India vs New Zealand : Fifth one day at Chennai on 10.12.10 : India won by eight wickets

New Zealand winning the toss in this game provide the 38^th occasion of New Zealand winning the toss against India in India-New Zealand one day series. It also provides the 12^th occasion of New Zealand winning the toss on Indian soil.

MJ Guptill was dismissed for zero in this game providing the 16^th occasion of a New Zealand opening batsman dismissed for a duck against India. It also provides the second occasion of MJ Guptill scoring zero against India – the first occasion was at Dambulla on 25.08.10

MJ Guptill’s duck in this game represents his third zero of his one day career. The other two occasions are – vs Sri Lanka at Dambulla on 13.08.09 and vs India at Dambulla on 25.08.10

MJ Guptill’s duck in this game provides the 59^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring zero against India.

New Zealand lost its first wicket without a run on the board providing the eighth occasion of it losing its first wicket for zero against India. The other seven occasions are – at Sydney on 05.03.85 : at Delhi on 03.11.94 : at Sharjah on 17.04.98 : at Col-RPS on 20.07.01 : at Wellington on 08.01.03 : at Centurion on 14.03.03 and at Napier on 03.03.09

A Nehra captured his 150^th one day wicket when he had BB McCullum leg before wicket for 14 in this game. He became the 52^nd bowler in the history of one day games to capture 150 plus wickets in one day games. He is the eleventh India bowler to reach the milestone. Others are – A Kumble {337}, J Srinath {315}, AB Agarkar {288}, N Kapil Dev {253}, Zaheer Khan {243}, Harhajan Singh {242}, BKV Prasad {196}, M Prabhakar {157}, SR Tendulkar {154} and IK Pathan {152}

A Nehra became the sixth left arm pace bowler to capture 150 plus wickets in the history of one day games. Others are – Wasim Akram {502}, WPUJC Vaas {400}, Zaheer Khan {243}, NW Bracken {174} and IK Pathan {152}

GD Elliot scored zero in this game providing the 60^th occasion of a New Zealand batsman scoring zero against India. It was his fourth zero of his one day career. The other three occasions are – vs Australia at Brisbane on 13.02.09 : vs Sri Lanka at Jo’burg on 27.09.09 and vs Bangladesh at Dhaka on 05.10.10

TG Southee was dismissed for zero in this game providing the 61^st occasion of a New Zealand batsman dismissed for a duck against India. It was his sixth zero in one day games.

New Zealand was all out for 103 in this game. This total represents the lowest team total recorded at Chepauk. The previous lowest was 139 by Zimbabwe vs Australia on 13.10.87, This total also represent the lowest team total by New Zealand vs India. The previous lowest was 118 at Dambulla on 25.08.10

G Gambhir scored zero in this game to provide the 35^th occasion of an Indian captain scoring zero in one day games.

G Gambhir’s zero in this game provides the 64^th occasion of an Indian batsman scoring a duck against New Zealand. It also provides the 12^th occasion of an Indian opening batsman scoring a duck against New Zealand.

NL McCullum and DL Vettori shared the new ball attack in this game providing the first occasion of New Zealand spinners sharing the new ball in one day games.

MJ Guptill for New Zealand and G Gambhir for India scored zeroes in this game providing the fourth occasion of rival openers scoring zeroes in India-New Zealand one day series. The other three occasions are – V Sehwag {Ind} and NJ Astle {NZl} at Auckland on 26.12.02 : NJ Astle {NZl} and SC Ganguly {Ind} at Wellington on 08.01.03 and KD Karthik {Ind} and MJ Guptill {NZl} at Dambulla on 25.08.10

PA Patel scored his second one day half century when he scored 56 not in this game. His first half century was at Bangalore in the previous game on 07.12.10 when he 53. His 56 not out in this game represents his highest individual score in one day games.

PA Patel’s 56 not out represent the 83^rd half century and 107^th fifty against New Zealand in one day games.

India wrapped up this series 5-0 providing the 25^th occasion of a team winning the five match series 5-0. It was India’s second Five-Nil win, the first being its win over England in 2008-09

This game was completed within the first half of the match. This is perhaps the first such occasion in the history of one day games.

India won this game by eight wickets with 173 balls remaining providing India’s win with most balls to spare against New Zealand. This win bettered India’s win by seven wickets with 160 balls to spare at Auckland on 27.03.94. India has won two other games against New Zealand with 100 plus balls to spare – by six wickets at Mumbai {BS} on 29.11.95 with 108 balls to spare and by nine wickets at Nagpur on 31.10.87 with 107 balls to spare.