After a humiliating loss in Hamilton, India bounced back to beat New Zealand by 35 runs in the 5th ODI at Wellington to clinch the five-match ODI series 4-1. For an emphatic all-round display in the series, Twitter went berserk to celebrate Men in Blue’s historic win.
Earlier, after losing four quick wickets for just 18 runs, Ambati Rayudu (90), Vijay Shankar 🉐(45) and Kedar Jadhav (34) stabilised the Indian innings and then Hardik Pandya made a quickfire 45 in 22 balls towards the end to post a decent s🔴core before the Indian bowlers came into the picture and dismissed the Blackcaps for 217.
The margin of victory (4-1) is India’s biggest in a series in New Zealand, and second only to the 5-1 scoreline in South Africa last year in terms of India’s biggest ODI series win outside Asia (excluding Zimbabwe).
Here is how Twitter reacted:
Great come back from a tough situation early on to make it 4-1. Shows the character we have. Well done boys. Jai Hind �🌟�🇳
— Virat Kohli (@imVkohli)
Great to win this game after being 18-4, great contributions from the middle, lower order today and really loved the way used these combination of bowlers. Congra🍰tulations
— Virender Sehwag (@virendersehwag)
Fantastic win from India. This one will really please the team a lot & I just loved the intensity with which they bowled today ,despite having already won the series. Great contributions from the middle order with the ba🐭t and some excellent bowlingꦜ by each of the bowlers
— VVS Laxman (@VVSLaxman281)
India will be very p꧂leased wi✤th this win. Shankar and Kedar as 5th bowlers bowled 11 overs for just 53, and that was very crucial in the context of the match. Great 4-1 series win
— Mohammad Kaif (@MohammadKaif)
Good to see the team clicking ওand contributing towards the victory. was great today along with t🦩he comeback man . A good series win in New Zealand for us.
— Vinod Kambli (@vinodkambli349)
Never l🔯eave your crease with MS Dhoni behind the stumps!
— ICC (@ICC)
The☂ Josh is Definitely High. Congratulations to the team on the series win. Complete dominance. 🇮🇳
— Siddharthh Kaul (@iamsidkaul)
Such days are very rare and for India to come back from 18/4 and win the game, speaks of the character shown by the lesser lights. Well played Rayudu, Vijay, Kedar, Pandya, Chahal, Shami… #4-1
— Vikrant Gupta (@vikrantgupta73)
Terrific comeback by India after embarrassing loss in 4ꦉth game. Grand recovery after stuttering start by Rayudu, Jadhav, Shankar to allay misgivings about batting, followed by splendid bowling. Shami & Chahal superb. But show stealer with fiery allround performance
— Cricketwallah (@cricketwallah)
2-1 in Australia and 4-1 in NZ. 5-1 in South Africa. 1-2 in England when the prem🐼ier bowlers weren’t there. T🎃his team if all are fit, and that’s they key, will be the team to beat in WC 2019.
— Boria Majumdar (@BoriaMajumdar)
Recovered from an early collapse. And then defended a reasonably small total…well done, India 😊🙌
— Aakash Chopra (@cricketaakash)
6-2 in australia & new zealand
— Gaurav Kalra (@gauravkalra75)
For me a quickthinking running out Neesham was the second and the final turning point of the match after a hurricane.Yes clearly Dhoni's inside d circle captaincy nd chats with d spinners making a sizeable contribution
— Gautam Bhattacharya (@gbsaltlake)
Worst starts from where India have won an ODI:
17/5 v Zimbabwe (Tunbridge Wells 1983)
34/5 v Pakistan (Sharjah 1985)
18/4 v New Zealand (Wellington 2019)— Rajneesh Gupta (@rgcricket)
That's Men in Blue for you 🙂
SCORECARD:— betvisa68.com (@CricketTimesHQ)
Lowest score at fall of th♔e 4th wicket to win an ODI: (Batting 1st)
9/4 – India vs Zimbabwe, 1983
15/4 – Australia vs Windies, 1996
18/4 – INDIA vs NEW ZEALAND, Today— Sampath Bandarupalli (@SampathStats)
Man of the Series – who picked up nine wickets from the four matches matches that he played in
— Cricbuzz (@cricbuzz)
