Today in the Holkar Stadium of Indore Indian Cricket Team recorded a “Historic Win” against New Zealand Team winning by 321 runs. It was the fourth day of play out of the 5th. Day Test Match.
No exaggeration to say “ Virat is Virat” with the highest run score on the 3rd Day play – scoring gigantic 211 runs.
Ajinkya Rahane proved to be the most suitable partner by amazing 365 runs partnership never scored jointly so far. It is another record in 4th. wicket partnership as the highest score ever made before.
The 3rd. Test Match out of total of 3 series of matches – two test matches already won by Indian Cricket team one after another in Kanpur and Kolkata respectively.
No exaggeration to say that “Virat is Virat” with the historic win under his captaincy and moreover placing on record in golden letters in the cricket history of Test Matches by repeating double century.
The second record that the partnership of 365 runs in fourth wicket topped the list of partnership made ever since in the history of test cricket.
Over and above Ajinkya Rahane scored 188 runs which is also the highest run made by him in test cricket till now. Unfortunately he could not make double century.
The day and date wise play statistics is detailed as under:
1. First Day Play: Day: Saturday. Date: 8th. October 2016
Virat Kohli won the toss and chose to bat.
Total runs scored by the Indian Team – 267 for 3 wkts.
2. Second day Play: Day: Sunday. Date: 9th. October 2016
Total runs including 267 runs made till 8th. Oct. – 557 for 5 – Declared.
3. Third Day Play: Day: Monday. Date: 10th. October 2016
Total runs scored by New Zealand team – 299 All out.
- Fourth Day Play: Day: Tuesday. Date: 11th. October 2016
India made 216 runs and declared by leading 474 runs in totality.
New Zealand – all out scoring only 153 runs (44.5 overs) against the target of 475 runs to win.
Consequently India won by 321 runs sweeping over all three series of the test matches in all.
R. Ashwin’s bowling was so accurate that the NZ players left for the pavilion one after another with the minimal total of runs in each innings. He took 7 wickets in merely 59 runs. It is he who made the sweep over sure and certain all around the test matches played for four days in the stadium. Total wickets taken by him in the 3rd. Test match is 13.
Virat Kohli as a player and as captain came up as a brilliant cricketer all along the plays as a batsman, as a fielder as a captain and what not?
His comment on a slight negligence made by his playmates, “Are Yaar!” still echoes in the stadium.
Undoubtedly he is Virat in all that he does to play, he does to lead and moreover he does to amuse the audience in and out of the stadium who watch his styles of play, his style of captaincy and what not?
The stadium was houseful over 20000 spectators who witnessed the match and enjoyed the whole day the exciting and thrilling test match played between India and New Zealand. It is the rarest of the rare win over with the unbelievable margin of 321 runs. The more interesting part of this superb win is that the Indian Team swept over all the three matches consecutively one after another and giving a hilarious moment on the eve of Vijaya Dashmi to the people of the country to celebrate it joyfully and enthusiastically.
A unique highlight by the author as a sort of good wishes on the eve of Vijaya Dashmi!
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Author: Durga Prasad. Date: 11th. October 2016. Day: Tuesday.
