Remembering India's 5 Most memorable ODI wins in New Zealand soil

#4 3rd ODI (D/N), India's tour of New Zealand at Christchurch, March 8th - 2009

Sachin Tendulkar smashed 163 runs at Christchurch

The 2009 series of India versus New Zealand was by far the most successful in an Indian point of view. This was also the first time and the only time till date, that India clinched an ODI series in New Zealand. One of India's best victories came at Christchurch in the third ODI of the series. The game will be remembered for being one of the highest scoring games of those times until those records were broken later.

With the exception of Sehwag and Gambhir, all the other Indian batsman who got a chance to play in the middle excelled, as Sachin Tendulkar let the charge with a blistering 163 runs (133 balls, 16 fours, 5 sixes). He was injured and retired hurt, but that did not dampen the spirits of the Indian camp as Yuvraj (87) Dhoni (68) and Raina (38*) helped India post 392 on board for the loss of just four wickets. Tim Southee had a nightmare spell, reading 10-0-105-0 by the end of India's batting.

The Kiwi batsman started well too, with Jesse Ryder (105) and Brendon McCullum (71) giving New Zealand a much needed solid start. The first wicket fell only at 166. But as soon as the duo got dismissed the Kiwi middle order woes were exposed, as the hosts lost another seven more wickets while adding just 85 runs. Kyle Mills (54) tried to stitch a stand with Tim Southee at the tail, but the efforts lasted only until 334 runs and India thus won the game by 58 runs.

Sachin Tendulkar was man-of-the-match in Kiwi soil once again.