India vs New Zealand 4th One Day Photos, Images - Yusuf Pathan is Man of the Match

Yusuf Pathan hit his career turning inning with an unbeaten maiden ODI century with 123 not out off 96 balls with 7 fours and 7 sixes and turned a dead rubber match into a thriller and set a 5 wicket win and helps India to take 4-0 lead in 5 match series. He also took 3 wickets and probably end India's search for an all rounder for the upcoming ICC Cricket World Cup 2011.

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.

India vs New Zealand Fourth ODI Live Score at Bangalore - INd v NZL 4th One Day Live Commentary

Watch and enjoy the live scorecard with ball by ball commentary of the fourth one day international of 5 match series between India and New Zealand in a day game at Bangalore from afternoon 2.3o PM IST.

India vs New Zealand 4th One Day Live Score with ball by ball Commentary:

IND vs NZL 4th One Day Preview at Bengaluru - India v New Zealand Fourth ODI Teams

In a dead rubber 4th one day, India will take New Zealand as host already won the series, on Tuesday, 7th December, 2010 at M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore in a day night game starting from 9:00 GMT, 14:30 IST. India leading the 5 match series by 3-0.

India will now try to win the series by 5-0 and will give chance to new players like Saurabh Tiwary and Parthiv Patel will take the place of keeper Saha, who rested for South Africa series. Gautam Gambhir and Virat Kohli is in great form and Zaheer Khan will do practice for the tough series in South Africa.

New Zealand on the other hand will try to stop their loosing streak as they already lost 9 matches in a row. Brandon McCullum failed after return of injury and will try to give good opening with Guptil.

India Playing 11 for 4th ODI at Bangalore:

M Vijay, Gautam Gambhir (capt), Virat Kohli, Yuvraj Singh, Saurabh Tiwari, Yusuf Pathan, Parthive Patel (wk), R Ashwin, Zaheer Khan, Ashish Nehra, Munaf Patel.

New Zealand Playing 11 for 4th ODI at Bangslore:

Jamie How, Martin Guptill, Ross Taylor, Scott Styris, Kane Williamson, Daniel Vettori (capt), Gareth Hopkins (wk), Nathan McCullum, Kyle Mills, Andy McKay, Tim Southee