Rahul Dravid completed his 31t test hundred at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur on the third morning in the third and final cricket test match between India and New Zealand.
MR. DEPENDABLE Rahul Dravid completed his 31st test hundred at Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Nagpur on the third morning in the third and final cricket test match between India and New Zealand. It's Dravid's second century in the ongoing test series between the two countries.
Indian overnight batsmen Rahul Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar started third morning from 292 for the loss of both openers. Dravid and Sachin Tendulkar were at the crease on 69 and 57 runs respectively. Million of fans of Sachin were waiting for his 50th test hundred at Nagpur, but in the second over of the day, wicketkeeper Hopkins caught him in the bowling of McKay. He was out for 61 runs.
Next Indian batsman, who left the crease was VVS Laxman. Chris Martin bowled him at his individual score of 12 runs. Next man young Suresh Raina out for mere three runs in the bowling of Vettori. Raina now has 26 runs from four innings in this series. However, next man captain Dhoni played some good shots and was unbeaten for 35 runs with centurion Rahul Dravid at launch.
On day 2, in the third and final cricket test match between India and New Zealand in Nagpur, visitors were all out for 193 runs. Ishant Sharma claimed three wickets, whereas Pragyan Ojha, Sreesanth and Harbhajan Singh shared three, two and one wickets respectively. Indian opening pair Gautam Gambhir and Sehwag, once again completed their century partnership. First Sehwag was out for 74 runs in 73 balls and next Gambhir, who will lead the team from the front in the first two ODIs against the Kiwis, out for 78 runs.
According to the latest information, Team India have crossed 400 run marks against New Zealand in the third and final cricket test match in Nagpur. MS Dhoni also completed his fifty and playing on 55 runs, whereas Rahul Dravid is on 114 runs. India is 213 runs ahead of visitors first inning.