Boult strikes as New Zealand thrash India in World Cup warm-up
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Trent Boult starred with the ball as New Zealand thrashed India in a World Cup warm-up match at the Oval on Saturday.
The left-arm seamer exploited overcast conditions and a pitch with plenty of grass cover to finish with four for 33 as India were skittled out for just 179 in 39.2 overs.
Ross Taylor (71) and New Zealand captain Kane Williamson (67) both spent useful time in the middle as the Black Caps won with almost 13 overs to spare.
Earlier, Boult removed openers Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan for two apiece to leave India 10 for two. Ravindra Jadeja (54) and Hardik Pandya (30) were the only India batsmen to make it past 19.
India captain Virat Kohli fell for 18 to medium-pacer Colin de Grandhomme when the star batsman was clean bowled by a ball that cut back in off the seam as he aimed towards midwicket.
Kohli's men were in danger of being dismissed for under a hundred when MS Dhoni, the captain of the India side that won the 2011 World Cup, fell to Southee to leave his team on 91 for seven.
But Jadeja's 50-ball innings, featuring six fours and two sixes, helped rally the tail.
India, however, were still bowled out with nearly 10 overs of their innings remaining, with James Neesham taking three for 26.
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May 25, 2019 10:36pm
Not an overcast condition, wrong word in article but a normal green wickets and New Zealand good toos to win and bowl. Well done New Zealand!
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May 25, 2019 10:42pm
Better wake up or else pack up... No exceptions
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May 25, 2019 10:43pm
Modi 2.0. Cricket 1.0
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May 25, 2019 10:48pm
Credit goes to New Zealand, we all know India is a better team than this. Every team has its ups and downs, iA both teams will bring their A game for the June 16th match
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May 25, 2019 10:54pm
How come the news of Pakistan losing to Afghanistan is not a news here?
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May 25, 2019 10:57pm
Thrashing deserved
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May 25, 2019 10:58pm
Pitch was not batting friendly at all.
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May 25, 2019 11:09pm
Well done NZ. India can bounce back anytime.
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May 25, 2019 11:19pm
Just warm up and if all wickets are like this one. Pakistan will do good.
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May 25, 2019 11:24pm
Ryt but I didn't see any news of Afghanistan match with pak
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May 25, 2019 11:25pm
Actually the conditions weren't overcast and there was little to no grass. Kindly respect someone's achievements. If boult bowled well then give him credit.
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May 25, 2019 11:27pm
Something to cheer about
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May 25, 2019 11:36pm
Indian is a good team. I had expected much better performance from them
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May 25, 2019 11:50pm
oh so happy. please wait for real match.
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May 25, 2019 11:55pm
The warm up matches don’t mean anything.. teams are non serious.
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May 26, 2019 12:10am
I guess we are even now. Afghanistan struck too.
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May 26, 2019 12:25am
Good, now shape up for the real deal!
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May 26, 2019 12:34am
Oops the overly cool guy act from kohli and his paper tiger Indians comes crashing down
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May 26, 2019 12:53am
Guess ODI rankings don’t mean much these days.
The boys in ‘Saffron’ couldn’t even manage to play 40 overs and only put up a paltry 180 as if it were a T20.
Still time to go home, India before the tournament ACTUALLY begins.
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May 26, 2019 01:06am
Finally some good news for Pakistan. Enjoy the moment, cause it's not going to last too long.
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May 26, 2019 02:25am
Warm up games have no value.
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May 26, 2019 02:25am
Now Pakistan's gotta beat BD today. This way 3 out of 4 Asian teams would have lost their first warm-ups.
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May 26, 2019 02:44am
It’ll be a wonderful world cup for both of us. They are batting like us, and we are bowling like them.
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May 26, 2019 03:22am
Match played with a different perspective by the captains -
The matter of fact is - Kohli won the toss, elected to bat and made a statement at the toss that he would like to put his team in a pressure position (referring to the grass-pitch condition). The result was evident. India lost quick wickets but then the wicket conditions improved later on and some of the lower order tailenders were able to score runs.
Kohli did not regret his decision.
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May 26, 2019 03:23am
No problem. Just a fluke for New Zealand, right?
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May 26, 2019 05:25am
Very funny. India loosing warm up match gets front page cover,while Pak loss yesterday against minnows Afghanistan nowhere seen on main headings.
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May 26, 2019 06:20am
We don’t show our strength in warm ups. Let the real game start. This was just to check how NZ team performs.
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May 26, 2019 06:43am
This is not warm-up but cooling down match.
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May 26, 2019 07:04am
What an one sided game !! Congratulations to NZ.
Keep it up. India needs to beat Pakistan and come back home to play IPL and earn money. Money matters.
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May 26, 2019 07:36am
Now I want all Pakistani fans to assume that it would be simple walkover for Pak in its match against India.
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May 26, 2019 08:04am
If you can't find happiness yourself let's find it in someone's failure.
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May 26, 2019 08:24am
Looks like England, Australia and New Zealand are the strongest...then who knows about the famous Pakistan bouncing back!
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May 26, 2019 08:25am
Lost to a better team unlike pakistan losing to bangladesh and afghanistan
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May 26, 2019 08:31am
Team Blue struggling with both bat and bowling.Scoring 179 and unable to take wickets.Team Blue going Hockey way .Good luck with down slide.
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May 26, 2019 10:38am
Let me clarify, Virat Kohli proactively took batting after winning the toss as he thought the wicket will be a test of the batsman..... remember it's a warm up match and Bumrah bowled just 4 overs
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May 26, 2019 10:54am
Good. Better to lose warm-up match and get a wake-up call than lose when it matters.
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May 26, 2019 12:36pm
@Sandeep,
you didnt look hard enough
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May 26, 2019 03:06pm
A fatal blow to the most "media hyped" team in the world led by an eccentric, selfish, unilateral and self-centered skipper, who always fumbles when it matters most especially while playing in England, the birth place of the gentleman's game of cricket.
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