Kings XI Punjab squad

Yuvraj Singh, YA Abdulla, Amanpreet Singh, AK Argal, RS Bopara, RR Bose, PP Chawla, BT Cockley, K Goel, JR Hopes, DPMD Jayawardene, SM Katich, U Kaul, T Kohli, SO Kukreja, B Lee, VS Malik, SE Marsh, WA Mota, R Ninan, IK Pathan, LA Pomersbach, RR Powar, Ravikant Shukla, KC Sangakkara, VRV Singh, S Sohal, S Sreesanth, TM Srivastava

KP Pietersen, R Suthesh, B Kumar, B Akhil, KP Appanna, S Aravind, J Arunkumar, SS Bandekar, RR Bhatkal, R Bishnoi, MV Boucher, NW Bracken, B Chipli, G Dhiman, R Dravid, D du Preez, CM Gautam, SP Goswami, KM Jadhav, W Jaffer, IR Jaggi, SB Joshi, JH Kallis, Karan Sharma, V Kohli, P Kumar, A Kumble, A Mithun, M Pandey, Pankaj Singh, UB Patel, DT Patil, J Patil, JD Ryder, RK Sabharwal, DW Steyn, LRPL Taylor, RV Uthappa, RE van der Merwe, R Vinay Kumar, CL White, T Yohannan

Rajasthan Royals squad

SK Warne, G Singh, PS Chavan, A Angle, SA Asnodkar, LA Carseldine, SD Chitnis, RV Gomez, SM Harwood, T Henderson, RA Jadeja, Kamran Khan, JL Langer, A Malik, AD Mascarenhas, Mohammed Arif, PP More, M Morkel, NV Ojha, MM Patel, NK Patel, YK Pathan, RJ Quiney, AS Raut, M Rawat, AS Sharma, A Singh, GC Smith, SW Tait, SK Trivedi, PC Valthaty, SR Watson

MS Dhoni, P Amarnath, S Anirudha, R Ashwin, S Badrinath, GJ Bailey, L Balaji, N Einstein, SP Fleming, A Flintoff, MS Gony, ML Hayden, SB Jakati, Joginder Sharma, VV Kadbe, AB Karthik, SS Kumar, JA Morkel, A Mukund, M Muralitharan, M Ntini, JDP Oram, PA Patel, SK Raina, T Thushara, S Tyagi, S Vidyut, M Vijay

Mumbai Indians squad

SR Tendulkar, DJ Bravo, S Dhawan, JP Duminy, CRD Fernando, Harbhajan Singh, ST Jayasuriya, Z Khan, DS Kulkarni, R McLaren, SL Malinga, KD Mills, Mohammad Ashraful, C Nanda, GR Napier, AM Nayar, AM Rahane, RR Raje, L Ronchi, JN Shah, PR Shah, RA Shaikh, YV Takawale, SS Tiwary

Set a near impossible target of 617, the hosts were struggling at 167 for four before bad light brought an early end of the fourth day’s play.

The Indians first declared their second innings at 434 for 7 in the morning session by adding 85 quick runs to their overnight tally and then had the Kiwis on the mat to put themselves on the threshold of a 2-0 series triumph.

With one more day left, the Kiwis have to bat out three more sessions to save the game on a Basin Reserve pitch which has not shown any signs of drastic deterioration.

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The left-handed Gambhir notched up his sixth Test century, his second successive one in the series, to power the visitors to a commanding 349 for 5 in their second innings when play was called off a little early because of bad light on the third day.

Rahul Dravid (60) and VVS Laxman (61) were the other notable performers as India took complete control of the match with yet another solid batting display.

Yuvraj Singh (15) and captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni (16) were at the crease at stumps on Day Three.

With two days left in the game, India are the clear favourites to clinch the series 2-0 and record their first Test series triumph on New Zealand soil in 41 years

Source: India Times

Zaheer capitalised on the bounce at the Basin Reserve track to return with impressive figures of five for 65, his seventh fiver, as the hosts folded up their first innings for a paltry 197 in reply to India’s 379.

The Indians were 51 for 1 in their second essay at close of second day to have an overall lead of 233 runs, with Gautam Gambhir (28) and Rahul Dravid (9) at the crease.

It was a disciplined bowling performance by the tourists who kept the pressure for most part of the Kiwi innings with a tidy line and length. Off-spinner Harbhajan Singh was the other successful bowler with three for 43 while pacemen Ishant Sharma and Munaf Patel chipped in with a wicket apiece

Source: India Times

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Put into bat, the Indians adopted an aggressive approach right through the innings to score at a run rate of 4.16 per over on a Basin Reserve pitch to leave the series decider interestingly poised at the end of day one.

The visitors were struggling at 204 for six at one stage but staged a brilliant recovery through a crucial 79-run partnership between skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni (52) and Harbhajan Singh (60) for the seventh wicket

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