A maiden half-century by Yashpal Sharma, Chetan Chauhan’s valuable 43 and Syed Kirmani’s 37* then All-rounder Kapil Dev’s two wickets in the final over as India secure a narrow 6-run win over New Zealand during the eighth match of the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup.
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| Kapil Dev took two wickets in the final-over © Cricket Australia / Channel 9 |
Catch the Cricket highlights of the 8th ODI match between India and New Zealand, played on December 23, 1980, at the Adelaide Oval. This match was part of the 1980/81 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup where India beat New Zealand by 6-runs.
Match Highlights
India secured a narrow 6-run win over New Zealand in the 8th match of the 1980/81 Benson & Hedges World Series Cup.
India Innings:
India posted respectable total of 230 for 7 in 50 overs with Yashpal Sharma was the top scorer with brilliant 72 runs off 105 balls, Chetan Chauhan contributed 43 runs off 92 balls contained a four.
Syed Kirmani smashed an unbeaten 39 runs off 29 balls featuring four-fours with a strike rate of 134.48, Kapil Dev smacked 27 runs off 20 balls hitting five-fours with a striking rate of 135, while Sunil Gavaskar scored 17 runs off 22 balls including a four.
New Zealand Bowling:
For New Zealand, Martin Snedden was the best bowler for New Zealand - who picked up 3 wickets for 30 runs in 10 overs, Gary Troup also took 3 wickets for 65 runs in 10 overs and Ewen Chatfield claimed one wicket.
New Zealand Innings:
New Zealand bowled out for 224 in 49.3 overs with Jeremy Coney was the top-scorer - who made 49 runs off 63 balls - falling just one run short of a half-century - contained three-fours.
Mark Burgess contributed 42 runs off 50 balls featuring two-fours, Lance Cairns blasted a 39 runs off 38 balls hitting three-fours and two sixes with a striking rate of 102.63.
Geoff Howarth added 26 runs off 57 balls with a boundary and John Wright contributed 18 runs off 24 balls contained one six & one four.
India Bowling:
For India, Dilip Doshi, Kapil Dev, Karsan Ghavri.was the best bowler's for India - each taking 2 wickets, Sandeep Patil took 1 wicket for 3 runs in an over and Yograj Singh claimed one wicket.
Player of the match:
Yashpal Sharma was named Player of the Match for his brilliant batting performance to scoring a 72 runs off 105 balls - which including 4 sixes and 3 fours.
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