Having comfortably won a rain-hit match in Napier, India were left frustrated by the elements in Wellington. Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar gave them the perfect start, but after three interruptions, the match was abandoned after just 28.4 overs. India lost Sehwag to a poor umpiring decision, but with Tendulkar accelerating rapidly after his departure, they had raced to 130 for 1 from 19 overs when a steady drizzle forced the players off the first time. Sehwag was in breathtaking form once again, pounding out 54 from 35 balls before Evan Watkin declared him out caught behind off the flap of the pad.
India started purposefully, with the ball being hit into the gaps and singles being scampered. Sehwag soon injected even more urgency with two carves through point off Iain O'Brien, the second of which just whizzed past the man stationed there. He enjoyed some good fortune too, as O'Brien misjudged a catch at fine leg after he had top-edged a pull off Kyle Mills. The bowler's sense of anguish deepened as he was then twice clouted over midwicket, before Sehwag ended the over by crashing one through point.
Ian Butler was on as early as the seventh over, but the others continued to struggle. O'Brien was pulled twice, the second one just clearing the rope to bring up the 50 of the innings. By then, Sehwag was struggling with some pain in his left leg, but it didn't prevent him from playing a glorious cover-drive as he raised his half-century in just 32 balls.
