Gambhir's special score

Gautam Gambhir described his unbeaten 126 as a special as it has helped India grabbing the 5-match ODI series against New Zealand. He said it was special because it is always important to be back in form, especially after shown a series of low scores against your name. Gambhir said that it was important for them not to give any opportunity to New Zealand to come back into the ODI series and wrap it up here itself. Gambhir scored 126 in 117 balls to help India chasing down the target of 225 set by New Zealand with 10.3 overs to spare.

Gambhir particularly praised the bowlers Zaheer Khan (2/31) and Munaf Patel (1/28) for their efforts. Two more matches to go with the fourth game to be played in Bangalore, followed by fifth tie in Chennai. He stated that they always took it as a 3 match ODI series and are happy to win it 3-0 but now they would like to target for 4-0, because it is important to have as many wins before the tour of South Africa.