Henry, as Nesham came into his own with some purpose he made an much needed half century and also laid a 84 run partnership for the 9 th wicket. Eventually Kiwis got on to a total that they would feel better after their collapse through middle overs, as they made 285 of 49.4 overs.

Both sides need to readdress batting to Come on Top

                    The Series is now well poised with Kiwis winning the 2nd ODI with some intent and India would be quite disappointed with the things those turned in anti chasing modest total. Much to  losing or winning both sides struggled with bat to keep the momentum in check apart from some characteristic knocks, as they now move from Delhi to Mohali it's more about keeping flow of runs on Sunday.

             While the bowling on the other hand had good results even with an even inexperienced attack from hosts and Kiwis turned to their main weapons to win their first match of the tour. Apart from technical aspects the dew had also been becoming a vital concern to handle with temperatures falling down and Kiwis handled it pretty well overcoming  that later in the night at Delhi.

            Although coming back to the batting Taylor's poor run hurting them badly and Corey Anderson struggling with his new role in the middle order purely as an batsmen. On the other hand Indian lineup has been tricky with some soft dismissals and their reliability on top order made the middle order tested, but the lower order had made some contributions at Delhi with Jadhav and Pandya's brick knocks.

           In the meantime the pitch at Mohali had some grass to work with on the eve of the match, Although it will be interesting to see whether it produces runs or would be on the slower side. The last time India played against Australia at the venue, where Ishanth taken for a trolling against Faulkner which eventually put his shorter format run under the scanner.

              But for now the pacers produced good outings in the series and there's certainly work to do be done with the bat though. At the end the 3rd ODI at Mohali will test batsmen in the afternoon and at the same time spinners will enjoy the long square boundaries, although at night it will be handling dew for the defending team to come on top. Anyways the contest will be heated up in cool temperatures as Both sides yet show their potential with the bat.

Kiwis level the Series with their First win

                 New Zealand register their first win of the tour and leveled the series 1-1 as India fell short of 6 runs in chasing 243 and it is once again Hardik Pandya in action this time with the bat, who raised hopes in Indian  camp with his cameo of 36 alongside Umesh with an partnership of 49 runs for 9 th wicket. When India were 8 down for 183 in the 41st over.

           The target seemed an easy one as India were in confidence but the Kiwis with some changes to the bowling unit, bowled with discipline leading up with Boult and fielded with purpose to show where they need to be. Rohit looked in some touch with hitting a six and a boundary in the mix he was done by some extra bounce from Boult. Indian batsmen all got to an  important start to go big, but no one really stayed for long.

             At the end the use of deliveries to their start as become an anti for the lower order batsmen as Dhoni’s 39 runs came off 65 balls, alongside Rahane’s 28 runs of 49 balls, while things looked good for India when Kedar Jadhav striked at more than run a ball and the partnership between him and Dhoni was the highest in  the innings. Although Jadhav dismissal brought the flow of runs down, through later of 30th over in the Innings.

             It's mostly the lack of pace in the wicket as troubled the Indian batsmen and the Kiwis used most of it to their advantage as Dhoni and Jadhav fallen to slower delivers. While India lost Axar and Misra to Guptill in the 41st  over in the purpose to decelerate the required run rate, which they thought is the over to go after. At the end Hardik played a matured innings alongside Umesh under the circumstances, but eventually hold on to Santner at extra cover in playing a short ball with flat bat.

              Earlier it was Kiwis who were put on the bat first after losing another toss and the hosts got the breakthrough of the second ball as Umesh dismissed Guptill with a peach of delivery which pitched around middle and taken the off stump out of the ground. After that it was all the Kiwis who looked in control as Latham and Williamson started to set the tone for 300 at some stage and Dhoni seemed to have no answers until bringing Jadhav into the attack after an attacking batting from the duo against the front line spinners.

             Jadhav trapped Latham on his crease to sent him off after an well laid partnership of 120, later the incoming batsmen found it difficult to score alongside their captain, as Taylor once again failed to replicate his standards. Although Williamson fought hard at the other end with wickets tumbling at the other end and he brought up his maiden ODI hundred against the hosts, while India never allowed them to settle them.

           At the end Williamson who struggled after his century with cramps got out on 118 at long on to Misra in playing a big shot, meanwhile India wrapped up the Kiwis in last ten overs with minimum runs on offer. As this time around Southee couldn't fired up at the end Kiwis made 243 for the loss of 9 wickets with Misra and Bumrah picking up 3 wickets a piece.

Slumped New Zealand Seek Quick Turn-around

                   it's disappointing not just for the Kiwis but also for Indians too the way the first ODI ended without an even contest, India who had more concerns to address going into the first ODI would feel that they got it right but not the way they wanted with Kiwis tumbled and the second ODI at Delhi on Thursday as all its Stakes to make it a talking point with India roaring high, and Kiwis yet to register a win on the tour.

            Of all what happened at Dharmashala Hardik pandya shared the limelight not with his debut but with the pace he bowled. That means the limelight of the series will be more on him as India in search of seam bowling all-rounder from a long time, adding to his pace umesh’s line's will be too under the radar as the series progress.

            On the other hand the visitors surprised everyone with their batting collapse and they will be under pressure on Thursday given the situation they are in, they don't replicate their shorter format success in recent years but it's all too early to make points on a side which have all basses covered.

           While it's evident that the visitor's even struggled against part time spin and even if they get a good start against pacers early on it's going to be challenging against spinners like axar who is eager to establish himself and with Misra’s experience they need to address the issue of playing spin at least in shorter format to come on top against India.

           Meanwhile Raina's delay in recovery would benefit Jadhav with another chance and also a good time for the hosts to test him with the resources they have with in the squad, while Kiwis are in two minds of playing an extra pacer in playing XI in place of Nesham or Ish Sodhi where it's tricky that hosts has been comfortably playing spin and with the surface at Delhi it's not going to easy going with 4 men pace attack as well.

          At the end it all depends on the Kiwis in bouncing back after an unusual performance from their batsmen and the hosts point would be clear to put pressure on the visitors, as the contest once again lies between the batting units of either sides.

England look to use Conditions as Hosts yet to establish

                 England ceased the ODI series and ended Bangladesh 's winning streak of series in limited overs format and now it's time for them to switch the gears to longer format, where the actual business lies for them from Thursday at Chittagong ahead of India's tour later the two match series against Bangladesh.

            While Bangladesh are more than competitive side in the limited overs format since their WC 15 quarterfinal qualification, but the longer format still has been a merry ocean to sail as the hosts yet to find players  whose potential lasts five long days.

            But the limited overs format produced good contest between the sides and the on field banter between players made it even spicy where it might still burn the flame in the longer format for an opportunity to show dominance against each other.

            While the hosts made too  many changes to their side when compared it with their last longer format squad due to form and also to injury concerns. Although Shakib remains to be an much relied player for the team in any format and this time it's not any different given his form in limited overs format.

             On the other hand the visitors too have called their longer format specialists and other key players of the squad ahead of India's tour. While Duckett who has been impressive in ODIs and in the practice games likely to make his debut at the top in absence of Hales, while the young Haseeb Hameed as to wait for his chance along the road.

           Meanwhile Anderson's injury will be not a problem for them in this series but his fitness for India tour will be more crucial, who is already set miss the first test. It's going be a test to adapt to the conditions which offer more spin as the game progress both for the batsmen and as well as for the spinners. Where the hosts look to exploit the region more and it might be more needed for the visitors than them.

Bowlers and Kohli ensured India to set the tone

                             India won the 1st ODI of 5 match series by 6 wickets and with 101 balls to spare as Virat ensured to stay till the end in chasing a below par score on a good batting pitch in Dharamshala. It was the hosts who elected to ball on winning the toss and Pandya was awarded his first ODI cap in the opener as India went with two spin attack same as the visitors with giving a rest to Boult and Henry.

           The innings hadn't started well for the visitors as expected as Guptill looked tentative against pandya in his first over and he could only outside edge the last ball which held it's line tough starter. On the other end Umesh proved to be more reliable with his lines  probing the batsmen around the off stump but in the way Williamson couldn't clear Misra at third man in playing an rare width delivery offered by Umesh. Later Ross Taylor couldn't keep away a good ball first up from Umesh who could only edge it to Dhoni.

            Hardik Pandya came with more pace as a surprise and he is lucky enough to pick Anderson and Ronchi who couldn't keep the ball down the ground. While Bumah chipped in with quite overs alongside the new ball bowlers as Latham played quite watchful shots at one end with wickets falling at the other end. The Kiwis struggled throughout the innings at a stage India looked to wrap up the visitors below 100, but at the end it was the partnership between Latham and Southee that made them to post some runs on the board as Misra wrapped up the innings with 3 wickets.

            Later on India started to the chase a below par score of 190 with easing the movement of the new ball where Rohit and Rahane are circumspect early on but Rohit couldn't make up the runs as he missed a full length ball angling in from Bracewell at the end of the powerplay. While Rahane within a couple of overs span edged an outswinger from Nesham to wicketkeeper in trying to run the ball to the third man.

              Meanwhile Pandey who walked at no.4 as looked busy alongside Virat in roaring the strike but could only find Williamson in playing a short ball of Sodhi after a good start. Dhoni who joined later with Virat played some shots of the short deliveries with ease which the Kiwis wanted  to test him in that region. In the process Virat completed his half century and made things quite easy as he ended on 85* in  finishing the innings with a six.

            At the end it can be said as batting collapse from visitors who can't post a challenging target and thanks to some fight from Latham and Southee ensuring with some runs to defend, but it was all too easy for the chasing machine who stayed till the end. Although much credit goes to the inexperienced bowling unit to warping up the visitors under 200.

Host's seek Solutions as Visitors eager to Compensate losses

                           India have started their home season as wished too as Kiwi's found it difficult to handle some high quality spin, but now with the change in the format it's all a different ball game in the shorter format as the visitors showed their peak form over last couple of years in this format. The sweep in longer format mean they yet to register a win in this tour and it's time for them to showcase their potential at a venue where touring teams feel at home.

           India have more problems to solve in the shorter format and injury to Dhawan and illness to Raina would mean that Dhoni has to decide whether to bat Rahane at the top or to keep continue playing in the middle order which he has done in the previous encounters he played. While the  schedule is so tight for the hosts that they should find the blueprint to the championship trophy in 2017 with the limited matches they have in this season.

            On the other hand Kiwis have ample matches ahead of the tournament and they feel it's important to start well in the shorter format after a while now. The return of Southee as strengthened their experience in the team and Anderson's new role in the team with the bat is going to quite a crucial one for the balance of the side alongside Nesham's return who is yet to establish himself as an genuine Allrounder at the highest level.

            Meanwhile it's hard to remember Baz’s farewell ODI and the visitors haven't played an ODI since then but Williamson being the captain in all the formats made it unreasonable to look at that way. But the opener slot is where the big shoes as to filled and Taylor's form would be crucial for them after his sloppy knocks in this tour so far.

         Although on the given day it all depends on how players to adapt to the conditions on offer and Dharmashala would be ideal for the visitors to start the series given the low temperatures on available and handling due for spinners later in the evening will be a challenge.

               At the end it's more about finding the missing link in the middle and lower order for India than winning or losing and for the visitors it's about compensating their longer format losses in this tour so far. While the context between the both sides at Dharamsala on Sunday depends between the batting units of both sides where the work is in progress.