IND v NZL 4th ODI Result - Yusuf Pathan's 96 balls 123 runs set a 5 wicket win in a thriller

India successfully chased the highest score of the series 315 runs thanks to Yusuf Pathan's 96 balls 123 not out runs and set a 5 wicket win with 7 balls remaining and extend their lead to 4-0 in a rain inturrepted game on Tuesday, 7th December, 2010 at Bangalore. NZL made 315/7 in 50 overs and IND made 321/5 in 48.5 overs


New Zealand got their best opening stand of the series 62 runs in 8 overs and then converted it to highest score of the series with a total of 315/7 thanks to Franklin's unbeaten 98 runs off just 69 balls with 12 fours and 3 sixes with contributions from McCullum 42, Taylor 44 and Styris 46 runs as Pathan took 3 wickets.

India also got a good start by Parhive Patel's 53 runs but lost quick wickets and struggling at 108/4 but Yusuf Pathan first put 80 runs with Rohit Sharma 44 and then put unbeaten 133 runs in 16 overs with Saurabh Tiwary 37* to set an easy 5 wicket win with 7 balls remaining. Yusuf Pathan hit unbeaten 123 runs off 96 balls with 7 fours and 7 sixes.

Match Summary:

New Zealand - 315/7 in 50 overs (Franklin 98*, Styris 46, Pathan 3-49)

India - 321/5 in 48.5 overs (Yusuf 126*, Partive 53, Rohit 44)

Toss - India, who chose to bowl first.

Man of the Match - Yusuf Pathan (India)

Result - India won by 5 wickets (with 7 balls remaining)

Series - India led the 5 match series by 4-0.