kuldeep_panwar
January 11th, 2003, 05:27 PM
India nearly wasted a century effort by Virendra Sehwag before scampering for a narrow one-wicket victory against New Zealand in the sixth one-day international in Auckland on Saturday.
Sehwag cracked a brilliant 112, his second hundred of the series, to bring India within 17 runs of New Zealand's total of 199 for nine. But the visitors lost six wickets in the space of 15 runs to make a complete mess of the situation.
It was left to Ashish Nehra, who struck a boundary off the penultimate ball of the match to bring India their second successive victory in the seven-match series, which the hosts have already clinched after winning the first four games.
Sehwag cracked a brilliant 112, his second hundred of the series, to bring India within 17 runs of New Zealand's total of 199 for nine. But the visitors lost six wickets in the space of 15 runs to make a complete mess of the situation.
It was left to Ashish Nehra, who struck a boundary off the penultimate ball of the match to bring India their second successive victory in the seven-match series, which the hosts have already clinched after winning the first four games.