India beat New Zealand 4th ODI | 4-0

India hunted down the Kiwis 315/7 to win the fourth ODI consecutively, in Bangalore, getting a 4-0 advantage in the five match series even as New Zealand succumbed to their 10th straight loss in one day international cricket.

Irfan Pathan seized three crucial wickets while also scoring his first-ever one-day international century 123 out of 96balls. Together with Saurabh Tiwary the duo took the team to reach the target with seven balls remaining, sharing a terrific partnership of 133 runs. The match saw the highest successful run chase in the city. James Franklin played remarkably in the first half hitting an awesome 98 from 69 balls to make New Zealand build a score of 315/7.

India vs New Zealand | 3-0

In the second ODI at Jaipur on Dec 1, stand-in captain Gambhir and Sree Santh led India to victory. Gambhir’s ton (138 off 116 balls) helped produce a big score of 259 runs even with seven overs to spare.

Gautam Gambhir smacked a second successive century (126 not out) at the third ODI at Vadodara on Dec 4 hammering New Zealand by nine wickets to take an unbeatable 3-0 lead in the five-match series. Virat Kohli hit an impressive 63 runs with six overs.

Having stamped three out of the five match series, an upbeatndian side will take on the Kiwis in a rather relaxed way on the fourth ODI at the M. Chinaswamy stadium at Bengaluru on Tuesday tomorrow.